All articles by Nick Kituno – Page 8
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Ambulance strike action spreads
GMB Union members at eight of England’s ten ambulance trusts have voted to take strike action.
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Trusts get fourth chair in two years
An interim joint chair has been hired by two trusts on a six-month contract, their third appointment to the role in under two years.
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Revealed: Nurses at half of South West trusts to strike in December
Nurses at half of the trusts in the South West are going on strike in mid-December, compared with just one in 10 in the South East.
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Trusts told: seek local deals on urgent services during strikes
NHS England has urged trusts to reach agreements with local union reps for maintaining a range of critical services – including cancer treatment, discharges, and mental health crisis response – during strikes.
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Nurses’ strike dates announced
Nurses will go on strike over pay and safety concerns on two dates in mid-December, the Royal College of Nursing has announced today.
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CQC brings in whistleblowing gurus to boost ‘independence and credibility’
The Care Quality Commission has hired two independent whistleblowing champions to oversee a major review of how it listens to concerns.
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Revealed: ‘Tired’ NHS England staff will not know their fate until September
The reorganisation and rationalisation of NHS England will take place in three waves between February and June, HSJ has learned, with the organisation’s new structure not being confirmed until next autumn.
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South West and specialist trusts saw biggest strike vote
Nursing strike action is planned at nearly all trusts in the South West this winter – compared to less than a third in London, following Royal College of Nursing ballot results, HSJ analysis shows.
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Nurses at half of NHS organisations vote for strike
Nursing staff at around half of NHS organisations have voted in favour of strike action over pay and safety concerns, the Royal College of Nursing has said.
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ICSs to delegate to provider collaboratives under NHSE scheme
The delegation of commissioning from integrated care systems to “provider collaboratives” will be taken forward as part of a new NHS England “innovator” programme.
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Pritchard: ICBs will ‘rationalise roles’ to make savings
Amanda Pritchard has said integrated care boards will need to “rationalise roles [and] processes” and use “economies of scale” to cut costs, following on from NHS England’s plans to cut around 6,000 posts.
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CEO Interview
CEO Interview: Pippa Nightingale, London North West University Healthcare Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with senior healthcare leaders, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: National bodies must walk the walk on race
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. This week’s edition is by workforce ...
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Board to get anti-racism training as CQC orders cultural improvements
Regulators have told the agency that supplies blood to the NHS to develop a more inclusive culture, after hearing multiple reports of ethnic minority staff being ‘disrespected’ and discriminated against.
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CEOs ‘risk becoming prisoners’ in trusts with poor culture
Trust chief executives risk becoming “prisoners” of organisations with poor cultures if they do not “step back and see the bigger picture”, a former chief inspector of hospitals has said.
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Revealed: Racism a ‘very serious problem’ at NHS agency
The troubled agency that supplies blood to the NHS has a ’very serious problem’ with racism, a staff survey has revealed.
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NHSE’s ‘institutionalised’ firing of CEOs contributed to ‘major service failure’
An “institutionalised” and “counterproductive” system of hiring and firing trust leaders was a contributory factor to care failings which caused the death of at least 45 babies, an inquiry has concluded.
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Former trust CEO and medical director cleared over surgery scandal
A major trust’s former chief executive and medical director have been cleared, after being accused of failing to protect breast patients from a rogue surgeon.
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Leading teaching trust cut from national research programme
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has said it is ‘extremely disappointing’ it will lose a flagship research centre worth tens of millions of pounds, after failing an application process.
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