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  • cyber security
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    First successful major cyber attack on NHS causes widespread cancellation of operations

    2016-11-01T17:11:00Z

    Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT confirms it has been hit by a cyber attack The attack is believed to be the first to have caused major service disruption Trust cancels routine operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostics for third day Trust confirms attack just hours after the chancellor announced £1.9bn ...

  • Ambulance
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    Updated: Patient transport firm to relinquish contract after CQC concerns

    2016-11-01T11:45:00Z

    An independent patient transport provider is to hand back a £63m contract to the NHS, as it was revealed the Care Quality Commission has served six improvement notices on it.

  • Patricia wright
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    New chief executive for community trust

    2016-11-01T11:20:00Z

    Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust has appointed a new chief executive.

  • Handshake
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    Foundation trusts reveal merger plan

    2016-11-01T11:04:00Z

    Two Derbyshire foundation trusts will seek to merge into single organisation Derbyshire Community Health Services will acquire Derbyshire Healthcare Change follows CQC criticism of Derbyshire Healthcare’s governance Two foundation trusts in the East Midlands have announced plans to merge and create a single organisation.

  • St George’s Hospital
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    Major teaching trust placed in special measures

    2016-11-01T00:01:00Z

    St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust rated inadequate Inspectors find several buildings not fit for purpose Chair blames “very poor board and senior management decisions in the past” for many of the problems Discussions have taken place over “informal buddy relationship” to support the trust St George’s University ...

  • Data
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    Updated: Computer virus forces trust to cancel operations for two days

    2016-10-31T16:29:00Z

    Struggling trust cancels appointments for two days following computer virus Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT said it will turn away people arriving for planned operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostic procedures A&E open as normal but trust tells people to only come if it is an emergency A computer ...

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    Trust declares first A&E 'critical incident' in several years

    2016-10-31T16:18:00Z

    Basildon takes ’very unusual step’ due to lack of beds for new admissions Trust forced to ’cancel significant amounts’ of elective work Move follows similar action taken at nearby Southend just weeks earlier Basildon hospital was forced to call its first internal critical incident in “years” and cancel ...

  • James Cook University hospital
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    Latest STP published reveals hospital reconfiguration

    2016-10-31T12:56:00Z

    Council in the North East become fourth to publish STP Key plans include consolidating specialist services into two specialist hospitals Sets out £260m of efficiency savings Hartlepool Borough Council leader raises concerns about transparency of the process Consolidating specialist hospital services on to two sites and creating a ...

  • Glen Burley
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    Trusts make first moves towards hospital chain

    2016-10-28T16:47:00Z

    South Warwickshire directors and chair to be appointed to Wye Valley Trust Hospital chain under development, to be led by South Warwickshire. Trusts will retain separate boards initially No plans to consolidate clinical services Three board members from South Warwickshire Foundation Trust are being appointed to run Wye ...

  • Ambulance
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    'No evidence of harm' from delayed ambulance response policy

    2016-10-28T14:12:00Z

    South East Coast Ambulance extended response times for some “red two” calls in winter 2014-15 Latest review found no evidence of patient harm as a result of the policy Review was affected by poor data and plans to interview patients were dropped A review into an ambulance trust’s ...

  • Financial spreadsheets
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    New plan for troubled trust assumes £37m financial improvement

    2016-10-28T07:00:00Z

    Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust plans to deliver £37m of financial improvements by March Most of the improvements to be delivered through additional revenue Regulators said trust’s pay bill growth was “excessive” An NHS trust in financial special measures is now planning to deliver £37m of financial improvements ...

  • Wye Valley NHS Trust
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    Minister criticises regulator for 'encouraging' local trust takeover

    2016-10-27T16:51:00Z

    Local MP claims Wye Valley Trust to be taken over by South Warwickshire FT Trade minister Jesse Norman criticises NHS Improvement for encouraging takeover without consultation Wye Valley chief executive and chair likely to be replaced New CQC inspection report likely to be published next week A government ...

  • HSJ Local

    Deficit forecast quadruples at financial special measures trust

    2016-10-27T12:10:00Z

    A leading teaching hospital is forecasting a £60m deficit this financial year – nearly four times its control total.

  • Bristol Children's Hospital
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    Exclusive: Trust guilty of serious service failure over child's death

    2016-10-27T07:00:00Z

    New report exposes systemic failings in care of four year old boy at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Sean Turner was denied the best possible chance of survival because of failings by doctors and nurses in 2012 Ombudsman report contradicts findings by earlier NHS England commissioned review A ...

  • Bill Kirkup
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    Bill Kirkup to lead review into trust's care failings

    2016-10-26T17:12:00Z

    Dr Bill Kirkup is set to lead a review of care failings at Liverpool Community Health Trust, the MP who helped expose the scandal has said.

  • GP_doctor
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    Concerns raised over sustainability of GP social enterprise

    2016-10-26T07:00:00Z

    Internal report says GP provider’s relationship with CCG had “deteriorated to the point where mutual confidence is low and new business contracts become unlikely” Trajectory against an NHS England contract at the start of September would “lead to around a £434,000 deficit” Community interest company says situation has changed ...

  • Cambridge
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    Addenbrooke's £140m IT contract hangs in balance

    2016-10-26T00:01:00Z

    Trust invites bids for £140m contract currently held by Hewlett Packard Enterprise HSJ understands costs are higher than trust originally forecast and are driving deficit Trust says it is “market testing” and supplier is fulfilling contract Cannot comment on finances as “it would impact on potential bids” Cambridge ...

  • jonathan parry
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    Updated: Trust chief to appeal 'vindictive' dismissal decision

    2016-10-25T14:58:00Z

    Jonathan Parry had been excluded from work at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust since August 2015 due to allegations made by a whistleblower Trust has never explained the nature of the allegations against him and three other senior officers who were also excluded Panel found evidence on seven counts ...

  • Phone call
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    Trust asked to maintain 111 service with 12 days' notice

    2016-10-25T12:08:00Z

    An ambulance trust has been asked to continue providing NHS 111 services with just 12 days’ notice after plans for a new provider to take over were delayed twice.

  • Ambulance
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    Troubled ambulance trust launches patient harm review

    2016-10-25T11:35:00Z

    An ambulance service in special measures is to review whether any patients have been harmed by problems locating defibrillators during emergency calls.