All North West articles – Page 5
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HSJ LocalPrivate hospitals criticise ‘no sense’ ICS cuts plan
Private providers have criticised leaders in Greater Manchester for their plan to slash the use of independent sector capacity, saying it makes “no sense”.
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NewsRevealed: ‘Postcode lottery’ for £645m recovery programme
There is a seven-fold variation between integrated care systems in the uptake of a flagship government primary care access scheme, data has revealed.
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HSJ LocalTrust scraps ex-chair’s building tribute after ‘legacy reassessment’
Plans to name a new major trauma centre after a long-serving trust chair were scrapped after a reassessment of his legacy, HSJ has been told.
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NewsFour regions still without extra ambulances promised by NHSE
Four regions that successfully bid for dedicated ambulances for mental health patients are still without the specialist vehicles, despite growing concerns the NHS is unable to respond to people in crisis.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Running rings around the ICB
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News40% of funding targeted at improving emergency care goes unspent
Fourty per cent of the £150m capital funding pot NHS England made available to incentivise urgent and emergency care improvements was not distributed, data shown to HSJ reveals.
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HSJ Local‘Systematic’ cuts to private activity planned by stricken ICS
A health system with one of the largest elective backlogs in the country will implement a “systematic reduction” of its dependency on private hospitals, as part of a bid to cut costs.
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NewsNurse wins staff shortages whistleblowing case
An NHS trust has lost an employment tribunal case against a nurse who had his shifts cancelled after whistleblowing when a patient was put in seclusion because of staff shortages.
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HSJ LocalBoss of ICS that suffered dramatic financial collapse seconded to NHSE
The chief financial officer of a health system that missed its plan by £180m has moved to a secondment role at NHS England.
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NewsSouth East gets biggest share of new trainees
Ministers have announced the locations of 350 additional medical training places for 2025–26, with the largest share going to the South East region.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Funding still pending as new hospital opens
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The ICBs on the slide against the main elective target
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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HSJ LocalNHSE should intervene in trust safety investigation, says inquiry chair
The chair of the major inquiry into rogue surgeon Ian Paterson has raised concerns over a separate patient recall process conducted by Salford Royal Hospital, and suggested NHS England should intervene.
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HSJ LocalReferrals to largest private provider halted
A health system has stopped sending mental health patients to the country’s largest single provider of out-of-area placements.
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NewsEx-DH boss takes NHS and data firm jobs
A former candidate to be NHS England’s chief executive has been appointed to chair a health innovation network, as well as to a board role at a data and AI company.
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NewsICB hires overseas CEO for new £1.5bn commissioning job
An integrated care board has brought in a senior executive from overseas to lead the commissioning of £1.5bn worth of delegated specialised services for the East of England.
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NewsTrust CEO ‘must apologise’ over covid work demands
An employment tribunal has said a hospital chief executive should apologise to a surgeon whose mental health was affected by the way it handled his shielding during covid.
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HSJ LocalCEO threatened with sack after ICS’s financial meltdown
A local system chief executive who warned integrated care boards lacked the power to hold trusts to account has effectively been threatened with being sacked because of poor performance by providers.
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HSJ LocalProviders to restart merger talks despite ‘resistance’
Talks over the potential merger of two North West trusts are being revived, despite resistance from one of the providers, sources have told HSJ.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Patient safety or administrative convenience?
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