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Exclusive: The leaders chosen to guide the government’s 10-year plan
HSJ can reveal the health and care leaders who have been selected by government to lead the 11 advisory groups which will feed ideas into its 10-year plan for health.
Just one in 10 scans moved to community centres despite push
Only about one in 10 CT and MRI scans are taking place in “community diagnostic centres” despite a national drive to shift these services into the community.
Exclusive: Trusts accused of ‘gaming’ £2bn elective fund
Government has ordered a review into how the NHS is spending billions of pounds of extra elective recovery funding, over concerns trusts are charging more for procedures but not treating signific...
Trust shuts 10% of its beds in savings drive
A hospital trust has shut more than 10 per cent of its beds and cut staffing to try to meet a savings target, which is one of the highest nationally.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/news/trust-shuts-10-of-its-beds-in-savings-drive/7038126.article
Nurse leader ‘pressed execs to call police over Letby’
A nursing leader called on Countess of Chester executives to inform the police over concerns about Lucy Letby earlier than they did, she told the public inquiry into the events.
Former doctor to chair trust
An acute trust has appointed an experienced chair and former medic to help it provide “sustainable high-quality health services”.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/former-doctor-to-chair-trust/7038130.article
Revealed: Trusts paying the biggest premiums for safety errors
The trusts paying the highest negligence premiums as a proportion of their income have been revealed, with experts warning the “sheer costs involved in managing accidents that could be avoided...
Trust proposes to cut its estates team by half
A prestigious teaching hospital is consulting on plans to cut its number of estates and maintenance staff by more than half.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/trust-proposes-to-cut-its-estates-team-by-half/7038128.article
Baby death inquiry delayed by leadership confusion
Investigations into serious maternity safety concerns have been delayed by at least six months because national agencies could not decide who should lead the work, HSJ has learned.
System lacks ‘critical self-reflection’, says NHSE
NHS England has accused an integrated care system of lacking “critical self-reflection” about the severity of its problems.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/system-lacks-critical-self-reflection-says-nhse/7038117.article
Revealed: the trusts with the highest savings targets
At least three trusts have efficiency targets approaching 10 per cent of their budget this year, HSJ research has found.
Nursing and medical director failed to act on suicide risks, court told
A trust’s nursing director and associate medical director should have reduced risk on a mental health inpatient ward by ensuring bin liners were removed, a court has heard.
Seven-hospital ‘group’ to split in two
Two large hospital trusts are scrapping their joint chair and CEO arrangement, HSJ can reveal.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/seven-hospital-group-to-split-in-two/7038088.article
GPs plan to triple on-day ‘hub’ appointments
A system-wide GP provider collaborative will significantly expand on-the-day centralised “hubs” as part of its plan to transform general practice, it has announced.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/gps-plan-to-triple-on-day-hub-appointments/7038087.article
NHSE desire to please govt forcing finance chiefs to agree undeliverable plans
One of the NHS’s foremost finance figures has joined the chorus of senior healthcare leaders raising serious concerns about the damaging effect of the way the service’s annual planning round ...
Former minister steps down from trust job
The chair of a leading mental health trust who served as a minister in the coalition government is stepping down.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/mental-health/former-minister-steps-down-from-trust-job/7038083.article
ICB cuts income of pioneering provider by up to 10%
A leading large-scale GP provider has seen its annual income cut by up to 10 per cent.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/sussex-ics/icb-cuts-income-of-pioneering-provider-by-up-to-10/7038056.article
Revealed: the ongoing impact of delays to ‘new hospital’ schemes
Infrastructure failings have led to over 1,000 operations being cancelled in the past two years at just 14 trusts, whose rebuilding plans have been placed under review by the new government, HSJ...
Alert over steep rise in handover delays
An ambulance trust is warning that delays handing patients over to hospitals have “significantly deteriorated” in the past two months, with one waiting nearly 20 hours.
New chair appointed at ‘requires improvement’ trust
A new chair has been appointed to an ambulance trust that had its overall CQC rating downgraded to “requires improvement” last year due to concerns over its care and leadership.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/new-chair-appointed-at-requires-improvement-trust/7038066.article
Fresh £900m raid on capital revealed in Budget small print
Close to £1bn has been raided from health capital funding this year to meet day-to-day pressures in tech and pay, documents published alongside the Budget reveal.
‘Urgent’ questions over NHS Budget deal
The Chancellor has announced above-inflation increases to NHS funding, although no agreement has yet been reached on what service levels must be achieved in exchange.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-efficiency/urgent-questions-over-nhs-budget-deal/7038074.article
New £100m pot for building upgrades announced
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a new £100m pot to fund upgrades to GP premises as part of a multibillion pound increase to the NHS’s capital expenditure in the government’s Budget.
NHSE commercial chief steps down
NHS England’s chief commercial officer will step down at the end of this year, she has announced.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/nhse-commercial-chief-steps-down/7038071.article
Huge cyber attack caused minimal patient harm, ICB claims
A cyber attack which crippled a region’s pathology system for three months caused only five cases of “moderate” harm and no significant harm, the NHS has claimed.
City’s five trusts to form £2bn ‘group’
A city’s five acute and specialist trusts have agreed to form a major £2bn hospital “group”.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/service-redesign/citys-five-trusts-to-form-2bn-group/7038061.article
Exclusive: No new funding for key Labour pledge, says NHSE document
Labour’s manifesto pledge to deliver 700,000 extra dental appointments is to be funded from within existing budgets in the current financial year, correspondence seen by HSJ suggests.
‘Significant concerns’ raised over joint chair process
Two acute trusts are planning to move to a group model with a shared chief executive – but one board has raised concerns around proposals for open recruitment for a joint chair.
