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NewsNew taskforce to 'challenge' weak STP proposals
Joint NHS taskforce set up to challenge weak STP workforce plans NHS Improvement nursing director says staffing is the “weakest” element of the STPs Ruth May warns of divergence between operational plans and STP forecasts A new taskforce will challenge weak workforce proposals in sustainability and transformation plans, ...
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NewsChief nurse says she will 'step up efforts' to increase staffing
NHS Improvement identified a similar decline in nurse staffing found by HSJ investigation Ruth May says more needs to be done to increase nurse numbers Practice of one upping “poses a significant risk” to patients, she says NHS Improvement was aware of a significant decline in nurse staffing ...
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: The signal and the noise
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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HSJ LocalHospital achieves teaching trust status
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has achieved teaching trust status today following a public consultation.
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NewsNMC to regulate new nursing associate role
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to regulate nursing associates after it agreed to accept the government’s request to enter the new role on its register.
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HSJ LocalHospital under 'enhanced monitoring' over safety concerns
The obstetrics and gynaecology department of a major London hospital has been placed on “enhanced monitoring” status by the General Medical Council and Health Education England after concerns about safety.
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NewsStevens: GPs will change as their 'backs are against the wall'
Primary care transformation will be “won or lost” over next two years, Simon Stevens says Quality and outcomes framework to be replaced as it is “past its use by date” NHS England chief also says junior doctor training needs overhaul within three years Simon Stevens has said there ...
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NewsPressure on NHS 'toughest I have ever seen', says NHSI director
Trusts need support to recruit and retain staff, says NHS Improvement nursing director Nursing directors say they plan more overseas recruitment this year Some trusts may have harder to achieve staffing plans compared with others One of England’s most senior nurses has said the pressures facing the health ...
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NewsNurses reveal strain of working on understaffed wards
Patients have been left waiting for medications, unwashed or had vital observations delayed because hospital wards do not have enough nurses, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Doctors' views used to expose failing services
NHS Improvement looking at trusts in lowest quintile of GMC’s doctors in training survey Regulator also believes concerns expressed by HEE can identify “trusts teetering on the brink of lasting A&E performance failure” See the most recent survey results NHS Improvement will use the satisfaction rates of junior ...
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CommentFour ways in which the NHS can learn from others
Narinder Kapur specifies how learning from others can be best put into practice in the NHS
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Industrialising safety in healthcare
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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CommentSix ways to boost the morale of junior doctors
The NHS needs to look across the waters to learn from the Navy – which does better at making employees feel valued
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HSJ LocalNHS manager guilty of £153,600 fraud avoids jail
Lisa Hill and Ian Watson admitted defrauding the NHS of £153,600 Judge suspended two year jail term for two years Money was used to train GPs in mental health care A senior clinical commissioning group manager and clinical lead on its board have avoided being immediately jailed after ...
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CommentA beacon for collaborative and compassionate leadership within the NHS
Why the ambitious vision of developing tomorrow’s leaders is quite a challenge at a time when the NHS is undergoing so much change
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HSJ LocalCCG manager convicted of £153,600 fraud
A senior clinical commissioning group manager and a leading GP on its board defrauded the NHS of £153,600 set aside to treat patients over winter into the bank account of a company they controlled.
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CommentWe must be aware of and fight unconscious bias in healthcare
It comes in many forms and can even affect patient safety, write Narinder Kapur and Peter Jones
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Nice one Jim, now let's see results
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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NewsExclusive: Resident consultants key to safe care, says royal college
Resident consultant working will improve patient care, says RCOG Royal college says rota gaps on obstetrics and gynaecology wards will “persist” Report says culture change required among senior staff Medical consultants should work more resident shifts on obstetrics and gynaecology wards to ensure safe care and help tackle ...
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NewsUpdated: DH refuses to release key funding details of Hunt’s NHS management scheme
Jeremy Hunt promises to double amount of NHS graduate scheme places from 100 to 200, then rising to “up to 1,000” Leader: Hunt’s demand for more clinical managers is based on a false premise The Department of Health and Health Education England have refused to say how much ...