Recovery Watch: Why are referrals lower than expected?
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. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
ICB sued over ‘conflict’ in £40m contract award
An integrated care board has denied its officials had conflicts of interest when awarding a £40m contract to run an urgent care centre, according to papers filed with the High Court in London. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Former CEO to chair trust at centre of bullying allegations
A former trust and integrated care system chief executive has been appointed as the chair of a hospital provider grappling with high-profile bullying concerns. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trusts face paybill hike from rebanding claims
Ambulance trusts are facing significantly higher costs as thousands of staff look set to be upgraded to a higher pay band. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHSE appoints single boss for all CSUs
NHS England has appointed a single managing director to lead its four commissioning support units as part of an ongoing overhaul of their operating model. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 24, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
GP takes over community trust as new chair
A GP has been named as the new chair of a community trust in the East of England. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 23, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
‘Wholly unrealistic’ NHSE financial recovery policy risks ‘significant harm’ warns ICS
Leaders of an integrated care system in the Midlands have warned they cannot make the scale of staffing cuts required to balance the books without putting patients at risk. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 23, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHSE appoints to key recovery role after nine-month wait
NHS England has appointed a substantive chief dental officer after filling the post in an interim capacity for almost a year, it has announced. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 22, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Block on data sharing contributed to death
A failure to share medical information between IT systems contributed to the death of a man in prison custody, a coroner has concluded. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 22, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
A&E problem trusts targeted for tech investment
Some of the worst-performing trusts for emergency care performance are set to get funding from NHS England to help manage patient flow through hospital. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 22, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust ordered to cut 600 posts
A major acute trust has been ordered to cut 600 whole-time equivalent posts, its chief executive has said. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 22, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
The mythbuster: The poverty of positive thinking
The NHS England’s penchant for positive spin on performance belies a deeper need for honesty and hope, crucial for organisational turnaround, writes Steve Black (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 22, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Two more trusts get ‘mandated intensive support’ over deficits
Two large hospital trusts have been put into NHS England’s “recovery support programme” and placed on the lowest rung of its oversight ratings. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 22, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
£200k fine ‘reminds trusts to provide safe care’
A trust has been told to pay more than £200k for care failings related to two patients’ deaths. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 20, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
£200k fine 'reminds trusts to provide safe care'
A trust has been told to pay more than £200k for care failings related to two patients’ deaths. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 20, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
