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NewsBMA rejected plea from junior doctors’ leader to exclude children’s care from strike
Internal emails show BMA leader wanted paediatrics to be excluded from full walkout Withdrawing emergency care for children would be “difficult line to defend” Full emergency strikes planned for 26 and 27 April with no exclusions EXCLUSIVE: Internal emails from the British Medical Association show junior doctors’ leader ...
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NewsTransplants axed and wards closed amid trust’s nurse shortage
Sources reveal critical care bed crisis at one of the country’s largest hospital trusts Two wards closed at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’ University Hospital Liver transplant operations cancelled because of a lack of intensive care beds Liver transplant operations at one of the country’s flagship teaching ...
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NewsAnalysis: The child heart surgery hospitals still to meet the new standards
Five out of 11 hospitals said they are working to meet the new standards in the agreed five year timescale Providers asked to submit a self-assessment of existing congenital heart disease services Proposals for future care models “fall significantly short” and “represent a real safety risk” St George’s has ...
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NewsBCF like going 'cap in hand' to NHS, says social care leader
Funding the integration of health and social care through councils going “cap in hand” to the NHS cannot be right, according to the new president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
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HSJ LocalNHS Improvement denies locum cap caused Lancashire A&E crisis
NHS Improvement refutes claim that agency cap caused Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ A&E crisis Trust warned regulator of agency cap concerns months before downgrading an A&E FT claims cap caused staffing crisis across emergency department and other medical specialities NHS Improvement was warned that the locum pay cap was ...
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HSJ LocalFear of competition rules stopped council pooling social care budget
Somerset County Council decided against rolling social care money into CCG’s outcome based commissioning plans Council received legal advice that it could not participate in non-competitive process CCG managing director says “most capable provider” process “not available” to NHS organisations from this month A council in the South ...
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HSJ LocalHospital 'overwhelmed' by eye care demand
PERFORMANCE: A Kent trust has admitted it is “overwhelmed” with demand for ophthalmic services and has up to 7,000 patients at risk of worsening eyesight who require “urgent” follow up.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust forced to downgrade A&E after locum doctor crisis
Acute trust forced to take action after collapse of middle grade A&E rotas following locum caps Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has just eight doctors to staff 14 posts across two sites Chief executive says failure of trusts to act collectively on locum caps meant doctors left to work at higher ...
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HSJ LocalPrivate firm may have been only bidder for £12m a year contract
COMMISSIONING: The company in charge of patient transport services in Sussex may have been the only bidder for the £12m a year contract, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalManchester vanguards will not access national fund
The new care model vanguards being developed in Greater Manchester will need to be funded from the region’s already allocated transformation fund, not the national pot.
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HSJ LocalTrust silent over status of operations director
A troubled acute trust in Greater Manchester has refused to comment on the apparent departure of its director of operations.
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NewsDaily Insight: Are you tech yes or tech no?
HSJ’s round-up of Tuesday’s must read health stories
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NewsNHS England clarifies tech funding position
£500m of the £1.8bn earmarked for making NHS paperless by 2020 will go on existing contracts set up under the National Programme for IT NHS England director confirms amount of new, unallocated money is £1.3bn Beverley Bryant also reveals £119m of funding for tech projects will be available this ...
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NewsExclusive: Official index reveals tech leaders and laggards
New assessment gives clearest picture yet of NHS’s digital maturity, experts tell HSJ HSJ analysis shows overall scores for all trusts on digital index NHS England warns against using data as a league table A new NHS England assessment of “digital maturity” across the NHS lays bare significant ...
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NewsRevealed: First digital maturity index scores in full
This is a full list of trusts’ scores on the new digital maturity index, based on HSJ analysis of NHS England data.
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HSJ LocalNorth East CCGs could take over CSU
STRUCTURE: Plans are being drawn up to turn the North East’s commissioning support unit into a company owned by its customer CCGs.
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HSJ LocalThree NHS executives hired to transform struggling CCG
PERFORMANCE: Three senior NHS executives have been drafted in to support the development of recovery plans at an under pressure CCG after it was put into turnaround.
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NewsDaily Insight: Commissioners' continental confusion
HSJ’s round-up of Monday’s must read stories and debate