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CommentPreventing another Ian Paterson
Narinder Kapur offers thoughts on the systemic and psychological weaknesses that allowed the disgraced surgeon to continue his dangerous work
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CommentShredded nerves and disrupted services - crucial lessons from the Docklands bomb
After the 1996 Docklands bomb, HSJ wrote: “The acute trust stood down 24 hours after the explosion, but work for Tower Hamlets Healthcare was just beginning.” The trust’s CEO writes about what they learned from that time.
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NewsU-turn over agency staff tax rules
NHS Improvement says trusts must not take a blanket approach to new IR35 rules Regulator had previously advised all agency staff would be covered by the tax changes New guidance published today advises trusts to review each case and consider representations NHS Improvement has made a significant U-turn ...
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HSJ LocalMental health trust prosecuted after nurses attacked
The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting a mental health trust after two nurses were attacked by a patient, it has been confirmed to HSJ.
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HSJ LocalNew chair appointed at scandal hit trust
The largest mental and community health services trust in the country has appointed a new chair, after being without a permanent chair for over a year.
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NewsAnalysis: EU nurses leaving NHS up by a third in a year
Data shows the number of nurses from EU countries who left the NHS increased by 38 per cent in the year to December 2016 The figures come as the NHS faces a nursing workforce shortage that could be exacerbated by Brexit RCN and Cavendish Coalition call for special recognition ...
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HSJ KnowledgeLeadership Q&A: University of Leicester Hospitals Trust
University of Hospitals Leicester trust chief executive John Adler explains why the organisation’s chief operating officer is a role for a high-calibre leader ready to make their mark
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' finance director joins teaching trust
A finance director who turned around the fortunes of a struggling foundation trust is to join a teaching trust with a turnover of more than £1bn.
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NewsRevealed: Management redundancies signed off by NHSI committee
NHS Improvement’s provider leadership committee approved nine compulsory redundancies at senior level over nine months in 2016-17, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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NewsNine out of 10 requests to pay trust managers more than PM approved
Fifty-four approvals of very senior management band salaries above the prime minister’s £142,500 wage, while five were rejected Appointments paying more than this salary must be approved by the Treasury NHS Improvement chair approached “large corporates” to ask senior managers to take on NHS non-executive jobs One “retire and ...
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HSJ LocalHEE to review training at trust following complaints
Complaints made by a trainee has triggered a review by Health Education England of junior doctors’ training at a struggling West Midlands trust.
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NewsTories to prioritise EU health staff in Brexit talks
Tory manifesto makes significant pledges affecting NHS worforce Key commitments to new consultant contract and legislation for safety Manifesto fails to mention pay restraint or action to tackle nursing shortage EU migrants working in the NHS and social care will be made a priority during the Brexit negotiations ...
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NewsExclusive: Leading chief executive faces disciplinary hearing next week
Sir Leonard Fenwick faces disciplinary hearing on 23 May Investigation report has been passed to trust chair Process ’could take 18 months to resolve’, says source The NHS’s longest standing chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick faces a disciplinary hearing next week, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS Improvement director appointed to board of struggling trust
A former NHS Improvement director has been made chief operating officer of a cash strapped West Midlands trust.
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HSJ LocalTrust reveals 'extraordinary measures' after IR35 causes locum shortage
Locums slashed A&E hours from 295 a week to 52 Consultants stayed overnight in A&E departments to work as middle grades Trust says provision of emergency services remains “very fragile” Locum doctors slashed their hours from 295 per week to just 52 at a struggling hospital trust when ...
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HSJ LocalHospital director resigns amid 'irregular' payoff deal scrutiny
Roger Wilson, HR director at Warrington and Halton Hospitals Foundation Trust, has resigned He signed a deal with Morecambe Bay midwife which allowed her to avoid misconduct investigation Mr Wilson’s resignation comes ahead of trust investigation into “irregular” payoff deal A hospital director who is under scrutiny for ...
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NewsRevealed: The STPs facing the biggest GP retirement risk
Eleven STPs highlighted for “high” risk of future GP supply problems In seven STP footprints more than 20 per cent of GPs are over 55 Kent and Medway has the highest proportion of older doctors Mapped: The areas with highest proportion of GPs over 55 Eleven sustainability and ...
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NewsMapped: Regions with the most GPs nearing retirement
NHS Improvement has highlighted the sustainability and transformation partnership footprints with the highest proportion of GPs over 55 and facing the greatest risk of having future GP supply problems.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust competing with neighbours for staff recruits 325 new nurses
Around 325 nurses join trust struggling with recruitment Trust spending millions less on agency staff compared to nearest neighbours Director of workforce says trust ‘forced to compete’with neighbouring organisations for staff An acute trust in an area hit by severe staff shortages claims it is stealing a ...
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HSJ Local
Former chief to chair major teaching hospital trust
A former chief executive has been appointed as chairman of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.