All North East articles – Page 16
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HSJ LocalTrust announces replacement for sacked chief
Gateshead Health Foundation Trust has announced a permanent replacement for the chief executive it sacked in September.
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HSJ LocalWorkforce shortages force A&E downgrade
An accident and emergency department is to be temporarily downgraded to a 24/7 urgent treatment centre because of patient safety fears.
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Revealed: The winners and losers of government's £2.9bn capital pot
Two out of three requests from NHS trusts for capital investment have so far been rejected under the government’s new funding regime, analysis by HSJ suggests.
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HSJ LocalTrust in land sale deal with city university
A foundation trust has sold one of its former hospital sites to the local university, which plans to use it for a centre of research into elderly care, along with housing and business units.
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NewsTrust offering new CEO at least £62,500 less than predecessor
A foundation trust is proposing to pay its new chief executive at least £62,500 less than its previous CEO following discussions with NHS Improvement.
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NewsExclusive: Patients' body parts were stored dangerously for six months
Human body parts from NHS patients have been stored in unrefrigerated units for more than six months resulting in a smell of “decaying flesh” at a scandal hit waste management company, according to Environment Agency documents seen by HSJ.
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NewsSome DGH chiefs paid more than CEOs at largest trusts
Fifteen trust chief executives were paid at yearly rates of more than £250,000 last year, including several in the north east running district general hospitals, according to HSJ analysis.
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NewsRevealed: The NHS contingency plans for clinical waste disposal
NHS Improvement has hired consultants from Mott Macdonald to help NHS trusts and primary care staff whose facilities have lost their clinical waste disposal provider, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Major incident as hospital waste collections halted
More than 20 NHS trusts must store clinical waste, including human remains, at their premises for up to a fortnight after their scandal-hit contractor stopped collecting waste last week, prompting a major incident.
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NewsRevealed: The winners from £1bn government capital fund
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed the trusts and partnerships which will receive capital funding worth around £900m for building developments.
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NewsSacked trust chief executive lodges appeal
A chief executive sacked in September has lodged an appeal against his dismissal.
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NewsInterim CEO takes over at North East FT
North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust has appointed Julie Gillon, former chief operating officer and interim CEO, as its substantive chief executive.
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NewsTeaching trust will pay for EU staff to seek 'settled status'
A large hospitals trust has said it will pay the cost for hundreds of its EU staff to apply for settled status to live in the UK after Brexit.
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NewsHospital chief exec fired after 12 years in post
A long serving hospital chief executive has been dismissed following a disciplinary hearing, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMajority of pathology networks yet to agree new model
More than half of the 29 proposed pathology networks comprising acute and specialist NHS trusts have yet to agree on a model to reconfigure their laboratory services, eight months after the initial deadline passed.
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NewsNHS wins landmark legal battle against drug companies
The NHS has today won a landmark legal battle against two international pharmaceutical giants which could save the health service hundreds of millions of pounds a year.
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HSJ LocalGP to head new cross-CCG leadership team
A GP has been appointed to lead a joint management team across five north east clinical commissioning groups.
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CommentAsylum seeking healthcare professionals in need of reformative schemes
Integrating asylum seeking healthcare professionals in local communities can help evade clinician shortage and the current workforce crisis in UK, writes Jane Metcalf
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HSJ LocalHealth secretary backs hospital reconfiguration plans
The health and social care secretary has backed NHS plans for a major reconfiguration of acute hospital services.
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NewsNHS trusts sign multimillion pound China consultancy deal
Two “outstanding” foundation trusts have signed a contract with a Chinese real estate company to advise it on building 10 new hospitals in a deal which could be worth millions for the NHS.