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NewsStevens: Health Bill risks Trumpian politicisation of appointments
A former NHS England chief executive has criticised the government’s Health Bill for risking a US-style politicisation of local NHS appointments.
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NewsFraud warning after trust misled funder
A trust misled a government green energy funder over £14.5m of grant funding, in a case its auditors say may indicate fraud.
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NewsMedics accused of ‘misappropriating’ data to set up firm
A doctor misappropriated confidential documents from a major NHS diagnostics supplier and shared them with his associates to set up a rival private business, it is alleged.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Recognising risk, listening to patients and acting early
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsAt least 20% of baby deaths ‘potentially avoidable’
At least a fifth of baby deaths last year may have been preventable, with this estimate considered “a minimum”, an analysis of thousands of care reviews has concluded.
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NewsCEO drafted in to lead trust out of hospital group
A new chief executive has been appointed to oversee Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust’s departure from its troubled group with Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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NewsPatients face risk of harm as hospital group splits
Details of the serious concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission about the collapsing Humber Health Partnership hospital group have been uncovered by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The appearance of action without improving safety
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsTougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
The government must introduce a statutory barring system for managers by September next year, an inquiry has said – but warned it will only work if trusts are more willing to confront serious misconduct.
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NewsCooper appoints ‘strong and capable’ CQC chair
The health secretary has named Baroness Julia Neuberger as the Care Quality Commission’s new chair, after MPs said they believed she would be “strong and capable”.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The good, the moving-the-deck-chairs, and the positively bad
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsCQC chair nearly said no to job
The government’s chosen candidate to chair the Care Quality Commission has revealed she initially turned the opportunity down, and that the regulator’s former chair had told her it was not a “great idea”.
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NewsTrust fails in bid to overturn CQC warning notice
One of the NHS’s most troubled trusts made an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the Care Quality Commission issuing it with a warning notice.
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NewsRevealed: The eight trusts with ‘worse than expected’ inpatient care
Eight trusts performed “worse than expected”, the Care Quality Commission’s annual survey of inpatient experience at acute and specialist trusts has revealed.
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NewsGPs and governors call for trust group to split
Local GPs have joined calls from governors and consultants to break up a controversial partnership between two trusts.
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CommentA true test of NHS leadership?
Tackling racism in the NHS requires more than standards and compliance. It needs leaders with the courage to stand up for staff and act when discrimination occurs
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News‘Serious failure of governance’ at ‘coach crash’ GP practice
The last remaining partner at a collapsing GP practice has admitted a “serious failure of governance” and likened its problems to a “coach crash”.
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NewsRevealed: CQC ratings gap triples over a decade
The proportion of acute trusts with an overall Care Quality Commission rating that disagrees with at least one of their main hospital sites has tripled over the past decade, analysis reveals.
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NewsHospitals must report on 25 maternity ‘deliverables’
Trusts have been told to report on 25 maternity asks by next month as part of the service’s response to two damning reviews.
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NewsConsultants vote to oust CEO
Three-quarters of consultants at a trust have signed a letter declaring they have no confidence in their chief executive.