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  • The Ward Round: Trusts’ ‘unknown’ disability problem revealed

    • 21 Sep 2023

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

  • Strikes caused 22 ‘critical incidents’, government claims

    • 20 Sep 2023

    The NHS has declared 22 ‘critical incidents’ due to disruption caused by industrial action since December, including having to transfer critical care patients, according to the Department for Health and Social Care.

  • Exec clear-out at teaching trust revealed

    • 19 Sep 2023

    A major teaching trust confirmed an overhaul of its executive team today, including the sudden announcement that its chief medical officer is leaving.

  • Managers raising safety concerns ‘must not be jumped on’, says NHSE director

    • 18 Sep 2023

    Regulation of managers must not lead to a disbarring process without the development and support of staff, NHS England’s national patient safety director has said.

  • NHSE appoints new director of elective and cancer

    • 13 Sep 2023

    NHS England has appointed a new director of electives, cancer and diagnostics, and a new communications director.

  • Long-serving CEO takes on second trust

    • 8 Sep 2023

    Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust chief Matthew Winn has been appointed interim CEO of Norfolk Community Health and Care for a 12-month period.

  • Teaching trust reviewing decisions made under Letby CEO

    • 8 Sep 2023

    A trust which hired the former chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital as an interim CEO has launched a review of decisions about safety and whistleblowing taken under his leadership.

  • NHS staff to be asked about sexual harassment for the first time

    • 6 Sep 2023

    NHS staff will be asked if they have experienced sexual harassment or inappropriate behaviour in the workplace for the first time.

  • U-turn on interim role for ex-CEO of hospitals at centre of maternity scandal

    • 5 Sep 2023

    An integrated care board announced the appointment of an interim chief executive – who led a health board in Wales at the centre of a maternity scandal – only for her to withdraw about two weeks later, it has emerged.

  • Experienced CEO joins ‘trust under great pressure’

    • 4 Sep 2023

    A struggling South West trust has appointed a new chief executive officer on an interim basis amid on-going financial woes.

  • Sloman joins virtual wards company after NHSE exit

    • 4 Sep 2023

    NHS England’s chief operating officer is joining a telehealth firm as a senior adviser.

  • Chair who was ‘not always honest’ in old job gets NHSE’s ‘full support’

    • 31 Aug 2023

    An integrated care board chair is keeping her job despite complaints being upheld against her in a previous role, it has emerged.

  • First-ever joint strikes for junior doctors and consultants announced

    • 31 Aug 2023

    Junior doctors have announced a fresh round of strike action that will coincide with walkouts by hospital consultants.

  • NHSE appoints ICS chief as medical director

    • 30 Aug 2023

    NHS England has appointed an integrated care system chief who led an extensive review on primary care last summer as a medical director.

  • Revealed: 60pc of trusts have a ‘first-time’ CEO

    • 29 Aug 2023

    Nearly two-thirds of trusts have a ‘first-time’ chief executive, while one-third of the sector’s CEOs have been in their current post for 18 months or less, following a period of remarkable turnover since the covid crisis.

  • Consultants announce dates for longest strike yet

    • 24 Aug 2023

    Hospital consultants in England will strike for three consecutive days in October as they prepare to undertake their longest period of industrial action so far.

  • ‘Insecure’ junior medics ‘crying every day’ in ‘chaotic’ department

    • 24 Aug 2023

    Delays in patient care and a lack of consultant support have left junior medics fearing for their mental health, an NHS England investigation has discovered.

  • The Ward Round: Regulation of managers is the easy answer

    • 23 Aug 2023

    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.

  • Leak reveals ‘crazy’ decision to ‘strip out commitments’ from NHS workforce plan

    • 23 Aug 2023

    Senior officials had to “strip out commitments to future plans, or policies” from the long-term workforce plan – including an earlier promise of a dedicated digital workforce plan – according to leaked internal emails seen by HSJ.

  • Ministers took over a year to approve NHS leader’s appointment

    • 22 Aug 2023

    Ministers took more than 300 working days to sign off a senior NHS leader’s appointment, HSJ can reveal, as new data exposes the huge delays trusts face when trying to secure government approval for very senior managers.