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News‘Significant concerns’ raised over joint chair process
Two acute trusts are planning to move to a group model with a shared chief executive – but one board has raised concerns around proposals for open recruitment for a joint chair.
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NewsNHS given £1.5bn capital to boost elective recovery
The NHS will be given an additional £1.5bn in capital funding next year to spend on new surgical hubs and scanners, the Treasury has announced ahead of Wednesday’s budget.
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News‘Wholesale change’ for NHS IT suppliers under new law
The government is proposing new legislation to bring “wholesale change” to the “fragmented IT vendor market” in healthcare, which is ”hindering” information sharing.
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NewsTeenager’s death linked to national IT system, review suggests
The 999 assessment and triage system is being reviewed after the death of a young footballer, which may have highlighted a recurring flaw in the tool.
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HSJ LocalCEO filmed ‘inadvertently’ misleading staff issues apology
A hospital chief executive has apologised after being filmed telling staff his trust had already decided to outsource its facilities management services despite the organisation’s official position being that a decision had yet to be made.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s CQC rating raised after CEO plea
A trust that was the centre of one of the NHS’s biggest maternity care scandals has successfully challenged the Care Quality Commission’s rating of its service, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsCQC examining possible 'criminal offence' by trust
The Care Quality Commission is considering bringing a criminal prosecution against an NHS trust over the death of a 13-year-old girl from sepsis.
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NewsMedical chiefs demand inquiry into ‘unrealistic’ national workforce plan
An inquiry into the NHS long-term workforce plan must be reopened because of “significant concerns” over how its proposals were determined, royal college chiefs have insisted.
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NewsICB still waiting for its accounts to be signed off after 19 months
One of England’s biggest integrated care boards is still waiting to have its annual accounts for 2022-23 signed off, 19 months after the end of the financial year.
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NewsTrust CEOs warn ‘generation of children’ at risk from failing services
A new report concludes that health services are “failing” children as young people face average waits of a year for an autism diagnosis.
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NewsAmbulance trusts suffer as calls jump 13% in London
Ambulance trusts are battling an extremely tough October with calls in one region up by 13 per cent year-on-year and others struggling with hospital handovers.
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News‘Bullying and racism’ provider faces NHSE investigation
A community services provider at the centre of bullying and racism allegations is being formally investigated by NHS England over its governance arrangements, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRegion ‘going into battle’ over funding changes that could cost it £400m
A region’s finance teams are “going into battle” with NHS England over proposed changes to a funding formula that could cost it around 2 per cent of its total budget.
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NewsSafety watchdog urges Streeting to expand her role
The patient safety commissioner is urging the health and social care secretary to remove “constraints” limiting her role amid a government review of national watchdogs.
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HSJ LocalICB chair steps down to join double-merger trust
An integrated care board chair is leaving her role to join an integrated trust in the West Country, it has been announced.
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NewsICB tells trusts to shift ‘core services’ towards new neighbourhood teams
An influential integrated care board has told its providers to work in 25 new neighbourhood teams – which will have about 2,500 staff across its patch – echoing proposals from the new government.
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HSJ Local‘No solution’ after firm’s closure leaves children waiting for diagnosis
A trust has paused autism assessments of primary school-aged children after being unable to find a “cost effective” provider.
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NewsHospital warned over safety and ‘undermining behaviour’
Regulators are carrying out “enhanced monitoring” of clinical radiology services at a major London hospital, after concerns about safety and “undermining behaviour”.
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NewsNHSE employing temporary workers on up to £900 a day
NHS England is employing temporary workers for several years on up to £900 a day, new figures show, well above the level at which trusts looking to bring in interim staff must secure central sign-off.
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NewsCQC chief quits after ‘intensely challenging experience’
Kate Terroni, current interim chief executive of the Care Quality Commission is leaving the embattled regulator, it has announced.