All Children's services articles – Page 10
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NewsCommissioner admits ‘minimal’ oversight of problem service
Serious safety concerns over a children’s autism service went unaddressed for at least two years, despite an admission from commissioners that the services were “not fit for purpose”.
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NewsHSIB to stop maternity investigations by 2021
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will stop carrying out external maternity incident investigations by 2021, handing them back to the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPanel to scrutinise children’s services as safety concerns grow
NHS England has set up an independent board to scrutinise inpatient mental health, learning disabilities and autism services for children and young people, amid growing safety concerns nationally.
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NewsMost maternity incidents linked to not acting on fetal heart rates
Staff failing to act on abnormal fetal heartbeats during labour was the most common contributing factor in cases where babies were born with brain damage and referred to NHS Resolution’s new early notification scheme, it has emerged.
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: Facilitating choice in haemodialysis
An HSJ roundtable, sponsored by NxStage, looked at the advantages and deterrents to adoption of home haemodialysis in the NHS and ways to overcome them
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NewsWoman’s sepsis death linked to 111 after red flags not recognised
A 73-year-old woman died after the NHS 111 helpline failed to recognise her symptoms as a sign of sepsis, in the latest death linked to the Pathways system.
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NewsTrust takes over specialist service after row
A mental health trust is to take over a contract for children’s autism services following a dispute between a private provider and local commissioners.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts testing latest round of emergency targets
New mental health emergency care targets will be trialled across 11 NHS organisations and one social enterprise, NHS England has confirmed.
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HSJ LocalProvider withdraws services amid contract dispute
Children with autism have been left in limbo after a private provider withdrew the majority of its services amid a dispute with commissioners.
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News'Bullying and harassment' at trusts to be targeted by NHSE regional teams
Cultural issues within NHS trusts will be monitored by NHS England’s regional teams under its new single oversight framework.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Standard hit for the first time
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentFund specialist services to help children with complex mental health needs
NSPCC’s latest report highlights a worrying misunderstanding of children’s complex mental health needs, writes Tim Smith
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NewsWarning over NHS 111 role in teen’s death
The NHS has faced fresh calls to make changes to its 111 service after a coroner blamed its triage system for confusing a 17-year-old who later died.
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NewsHundreds of patients at risk amid major delays to IV feed supplies
Hundreds of patients, including children, dependent on intravenous nutrition to keep them alive are experiencing delays in vital deliveries, because of restrictions placed on the manufacturer by the medical devices regulator.
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NewsTrust to close specialist children’s service
Children who sustain severe burns in Kent, Surrey and Sussex will be treated in Essex or central London from next month, as a specialist unit has temporarily closed.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England attempted to alter independent report on child cancer care
NHS England engaged in an unprecedented attempt to interfere with an independent clinical body’s report into child cancer services, seeking to have a recommendation on co-location of intensive care services removed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSimon Stevens at meeting which decided not to publish controversial cancer report
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens was present at a meeting where a decision was taken not to publish a 2015 report which exposed concerns about children’s cancer care in London, minutes newly released to HSJ show.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE pressured us to protect ‘absurd’ cancer services, says top doctor
A leading doctor who served on an NHS England group tasked with designing new child cancer standards has told HSJ that changes to soften the proposals were “insisted on” by its officials.
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NewsClinicians were ‘pressured’ to change child cancer standards
Clinicians drawing up new clinical standards for child cancer services in the NHS faced “unwarranted pressure” from NHS England’s cancer team to soften their recommendations, three other experts in the field have said.
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NewsFormer NHSE director: 'Pervasive influence' blocked children's cancer report
The previous NHS medical director for London has described how a “pervasive influence from the top” of NHS England thwarted his attempts to improve cancer care for children.