All Acute care articles – Page 88
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NewsExclusive: Government to water down medical examiner plans
Ministers are planning to significantly water down a planned new service designed to stop a repeat of the serial killer GP Harold Shipman, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalChief 'increasingly concerned' over hospital build hit by Carillion collapse
The chief executive of an acute trust is growing increasingly concerned about the length of time it is taking to resume building on a “key” new PF2 hospital, following the demise of Carillion.
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NewsData errors barely affected national A&E performance, NHS England claims
NHS England has insisted the national headline figure for accident and emergency performance was not significantly altered by inaccuracies in trusts’ data returns this winter.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals cancelled more than 500 cancer operations over winter
More than 500 cancer operations were cancelled by hospital trusts in England due to winter pressures, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Escaping the invisible asylum
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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NewsProviders: Growing bed shortage must be priority after torrid winter
The NHS’s growing bed shortage is the most pressing issue system leaders must address following a torrid winter, NHS Providers has warned, as it dismissed all of NHS England’s core targets for next year as unrealistic.
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HSJ LocalHospital chief executive to head up charity
The leader of a financially struggling acute trust is leaving to become chief executive of a mental health charity.
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HSJ LocalTrusts and NHS Improvement reach hospital takeover deal
One of the biggest hospital trusts in the country will form on Sunday following a deal being reached after months of wrangling with NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalTop A&E trust's chief executive steps down
The chief executive of an innovative trust with one of the best performing accident and emergency departments in the country has stepped down due to illness.
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NewsGovernment promises long term NHS plan this year
The Prime Minister has said the government will reveal a new “sustainable long term plan” for the NHS over the next year, which will be backed by a ”a multiyear funding settlement”.
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HSJ LocalShelford Group trust will run deficit for 'at least three more years'
A Shelford Group teaching hospital trust will run an underlying deficit until at least 2021-22, it predicts.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Best and worst from the staff survey
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalChair of two hospital trusts to retire
The chair of two Sussex acute trusts is to retire in May.
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NewsHunt to unveil new midwifery support role and training routes
The health and social care secretary will announce new training routes into midwifery today as well as a new voluntary register and education standards for maternity support workers.
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HSJ LocalChief executive confirmed for trust with severely challenged A&E
Susan Acott has been appointed as the permanent chief executive of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust after nearly six months as interim leader.
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HSJ LocalTrust invests in major changes to 'disaster' IT system
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has rolled out major software updates and invested £500,000 upgrading IT equipment for a system senior clinicians previously called a “disaster”.
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HSJ LocalSpecialist trust set for £27m STF bonus in wake of insurance claim
A specialist trust is set to receive a £27m bonus payment from regulators after a one-off insurance claim boosted its forecast surplus for the year.
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HSJ LocalTrust accuses CCGs of 'completely nonsensical' approach to contract rows
A financially struggling acute trust has accused its commissioners of taking a “completely nonsensical” approach to resolving contract disputes over three years.
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Deal to reform clinical excellence awards agreed
Clinical excellence awards made by NHS trusts will no longer be pensionable and limited to between one and three years as part of a deal agreed between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association.