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
‘Untenable stalemate’ is halting GP practice upgrades, say ICBs
An “untenable stalemate” in funding has virtually halted GP practice building work, despite national commitments to expand primary care, multiple NHS organisations are warning. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 16, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Waiting times focus ‘overshadows misconduct’, finds NHSE review
Ambulance trusts have often prioritised capacity and response times over dealing with cases of misconduct, a review of culture in the sector for NHS England has found. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 15, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
ICB whistleblowing process ‘not fit for purpose’
An integrated care board has found its handling of whistleblowing “not fit for purpose”, after a complaint about safety incidents not being properly investigated. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 15, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHSE ‘treads tightrope’ with new cash bailout for deficit ICSs
NHS England is set to give around £650m to some health systems to offset financial deficits and ease cash pressures, HSJ has learned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 15, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHSE forced to suspend £300m digital framework after ‘claim’ against it
NHS England has suspended a new framework to buy digital GP services — part of the national primary care recovery plan — after a “claim” was issued over the process, HSJ has learned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 14, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Recovery Watch: Planning guidance heads for March
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 bureau chief James Illman and finance correspondent Henry Anderson. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 14, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Hunt and Javid adviser joins NHSE
A Treasury adviser has been appointed to head up a new NHS England team whose work will feed into future spending review negotiations. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 14, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
‘Failure to act with candour’ over unsafe gas, report finds
There was an “unacceptable delay” and “failure to act with candour” in how a trust responded to a serious risk from staff nitrous oxide exposure, an independent investigation has found. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 14, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
