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NewsDelayed care or missed follow-ups behind most ophthalmology claims
More than half the compensation claims in ophthalmology relate to late treatment or missed follow-ups, new data reveals.
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News
DHSC paid PFI lenders £42m after miscalculation
The Department of Health and Social Care repaid £42m to investors of a failed PFI scheme three months before it emerged the fee was not required, according to auditors.
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Comment
The NHS should make better use of its economic power to help local communities
The move from STPs towards ICSs represents an exciting opportunity to change the way the NHS thinks about its role as a local economic player, writes David Maguire
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Comment
Five resolutions to improve the care of young cancer patients
Sasha Daly outlines the top priorities that the new government should pursue to improve the lives of young people with cancer across the UK
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News
Exclusive: NHS England spends millions to send patients private over winter
NHS England and Improvement have allocated millions of pounds to outsource elective and diagnostic work to the independent sector, in an attempt to keep waiting lists down during the winter, HSJ has learned.
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News
‘Amazon-style’ procurement system launches after three-year delay
An “Amazon-like” procurement platform has launched in a handful of trusts after almost three years of delays.
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HSJ Local
Trusts find workaround solution for failed NHS provider
The board of a failed NHS trust will be re-established because of complexities involved in formally transferring its assets — although the new directors will not be responsible for running services.
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Comment
Top GP: National diktats could shatter fragile PCNs
To ensure the success of primary care networks, policy makers must act swiftly to address early problems and ensure networks feel truly owned and co-designed by GPs, says RCGP chair Professor Martin Marshall
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Trust blames behaviour ‘from top of the NHS’ for bullying
Leadership behaviour from the “very top of the NHS” has led to an increase in bullying, according to an official strategy document produced by an acute trust.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Is the centre finally about to get serious on workforce?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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News
NHSI loosens leash on teaching trust
Regulatory measures placed on a major teaching trust have been lifted by NHS Improvement – but the regulator remains concerned over the organisation’s finances and cancer performance.
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HSJ Local
Toilet leaks force relocation of sterile unit
Repeated leaks from a toilet have forced an acute hospital to relocate a sterile unit used for the production of injectable medicines.
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News
Efficiency body considers rebates for some trusts
Trusts procuring goods through third parties may soon be eligible for a rebate from a national efficiency body.
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Comment
Health got the headlines, but it’s still the economy that matters
The focus and measures of success of both the government and the healthcare system are becoming ever more intertwined, points out Michael Wood
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Comment
Make 2020 the decade of healthy ageing
As larger numbers of people live longer, the UK government needs to take urgent action to support people in later life in view of a broken social care system, exhorts Anna Dixon
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Expert Briefing
ICS in name only
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. By integration correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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Leader
The NHS begins 2020 with good reason to hope for a better decade
The NHS stands at the threshold of a new decade facing both potentially its most difficult winter in decades and the most hopeful medium-term future since the 2008 financial crash.
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News
CCG warns of large financial gap
A large clinical commissioning group has admitted it will miss its financial plan by around £13m, due to higher than expected spending on continuing healthcare costs.
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HSJ Local
Acute trust admits £20m financial plan miss
An acute trust has increased its forecast deficit by around £20m, amid a worsening of its county’s overall finances.
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HSJ Local
Finance director makes swift U-turn to stay at troubled trust
The finance director who opted to quit his hospital trust to ”be held to account” has now decided not to resign after all.
