News – Page 61
-
HSJ LocalThree acutes set for single CEO and chair
Norfolk’s three acute hospital trusts have announced plans for a new group model led by a single chair and chief executive from April, in a move that would mean axing trust-level CEO and chair positions.
-
NewsCapital raids banned under new government rules
The NHS will be banned from raiding capital budgets to fund revenue gaps under new Treasury rules.
-
NewsAmbulance response time hits two-year low
Ambulance response times for incidents including elderly people falling rose to the highest level in two years in November.
-
NewsFormer NHSE director to chair three trusts
The chair of an integrated care board in the south west is set to step down and take on a similar role at two trusts in a neighbouring system.
-
NewsBill for extra medical shifts soars to £3bn
NHS spending on agency and bank shifts for doctors rose by £470m to top £3bn last year – 68 per cent up on pre-covid levels – new figures reveal.
-
NewsPay deal could extend waiting list and ‘make day job even harder’, says NHSE
A pay rise of more than the 2.8 per cent budgeted for next year would slow down the NHS’s waiting list recovery, and make “the day-to-day job of NHS staff even harder”, NHS England has claimed.
-
NewsCost and safety concerns hamper crisis care
Most integrated care boards report a lack of funding is hampering the NHS’s efforts to better respond to mental health crisis incidents, rather than requiring a police response.
-
News‘No pay rise’ for senior managers who don’t balance budgets
Senior NHS managers who “persistently fail to provide decent care or fail to manage their finances” will not receive annual pay uplifts, the Department of Health and Social Care has said in its evidence to pay review bodies.
-
NewsMinisters demand ‘open book approach’ from new NHSE chair
The government is looking for an NHS England chair who has “deep experience” of working in the UK’s “health and care system” and is committed to ensuring government ministers can get the information they need from the organisation.
-
NewsNew CEO for trust in highest level of NHSE oversight
A new chief executive has been announced for an acute trust under NHS England’s highest level of scrutiny, completing a clean sweep of CEOs in the wider system.
-
NewsExclusive: AI models to be trained on Federated Data Platform
The national Federated Data Platform will be used to train AI models for future use by the NHS, according to NHS England’s chief data and analytics officer.
-
HSJ LocalICB names third chair in eight months
An integrated care board has appointed its third temporary chair since April, blaming the general election for the high turnover.
-
NewsFifth cyber incident in a week under investigation
Cyber security teams are investigating the fifth suspected attack on the NHS to have taken place last week.
-
NewsStreeting ‘shocked’ by his lack of ‘oversight’ of social care
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said he is “shocked” by his lack of oversight of adult social care and said he is “determined to improve this” in a call with local leaders this morning.
-
NewsNew care model triggers surge in demand
Overhauling a community mental health service has led to a sharp increase in referrals – sometimes seven times higher than before – and long waiting lists.
-
NewsExclusive: 10-year plan digital advisers revealed
HSJ can reveal the 17 members of the digital, data and technology working group which is helping to shape the government’s 10-year health plan, who include six local NHS leaders.
-
NewsFinance directors told to ‘be realistic’ in 2025-26 planning
NHS England’s chief financial officer Julian Kelly has called for greater realism from local leaders in next year’s financial planning round, warning they must urgently make “difficult” choices about what they can deliver with what will “feel like a real terms cut”.
-
NewsNew leaders bring ‘energy, focus and grit’ to troubled trusts, says NHSE
Changing chairs, CEOs and finance chiefs has helped turn around several poorly performing trusts and systems, NHS England has said, but it plans to do more to “strengthen” leadership at troubled organisations.
-
NewsEx-brewery boss to chair hospital
A trust with one of England’s largest cost-improvement programmes has appointed a new interim chair and interim finance director.
-
News‘Don’t buy Epic’ unless it integrates with NHS App, says government adviser
The NHS should no longer do business with leading tech supplier Epic unless future iterations of its technology work with the NHS App, a senior government adviser has warned.