ICS told it’s ‘top down’ and ‘lacks effective leadership’
An under-pressure integrated care system has been told it lacks “effective leadership” and is “too centralised and top-down” in a survey of partner organisations.
NHS given £1.5bn capital to boost elective recovery
The NHS will be given an additional £1.5bn in capital funding next year to spend on new surgical hubs and scanners, the Treasury has announced ahead of Wednesday’s budget.
Teenager’s death linked to national IT system, review suggests
The 999 assessment and triage system is being reviewed after the death of a young footballer, which may have highlighted a recurring flaw in the tool.
‘Wholesale change’ for NHS IT suppliers under new law
The government is proposing new legislation to bring “wholesale change” to the “fragmented IT vendor market” in healthcare, which is ”hindering” information sharing.
CEO filmed ‘inadvertently’ misleading staff issues apology
A hospital chief executive has apologised after being filmed telling staff his trust had already decided to outsource its facilities management services despite the organisation’s official posi...
CQC examining possible 'criminal offence' by trust
The Care Quality Commission is considering bringing a criminal prosecution against an NHS trust over the death of a 13-year-old girl from sepsis.
Medical chiefs demand inquiry into ‘unrealistic’ national workforce plan
An inquiry into the NHS long-term workforce plan must be reopened because of “significant concerns” over how its proposals were determined, royal college chiefs have insisted.
Trust CEOs warn ‘generation of children’ at risk from failing services
A new report concludes that health services are “failing” children as young people face average waits of a year for an autism diagnosis.
ICB still waiting for its accounts to be signed off after 19 months
One of England’s biggest integrated care boards is still waiting to have its annual accounts for 2022-23 signed off, 19 months after the end of the financial year.
Ambulance trusts suffer as calls jump 13% in London
Ambulance trusts are battling an extremely tough October with calls in one region up by 13 per cent year-on-year and others struggling with hospital handovers.
‘Bullying and racism’ provider faces NHSE investigation
A community services provider at the centre of bullying and racism allegations is being formally investigated by NHS England over its governance arrangements, HSJ can reveal.
Safety watchdog urges Streeting to expand her role
The patient safety commissioner is urging the health and social care secretary to remove “constraints” limiting her role amid a government review of national watchdogs.
Region ‘going into battle’ over funding changes that could cost it £400m
A region’s finance teams are “going into battle” with NHS England over proposed changes to a funding formula that could cost it around 2 per cent of its total budget.
ICB tells trusts to shift ‘core services’ towards new neighbourhood teams
An influential integrated care board has told its providers to work in 25 new neighbourhood teams – which will have about 2,500 staff across its patch – echoing proposals from the new governm...
Hospital warned over safety and ‘undermining behaviour’
Regulators are carrying out “enhanced monitoring” of clinical radiology services at a major London hospital, after concerns about safety and “undermining behaviour”.
NHSE employing temporary workers on up to £900 a day
NHS England is employing temporary workers for several years on up to £900 a day, new figures show, well above the level at which trusts looking to bring in interim staff must secure central sig...
https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/nhse-employing-temporary-workers-on-up-to-900-a-day/7038019.article
CQC chief quits after ‘intensely challenging experience’
Kate Terroni, current interim chief executive of the Care Quality Commission is leaving the embattled regulator, it has announced.
Staff at care scandal trust have ‘little left to give’ as spending controls bite
Staff at a scandal-hit trust feel “undervalued and without any autonomy” due to newly imposed financial controls, according to internal emails.
Steady growth in power among diverse leadership during a time of opportunity
The NHS workforce is now more diverse than at any time in its history, and yet at the most senior levels, the leadership of organisations do not reflect the workforce
The 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health: The judges
The judges for 2024’s list of healthcare’s 50 most influential Black and minority ethnic leaders
Winter pressures funding leads to ‘panic buying,’ says CEO
Last-minute national funding to ease winter pressures often leads to “panic buying” and is “not always well spent”, a trust chief executive has said.
Global majority leaders are now part of the NHS establishment
What will strike readers first about the 2024 HSJ list of the most influential people in health policy and the NHS with a global majority background is how unsurprising it is.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/global-majority-leaders-are-now-part-of-the-nhs-establishment/7037808.article
The 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health: Full list
The top 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders in English health and care – listed alphabetically
CEO appointed to run three trusts
Three hospital trusts in the South West have appointed a joint chief executive as part of a move to a “group model”.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/ceo-appointed-to-run-three-trusts/7038021.article
Central support ‘set to be withdrawn’ from maternity scandal trust
A trust at the centre of a maternity scandal is expected to come out of NHS England’s maternity support programme early next year – despite concerns raised by a parent whose child died under ...
ICB accused of ‘attacking patient choice’
An integrated care system has been accused of “attacking patient choice” by allegedly “pressuring” eye care providers to refer more work within the NHS – amid moves nationally to bring ...
https://www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-efficiency/icb-accused-of-attacking-patient-choice/7038013.article
Finance chief seconded from NHSE to lead two trusts
An NHS England finance director recently appointed chief executive of a North West acute trust will now also take over at a neighbouring community provider.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/finance-chief-seconded-from-nhse-to-lead-two-trusts/7038011.article
Appointing trust leaders as ICB chiefs ‘essential’ to region’s success
The large size of integrated care systems in the North East and Yorkshire region — and the ex-trust CEO leaders they attracted — has underpinned their relatively strong performance, a new rep...
NHS estates backlog rises 20% to record high
The cost of eradicating the estates maintenance backlog for NHS trusts rose around 20 per cent to a new record high of nearly £14bn year on year, according to new provisional data.
Revealed: £18bn bid to complete promised ‘40 new hospitals’
The new hospitals programme has told ministers it needs nearly £6bn annual capital funding for three years to press ahead with building all promised schemes as fast as possible.