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  • Former private healthcare boss chosen to chair integrated care board

    • 15 Oct 2021

    A former leader of King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust is one of three new integrated care board chairs who have been selected in the South East.

  • WORKFORCE CQC criticises care scandal trust for 'unsafe staffing'

    • 15 Oct 2021

    The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal does not have enough midwifery staff to keep women and babies safe, a Care Quality Commission inspection has revealed.

  • Leading trust chief announces retirement

    • 14 Oct 2021

    One of the NHS’ most renowned chief executives is announcing her retirement this lunchtime, HSJ has learned.

  • Special measures trust appoints police and fire chief as new chair

    • 14 Oct 2021

    A mental health trust that was placed into NHS England’s new ‘recovery support programme’ this summer has appointed a new chair.

  • The Ward Round: Attacks on managers go beyond the boardroom

    • 13 Oct 2021

    Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.

  • HEE tells trusts to prioritise training, or services will suffer

    • 13 Oct 2021

    The quality and performance of services will suffer if medical training is not ‘prioritised and funded’ by trusts, Health Education England has warned.

  • First national director of ‘neglected’ rehab care appointed

    • 13 Oct 2021

    An adviser to the Northern Irish government has been appointed as NHS England’s first director of rehabilitation care.

  • Provider chief executive to step down

    • 12 Oct 2021

    The chief executive of a major independent mental health provider has announced her departure after leading the organisation out of special measures.

  • Trusts rubbish accuracy of ‘vital’ covid vaccination figures

    • 11 Oct 2021

    Multiple trusts have disputed the accuracy of the first published provider-level data on NHS staff covid vaccine uptake, which is described as ‘vital’ and ‘highly important’ by the UK Health Security Agency.

  • CEO returns from overseas to lead struggling trust

    • 7 Oct 2021

    An acute trust struggling with governance issues has appointed a new chief executive from the Australian health system.

  • ‘Stupid’ and ‘wrong’ for NHS to compete for overseas nurses, claims health minister

    • 5 Oct 2021

    A new health minister has said NHS efforts to compete to attract overseas nurses are ‘stupid’, despite the approach being government policy.

  • East Midlands trust appoints former MP as new chair

    • 4 Oct 2021

    Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust has appointed a former Labour MP as its new chair.

  • NHSE staff raise concerns over ‘conduct of senior leaders’

    • 4 Oct 2021

    The behaviour of senior leaders and unfair recruitment practices were the most common concerns expressed by NHS England and Improvement staff who raised issues with the organisation’s freedom to speak up guardians.

  • UK nurses ‘not a feasible solution’ to short-term crisis

    • 4 Oct 2021

    Initial savings made by using agency nurses over recruiting internationally could be cancelled out in as little as six months, according to a new Nuffield Trust analysis.

  • Government launches biggest review of NHS leadership since 1980s

    • 2 Oct 2021

    The government is launching what it claims is the ‘most far-reaching review’ of NHS leadership since the seminal Griffiths report of the early 1980s.

  • NHS must learn from ‘resource poor’ countries, says workforce chief

    • 1 Oct 2021

    The person charged with determining the NHS’ long-term workforce needs has said the service must learn from “resource poor” countries and their “frugal innovation” when designing future health services and deciding who will staff them.

  • Trust CEO to leave for Welsh health board

    • 30 Sep 2021

    The chief executive of a South Eastern trust is leaving to run one of the largest NHS organisations in Wales.

  • 'Outstanding' trust appoints new chief executive

    • 23 Sep 2021

    Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has appointed a director of operations and mental health nurse as its new chief executive.

  • NHS England seeks ‘strong’ COO who can ‘suspend ego’

    • 23 Sep 2021

    NHS England is advertising for a “strong” permanent chief operating officer who “suspends ego”, following Amanda Pritchard’s promotion to CEO earlier this year.

  • Five new national directors appointed

    • 21 Sep 2021

    Leading doctors from across the country have been appointed to five new clinical director roles to help advise the NHS medical director on post-covid challenges.