All articles by Ben Heather – Page 14
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Half of online health services deemed 'not safe' in CQC inspections
A new regime for inspecting online health services has revealed nearly half were not providing a safe service for patients, according to Care Quality Commission reports.
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HSJ Local
Three CCGs move towards merger
Three West Midlands clinical commissioning groups will will hold their governing body meetings and share the majority of their members ahead of a possible merger in 2019.
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HSJ Local
CCGs backtrack on £10.5m contract after legal challenge
Three clinical commissioning groups pulled out of a £10.5m fertility contract just weeks before the service was meant to start, after a legal challenge to the decision.
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'Real risk of deaths' without national level e-prescribing changes
A national electronic prescribing system used in the treatment of millions of people needs to make changes to prevent patient deaths, a coroner has said.
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Babylon pilot was not pursued by CCGs
Commissioners in London have ditched a planned pilot of Babylon Health’s primary care app after patients in a test “tried speed up GP access, rather than [use] the symptom checker”.
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Public health data to be shifted to NHS 'safe haven'
Public Health England could move potentially millions of patients’ personal data to an NHS “safe haven” – but will likely retain control of the cancer registry for now, the Department of Health has said.
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HSJ Local
Trust defies CQC order to change weapons search policy
A large mental health trust is resisting a requirement from the Care Quality Commission to drop blanket patient searches as it would put people at risk from knife crime.
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STPs to buy consultancy and tech from 'one stop shop'
NHS England is developing a new “one stop shop” framework for local health systems to buy products and services ranging from workforce advice to IT systems.
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'Worrying' review into NHS data sharing deal with Home Office
A report clearing NHS Digital to share patients’ private information with the Home Office has been called “worrying” by the man who commissioned it more than three years ago.
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Hunt: I still need to win NHS funding argument with chancellor
Jeremy Hunt has acknowledged more funding will be needed for the NHS but warned he has not yet won the argument with the chancellor.
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NHS England picks Babylon for flagship patient app pilot
NHS England has picked two private digital services to pilot a new universal NHS patient app that provides access to health records, NHS 111 and privacy preferences through their smartphones.
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Hopson: NHS leaders' careers at risk over 'impossible targets'
NHS leaders are being held to “unjust and unfair” standards by the centre, with careers put at risk over “impossible” performance targets, NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson has said.
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Seven more CCGs approved to merge in nationwide shake-up
NHS England has approved clinical commissioning mergers in a further two areas, bringing together seven more CCGs.
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Exclusive: Mergers involving 11 CCGs get green light
NHS England has approved unprecedented changes to clinical commissioning groups across the country, consolidating 11 CCGs into four, HSJ can reveal.
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NHS needs at least extra £4bn for digital upgrade, says tech chief
The NHS needs “at least” another £4.2bn to fully replace or upgrade its IT systems, NHS England’s chief information officer has warned.
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Updated: Trust worst hit by cyberattack calls for funding clarity
Trusts need more clarity about future cybersecurity funding after the WannaCry attack, Barts Health Trust’s top digital doctor has said.
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HSJ Local
Patient sleeps on chair for a week as trust runs out of beds
A mental health inpatient was left to sleep on chair for a week in a unit intended to keep people for no more than 12 hours.
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NHS told to 'get serious' as full impact of cyberattack revealed
An investigation into the unprecedented WannaCry cyberattack on the NHS has revealed more than 130 urgent cancer referrals were cancelled and more than 1,000 medical devices were infected.
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NHS England and NHS Improvement to share top digital role
The replacement for the NHS’s top ranked digital doctor will report to both NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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McNeil: Trust boards not looking at e-prescribing 'need to be sacked'
NHS’s top digital clinician has said acute trust boards that are not looking seriously at electronic prescribing should be sacked.