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NewsPatients denied transport in ICB funding dispute
Eligible patients are no longer being offered transport to hospital because of a trust’s payment dispute with its commissioner.
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News‘Culture of fear’ revealed in unit driven by ‘strong personalities’
Resident doctors are “terrified” of working on shifts with some consultants at a well-reputed London hospital, an NHS England report reveals.
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HSJ LocalFT suffering ‘ridiculous’ cash shortage after national support withheld
The former national NHS finance director has declared it “ridiculous” his trust is operating with only enough cash to cover one day, after NHS England withheld deficit support.
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NewsThousands waiting 24hrs in A&E with mental illness
One in 10 mental health patients who attended A&E in England last month stayed for more than 24 hours – and this figure rose to more than one in three in some departments, new data suggests.
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NewsChief nurse leaving troubled trust for ICB
A chief nurse is leaving a teaching hospital under investigation over maternity failings for an integrated care board role, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Advanced FTs’ will be able to use revenue to fund capital projects
The new advanced foundation trusts will be allowed to save up and then reinvest their revenue surpluses into capital projects, according to guidance out for consultation.
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NewsTwo trusts seek ‘united voice’ under shared chair
A community trust and its mental health counterpart are to share a chair from next year as they seek to provide “more joined-up services” and “speak with a clear, united voice”.
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NewsNew boss for £2bn hospital group
A new chief executive has been appointed to a large hospital group.
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NewsBMA says trusts must cancel electives if they want help during strike
The British Medical Association has said it will not let striking doctors help under-pressure trusts unless they have already cancelled elective activity and “incentivised” other medics to cover.
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NewsMy tenure as NHSE CEO is a ‘live conversation’, says Mackey
The chief executive of NHS England has refused to commit to staying in the role until the organisation is abolished – expected in 2027 – but said he would do a “reasonable shift”.
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NewsStreeting: ‘Uncomfortable’ redundancy delays are ‘on me’
The health secretary has said the uncertainty hanging over ICB staff has made him “uncomfortable” and that he has not resolved redundancies quickly enough.
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NewsMaternity unit suspended 12 times in three months
A maternity service was forced to close one of its units on 12 separate occasions in the space of just three months due to a shortage of midwives.
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NewsCFO pleads ‘parlous state’ of trust’s finances to reduce fine for patient death
A mental health trust has been fined £565,000 over the death of a 22-year-old, a figure reduced because the judge took into account the “parlous state” of its finances.
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NewsNHS cuts £400m from integration fund as concerns grow over its future
The NHS has cut its discretionary contribution to the fund intended to drive integration between health and social care by nearly £400m, new data reveals.
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News35% of trusts ‘will not achieve savings targets’
More than a third of NHS trusts believe their efficiency targets are unachievable this year, according to research seen by HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: Home monitoring operating under lowest level of regulation
Several technologies in use in the NHS are operating under the lowest level of medical device regulation, despite being advertised for remote monitoring of patients’ vital signs, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE tells trusts to deliver 95% of planned activity during doctors’ strike
Trusts should deliver at least 95 per cent of planned elective activity during the forthcoming five-day resident doctor’s strike, according to NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey.
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NewsChair makes way for joint leadership
The chair of England’s smallest trust is to stand down next month, as it prepares to enter into a “strategic partnership”.
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NewsHospitals will ‘narrowly miss elective target’ to save the bottom line
Hospitals will hit financial targets this year but fall “slightly short” of their waiting-list objectives – as they were “explicitly” told that reducing deficits was “more important” – the NHS Providers’ CEO has predicted.
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NewsNew Hospital Programme ‘close’ to deal on private finance
The New Hospital Programme is “quite close” to agreeing a plan with the Treasury to use private finance for smaller schemes such as car parks and energy centres, according to the project’s outgoing boss.