Ex-minister and ‘Compare the Market’ chief join NHSE board
A former Conservative minister, GP leader, business chief, and an eminent healthcare scientist are joining the NHS England board, nearly a year after the non-executive director posts were advertised. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 21, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Mental health workforce now bigger but ‘less experienced’
The mental health workforce has become less experienced, while roles have expanded unevenly across the sector, research has revealed. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 21, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Hospital had wrong CQC rating for four years
A general hospital was wrongly denied an “outstanding” rating for four years due to a calculation error, the Care Quality Commission has admitted. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 21, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust concludes former chief ‘not fit and proper’ after sexual harassment investigation
An NHS trust has concluded that its former chief executive is not a “fit and proper person” to be on an NHS board, after investigating allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour, HSJ has learned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 21, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust CEOs accuse police of ‘high stakes game of chicken’
Ambulance chiefs have warned that patients are coming to harm, paramedics are being assaulted and control room staff reporting a “high stakes game of chicken” with police during the implementation of a controversial new national care model. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 20, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHSE to overhaul mental health leadership
NHS England is recruiting its first ever medical director for mental health and neurodiversity, while its national clinical director for mental health has left. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 20, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
ICS picks permanent CEO
An integrated care system has appointed a substantive chief executive after her predecessor joined NHS England. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 19, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
‘40 new hospitals’ chief to step down
The head of the ‘40 new hospitals’ programme has announced she will be stepping down. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 19, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust names ‘inspiration’ former receptionist as CEO
Homerton Healthcare Foundation Trust has promoted Bas Sadiq, who joined the NHS as an outpatient receptionist 20 years ago, to chief executive. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 19, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Bid to speed up selected ‘new hospitals’
Some of the schemes within the “40 new hospitals” programme could be allowed to abandon the requirement for standard design and centralised procurement, in a bid to speed the projects up. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 19, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
The mythbuster: Fixing the NHS in 30 years won’t help it survive till then
Despite some commendable insights on the NHS’s challenges, a new commission report fails to explain why historic ideas and recommendations repeatedly fail to take hold. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 19, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHSE appoints new director
NHS England has appointed a new director to implement its commercial strategy. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 16, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Minister got £8k severance then returned to DHSC weeks later
A health minister received an £8,000 severance payment before being reappointed to the department seven weeks later, government accounts show. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 16, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Realistic resignations, food failings and budget bailouts
Your essential update on health for the week. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 16, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Maternity unit rated ‘inadequate’ after delayed Caesarean warning
A trust’s main maternity unit has been rated “inadequate” and given a warning notice amid concerns delayed Caesarean sections are causing harm to babies. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 16, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
