News – Page 593
-
HSJ Local'Great' trust chief executive announces retirement
One of the top acute chief executives in the NHS has announced his retirement this afternoon.
-
HSJ LocalStaffing problems prompt trust to bring forward bed closures
An acute trust has brought forward the closure of 71 inpatient beds across four community hospitals due to pressures on safe staffing.
-
HSJ LocalChief executive denies trust merger rumours
The chief executive of a mental health trust in the West Midlands has quashed rumours that her organisation plans to merge with major community and mental health providers.
-
NewsQuarter of NHS accounts vulnerable from 'very weak' passwords
NHS Digital has uncovered a widespread “false sense of security” over cyber threats among NHS organisations, with many having weak passwords and poorly policed access to sensitive patient data.
-
HSJ LocalPressure on trust’s A&E staff 'unsustainable', regulator warns
Staff working in the emergency department of a trust at the centre of a controversial emergency care reconfiguration plans have told inspectors the pressure on them is “unsustainable”.
-
-
HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust chiefs to jointly lead STP after regional leadership shake-up
Two foundation trust chiefs are to be the interim leaders of a financially challenged sustainability and transformation partnership, HSJ can reveal.
-
HSJ LocalNHS England to take 'light touch' approach to CCG collaboration
Three clinical commissioning groups could create a joint committee after one ruled out a merger and sharing a single accountable officer.
-
HSJ LocalTeaching trust inspected following 'bullying' whistleblowing claims
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been rated requires improvement following an inspection prompted by whistleblowers’ allegations including bullying.
-
HSJ LocalA&E leaps from inadequate to good in just over a year
An acute and community trust has been praised by inspectors after its urgent and emergency care was rated good just 15 months after being inadequate.
-
HSJ Local'Serious implications' as CCG ordered to pay full tariff rate to private provider
A CCG must pay an unexpected bill likely to run to millions of pounds, after a legal judgement that it had been wrongly undercutting tariff rates to an independent provider for three years.
-
NewsDaily Insight: Robert Naylor and the Order of the Phoenix
The must read stories and biggest talking points in the NHS
-
NewsMultibillion NHS land sales plan to be approved next month
Major property deals between the NHS and private firms to unlock capital funds worth £5.7bn “at speed” could be signed off within weeks after being hit by delays.
-
NewsExclusive: Naylor 'delighted' at £3.3bn private investment offer
Sir Robert Naylor has said he is “delighted” at an offer from three private property firms to invest more than £3.3bn in new NHS primary care facilities.
-
NewsVanguard launching first bed management system across trusts
The country’s only mental health vanguard is preparing to launch the first bed management system across multiple trusts, to halve the number of patients being sent out of area.
-
HSJ Local'Exemplar' trust first to move patient records to the cloud
One of the country’s leading digital trusts is moving its core clinical system on to Microsoft’s cloud service, as more trusts consider outsourcing IT services.
-
NewsNHS England relaxes position on clinicians' use of WhatsApp
NHS England has shifted its position on the use of WhatsApp by staff in the NHS.
-
News'Normal birth' campaign abandoned by royal college
The Royal College of Midwives has dropped its controversial “normal birth” campaign and removed advice for midwives from its website amid concerns it could have been “misleading”.
-
HSJ LocalTwo leaders quit under fire CCG
The chief officer and finance director have resigned from their roles at Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group, which has been under fire over governance and pay.
-
