News – Page 147
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NewsNHSE chief to depart for Middle Eastern tech firm
The NHS’s director for innovation and life sciences is leaving his job for a role with an Israeli technology firm, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘One nurse per ward’ warning over next week’s strike
A major acute trust has warned ahead of next week’s nursing strike that it will face ‘very severe staffing shortages’ in children’s A&E, with ‘as few as one nurse per ward’, much less critical care capacity, and fewer operating theatres open than on Christmas Day.
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NewsNAO alerted over impact of Barclay’s delay in signing off CQC board appointments
The Care Quality Commission has been unable to appoint any new non-executive directors for months because of delays in ministerial sign-off, leading to the regulator flagging its concerns about the potential impact on its governance with the National Audit Office.
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NewsThink tank appoints trust boss as new CEO
The Nuffield Trust think tank has appointed Thea Stein as its chief executive, who will take over from outgoing CEO Nigel Edwards later this year.
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HSJ LocalSocial media posts about Holocaust lead to director's resignation
A mental health trust’s non-executive director, who previously worked for NHS England, has stepped down following concerns about content he posted on social media.
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HSJ LocalEx-NHSE national director joins leading acute trust
Former NHS England national director Dame Pauline Philip has been appointed as a non-executive director on the board of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDeficit trusts face ‘intimidating conversations’ and orders to hold down staffing
NHS England has told many trusts and systems they are not allowed to increase their staffing establishment in the next 12 months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsStaffing agencies ‘pushed out’ by tighter NHSE price caps
Staffing agencies that adhere to NHS England’s national price caps framework are being ‘pushed out’ of the market due to a lack of flexibility, they have warned.
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NewsICBs which breach delegation terms face NHSE intervention
Integrated care boards must meet immediately with NHSE if they think they are breaching delegation terms for primary pharmacy, optometry and dentistry commissioning.
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NewsCEO of double-merger trust targets ‘powerful’ shift to out-of-hospital care
England’s largest integrated trust is aiming to transform its acute services on a scale comparable to the move away from mental health institutions to community-based care, its CEO has told HSJ.
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NewsNHSE ‘turns the screws’ on dozens of trusts without acceptable financial plan
NHS England’s chief finance officer has reprimanded local health service leaders for their inability to produce balanced plans almost a month into the finance year.
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NewsStreeting ‘would not look over NHS England chief’s shoulder’
Wes Streeting has said he would ‘not look over NHS England’s shoulder’ if he became health and social care secretary, calling for ‘clarity’ and a ‘healthier relationship’ between the government and NHSE.
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News‘National improvement board’ to be set up by NHS England
NHS England has launched a new framework for quality improvement and delivery, including a national board that will pick a ‘small number of shared national priorities’.
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NewsNHSE director’s discrimination claims dismissed by tribunal
An employment tribunal has thrown out claims brought by an NHS England director of race and sex discrimination against his employer and its former chief people officer.
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NewsNHS plans new elective target after April deadline missed
System leaders are discussing pushing back the NHS’s target to virtually eliminate 78-week breaches from the waiting list by this month to ‘June or July’, HSJ understands.
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NewsHealth secretary to seek legal action over nursing strike
The health secretary will be seeking legal action regarding the Royal College of Nursing’s planned strike on 2 May, it has been announced.
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NewsCQC inspectors to strike over pay
Hundreds of Care Quality Commission staff are to strike over pay next month, including those working in inspections teams.
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NewsChild health checks failed to recover after covid, figures show
Inadequate health visiting provision has led to gaps in care for children and heaped pressure on acute services, senior clinicians have told HSJ.
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NewsMinisters blamed for ‘bigger and more complex’ reporting
The level of reporting for the £8bn better care fund has become ‘bigger and more complex’ this year because of ministers’ increased interest in spending on discharge, officials have said.
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HSJ LocalWarning notice over children’s safety sent to trust
A hospital trust has been served a warning notice over safety issues while its children’s and young people’s services have been rated “inadequate”.