All articles by Caitlin Tilley
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NewsGovernment accused of misleading claim on health hubs
Most integrated care systems lack a women’s health hub offering full services — contrary to government claims — according to research seen by HSJ.
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NewsDirector who helped force out CEO resigns from trust
A trust chief people officer, who was heavily criticised in an employment tribunal ruling, has resigned from her role.
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NewsHospital sends GPs 15,000 letters in a single day
A “technical failure” caused a hospital trust to send 15-20,000 discharge letters to local GP practices on the day before the Easter bank holiday weekend, some of which dated back four months.
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NewsICB seeks first GP and dentist integration
An integrated care board in the East of England is working to integrate general practice and dental care records, and exploring shared sites for the two primary care services.
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NewsHigh-profile trust to merge with neighbour
A specialist mental health trust whose services have been under intense scrutiny in recent years is merging with a neighbouring provider.
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NewsGroup trust names two acting CEOs
Two interim chief executives have been appointed by a group of four trusts, as its substantive CEO takes up a “transition” role at NHS England.
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NewsICBs will have to merge, says ex-NHSE chief
Some integrated care boards will need to merge in order to cut their running costs in half, according to Sir David Nicholson — leaving trust groups such as the one he now chairs well placed to organise local services.
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NewsICBs in dispute with provider over ‘ticking timebomb’ drug costs
Multiple NHS commissioners are embroiled in a legal row with a private company they say is “intensively” marketing its online weight-loss drugs service, which could cost them hundreds of millions of pounds a year.
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NewsExclusive: Streeting brings in adviser for neighbourhood health
Wes Streeting has hired a former GP who led a review into integrated care for Labour while the party was in opposition to advise on neighbourhood health and primary care.
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NewsGP contract strips out key cancer and mental health targets
Targets designed to improve mental health and cancer outcomes in primary care have been removed from the new GP contract agreed between the profession and government.
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NewsICB must review contested urgent care contract
An integrated care board has ordered a review of its decision to move an out-of-hours primary care contract from a local GP firm to a private company.
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NewsNo extra funding for government’s urgent appointment pledge
Integrated care boards have been told to commission their share of 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments, but will be given no extra funding for them, the government has confirmed.
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NewsDeath of CEO announced by ‘devastated’ trust
Tributes have been paid to a “fiercely passionate” hospital trust chief executive following the announcement of his death.
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News400-metre ambulance journey prompts trust to change rules
A community trust has lifted restrictions on its district nurses visiting one of its own wards, to prevent the unit calling ambulances to transport patients 400 metres.
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NewsDoctors protest trusts’ move to stop paying for breaks
Doctors have called for the immediate reversal of two trusts’ moves to stop paid breaks for locums who are not holding on-call bleeps.
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NewsTrust U-turns on axing service over funding cut
A hospital trust has agreed to keep running its sexual health service, despite a funding cut of nearly £500,000.
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NewsRevealed: War of words among leaders at £1.6bn trust
Medical managers at University Hospitals Birmingham have accused some colleagues of misrepresenting doctors’ views and creating “negativity” which is “detrimental to the reputation of our organisation”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust hires ICB leader as new CEO
A new chief executive has been appointed to a struggling mental health trust, a year after the Care Quality Commission raised major concerns about its leadership.
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NewsMinisters ‘breaking promises on contract reform’
Unions have accused the government of letting them down on commitments to reform primary care contracts, six months after Labour won the general election.
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NewsExclusive: Trust orders external review into medical training ‘concerns’
University Hospitals Birmingham has ordered an independent review into its international medical training programme, after concerns the scheme may be routinely underpaying overseas doctors.