ICSs failed to find alternatives despite ‘shock and panic’ over PbR
Local systems failed to come up with realistic alternatives to bringing back payment by results for planned care despite an initial ‘panic’ around its return, according to NHS England’s elective recovery boss.
Sloman and Ferris to leave NHS England
Two top-level NHS England directors have announced they are leaving the organisation after about two years in their current posts.
Forty trusts are set elective target less ambitious than last year
NHS trusts have been given targets to increase elective activity that range from 103 per cent of pre-pandemic levels to nearly 130 per cent, internal data seen by HSJ reveals.
From curious barbers to pioneering clinicians - how does responsible AI improve patient care?
Dr Umang Patel emphasises that with AI, we stand at the start-line of a new professional era for clinicians
Revealed: First trust CEO to receive £300,000 base salary
Many of the highest paid trust chiefs now have two executive roles, including the first permanent NHS CEO to be paid a base salary of more than £300,000 a year, HSJ analysis reveals.
Exclusive: the trusts offering thousands of staff inferior pensions
Trusts are regularly denying staff employed by their wholly owned subsidiary companies access to the NHS pension and providing them with schemes which are significantly less generous.
HSJ’s 10 most read integration stories of 2022
As we get ready to say goodbye to 2022, HSJ takes a look back at the 10 most read integration stories of the year.
Building firm agrees £100m settlement for hospital ‘defects’
A construction firm has agreed to pay around £100m to an NHS trust after structural defects were found at one of its hospitals, HSJ understands.
The Integrator: Still trying to tackle discharge delays
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
North by North West: Cutting staff numbers in ICBs
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NHS facing £70m tax bill after legal challenge on car parking charges fails
NHS organisations look set to lose out on £70m, after a court ruled a trust could not reclaim VAT on its car parking fees from HMRC.
Trust ends deal with consultancy accused of ‘misconduct’ by Jacob Rees-Mogg
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has ended its £6m contract with consultants Bain & Company after the government accused it of “grave professional misconduct” over its activities in South Africa.
Joint director gets £200k payout after ‘unlawful’ spending claims
A former joint director employed by a foundation trust and local authority has received a £209,000 payout after leaving her roles.
‘We are presiding over a failing NHS,’ say leading trust CEOs
A lack of accountability is causing the quality of NHS services to crumble, according to some of the most respected trust chief executives.
Recovery Watch: The great follow-ups revolution
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.
White men form the minority of HSJ’s Top Chief Executives
A chief executive with less than four years’ experience has been selected as the number one CEO in HSJ’s eighth annual ranking of the service’s top provider trust chiefs
Mackey: cost-saving targets for trusts ‘not really possible’
The cost savings targets set for the most financially challenged trusts ‘probably aren’t really possible’, NHS England’s national director of elective recovery Sir Jim Mackey has warned.
Would putting GPs under the command of hospitals work?
The pitfall of trying to design a ‘one size fits all’ model of primary care should be avoided, write Robert Ede and Sean Phillips
Hospital trust launches as social care provider
A leading acute foundation trust is launching itself as a direct provider of domiciliary social care services, and planning to open care homes, in what is thought to be a first.