North West – Page 2
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NewsNHS directors brought out of retirement to help tackle financial crisis
Former trust and regional finance directors have been drafted in to support the most financially-challenged integrated care systems by NHS England.
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NewsLetby managers: We weren’t slow to act
Former senior managers at the Countess of Chester Hospital have told the public inquiry into murders of babies that “given the information with which we were provided, we acted appropriately at the time”.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs which cut staff by a fifth in 12 months
Several integrated care boards have cut their staffing by up to a fifth in a single year – after being asked to reduce management costs – but significant variation exists, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsNHS England names new regional director
NHS England has appointed a long-serving trust chief executive as its new regional director for the North West, it confirmed today.
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News‘Conflict of interest’ concerns over consultants hired to fix NHS finances
Concerns have been raised that consultants advising systems on savings plans could be “marking their own homework”, with many of the firms having already done similar exercises for the same organisations.
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NewsEx-management consultant to chair ICB
An integrated care board has appointed a former management consultant as its new chair.
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NewsWhistleblowing nurse no longer trusts the NHS
A trust must pay a whistleblowing nurse £14,000 in damages and lost earnings, a judge has ordered.
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HSJ LocalProminent trust chief leaves for overseas role
One of the UK’s most prominent ambulance leaders is leaving his role for a job abroad.
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NewsRevealed: Three-fold variation in emergency response time by ICS
A threefold variation in ambulance response for serious, urgent conditions has been revealed in new figures.
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NewsRevealed: ICSs planning the largest deficits
The integrated care systems facing the biggest planned deficits in the year ahead are today revealed by HSJ research.
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NewsCity’s trusts agree to joint committee after ICB intervention
Five trusts in the city with the most separate NHS providers have agreed to form a joint committee at the request of the region’s integrated care board.
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HSJ LocalICB reprimanded for not ‘holding FTs to account’
One of the largest integrated care systems has been accused of a “failure” of financial management, as NHS England issued a formal notice requiring urgent improvements across leadership, performance and care quality.
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NewsThreefold ICS variation in GP phone access revealed
Patients trying to reach their GP are almost three times as likely to fail to get through in the worst-performing integrated care systems than the best, according to analysis of new annual figures.
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NewsInterim regional directors named by NHSE
NHS England has named interim regional directors for the North West, and North East and Yorkshire, after the incumbent’s retirement.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Whittling down the provider numbers
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsTrust in legal dispute over multimillion pound procurement deal
An arrangement between a children’s hospital and a procurement service provider has been challenged in the High Court by a rival provider which claims the trust broke regulations when entering the deal.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief executive moves to ICB
A community trust chief executive is stepping down ahead of the expected introduction of shared leadership with an acute provider, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: Government has failed to ‘level up’ innovation funding
The share of government-controlled health research funding going to the north of England has been static over the last decade, with London and the South East maintaining its dominant position.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Taking A&E back to the 90s
As the election campaign moves into its final weeks, the shadow health secretary has confirmed a huge policy commitment that wasn’t in the manifesto.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Board nods through key decision with misleading data
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.