The Healthcare Commission has today launched a year-long programme of unannounced spot checks to 120 NHS trusts to check compliance with the government's Hygiene Code.
The code, launched last October, outlines 11 compulsory duties to prevent and manage healthcare-associated infections such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile. Trusts found lacking could be put under special measures by the health secretary if they fail to take adequate corrective action.
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NHS providers must submit a business case to show setting up a wholly owned subsidiary company yields value beyond VAT savings, under new proposals from NHS Improvement.
The NHS should move NHS data and IT systems onto the cloud, using a system like those run by tech giants like Microsoft or Amazon, according to a document outlining the health secretary’s “tech vision”.
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