News – Page 253
-
News'Realistic' for NHS trusts and systems to be carbon neutral by 2030 says sustainability chief
The NHS’ chief sustainability officer has told HSJ trusts and integrated care systems can ‘absolutely’ achieve carbon net zero emissions by 2030.
-
HSJ LocalRemote GP consultations causing rise in ‘inappropriate’ cancer referrals, claims trust
GPs are incorrectly putting patients on urgent cancer pathways without seeing them face-to-face, bosses at an acute trust have claimed.
-
NewsDaily Insight: Making the cut
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
-
HSJ LocalMajor acute trust appoints new chief executive
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has appointed Richard Mitchell as its new chief executive.
-
NewsTrust considers ‘replacing or rebuilding’ hospital due to risky roof beams
A hospital with a roof containing beams described as a ‘significant safety issue’ could be rebuilt or replaced rather than repaired, at a likely cost of several hundred million pounds.
-
HSJ LocalFlagship public-private alliance faces major delays and row over ‘power and money’
A £440m community services contract was due to be handed over to a new provider alliance this month, but the partners have failed to agree contractual terms and predicted it could take a further 18 months to do so.
-
HSJ LocalHospital trust pleads guilty to care safety failings after two patient deaths
An acute trust has pleaded guilty to charges of care safety failures in a prosecution brought by the Care Quality Commission following the deaths of two patients.
-
NewsDido Harding and Jim Mackey not shortlisted for NHSE CEO job
Sir Jim Mackey and Baroness Dido Harding are no longer in the running to become the new chief executive of NHS England, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsAmbulance trust chief quits and is replaced by hospital boss
London Ambulance Service Trust’s chief executive is to step down this summer and will be replaced by an acute trust boss on a secondment basis.
-
NewsExclusive: Royal college defying NHS England over support for controversial therapy
The Royal College of Midwives spurned a request from NHS England to “pause” accreditation for a training programme in a controversial psychological therapy for women who have suffered traumatic births, HSJ can reveal.
-
NewsDaily Insight: Trouble at the top
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
-
NewsNumber 10 insists ICSs will go ahead next year
The government will press ahead with a sweeping health and social care bill before Parliament’s summer break, it has said, despite concerns from Sajid Javid.
-
NewsTwo more award wins for HSJ
Two HSJ journalists picked up wins at the British Society of Magazine Editors’ Talent Awards 2021 last night.
-
NewsRegulator criticises covid-hit trust over infection control
Concerns have been raised about a trust’s approach to infection prevention and control issues — more than a year into the pandemic — including that it stopped screening those arriving at the hospital entrances for covid after 5pm.
-
NewsDaily Insight: Diagnostics has its day
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
-
NewsNHSE confirms consultation on mandatory staff covid vaccination
The number of pharmacies delivering the covid-19 vaccination is set to more than double for the planned autumn booster campaign, new guidance states.
-
NewsManager jailed for five years for cheating trust out of £800,000
A senior IT manager has been jailed for defrauding an NHS trust out of more than £800,000.
-
NewsNursing chief resigns due to ill health
The chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College Nursing has stepped down because of ill health.
-
NewsNHS invites bids for £10bn diagnostic programme
A multi-year framework agreement worth up to £10bn to provide services at around 150 planned new community diagnostic hubs is being set up by NHS England and Improvement.
-
NewsRevealed: how the next NHS England chief executive will be chosen
The candidates for the post of NHS England chief executive face 10 hours of interviews and a full day of psychometric testing, HSJ has learned.