Five trusts outsource their back office in £20m deal
Five trusts within an integrated care system have outsourced their back office functions to NHS Shared Business Services.
Recovery Watch: Elective recovery in a challenged rural area
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
'Outstanding' trust appoints new chief executive
Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has appointed a director of operations and mental health nurse as its new chief executive.
Special measures hospital seeks ‘workforce academy’
A struggling district general hospital is in discussions with a local college to establish a “workforce academy” and school of nursing to address its workforce problems, its chief executive told HSJ.
Fifth standalone community trust rated ‘outstanding’
A fifth standalone community trust has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
Experienced chair moves to special measures trust
Inadequate-rated Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed an experienced chair
Special measures trust appoints new chief
Inadequate-rated Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of Antek Lejk earlier this month.
Trust welcomes chair after 'reluctantly' accepting regulator's veto
A special measures trust has been forced to accept with “reservations and reluctance” a regulators’ decision to veto their choice for a new chair and instead parachute in an interim, trust meeting minutes have revealed.
Rural area faces 'major problem' this winter
Regional chiefs have identified Norfolk as a trouble spot this winter, with local ambulance handover delays described as a “major problem”, according to leaked meeting minutes obtained by HSJ.
Mental health trust announces new chief executive
A large mental health trust has announced the appointment of a new chief executive.
Midlands trust rated outstanding
A community trust has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
CCGs appoint new joint chief
North Norfolk and South Norfolk clinical commissioning groups have appointed a new chief officer, the CCGs have announced.
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Patient Safety in the Community
Winner East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust: Cycle response unit in Northampton town
Community trust with 'passionate' leaders rated outstanding
Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has been rated outstanding by inspectors, the Care Quality Commission has announced.
Major hospital with ‘bullying culture’ put in special measures
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been placed in special measures after inspectors rated the trust and its leadership inadequate, having found a “bullying culture” and an “obvious deterioration” in services.
Revealed: 58 trusts admit they will miss financial plan
NHS Improvement has accepted formal revisions to the financial forecasts of almost 60 NHS trusts, according to data published today.
NHS Improvement abandons consultancy turnaround programme
A financial turnaround project where management consultants are sent to work with NHS trusts has been shelved by NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
Revealed: Trusts performing worst against race equality target
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust was the worst trust in England for racial bias in its formal disciplinary process last financial year.
Trusts must reduce deficits by two-thirds to hit official forecast
NHS trusts must reduce their combined monthly deficit to £107m to meet the official forecast figures in the second half of 2017-18, after recording a monthly deficit of almost £300m in the first half of the year.
Exclusive: New STP lead reveals five CCGs target single provider contracts
Commissioners in Norfolk are to vote on plans to set up a joint committee that would “ideally” broker “single contracts” for all five local clinical commissioning groups with all their major providers.