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News159 sites to get £343m for ‘A&Es’ and health centres
The government has named the 159 provisional sites for new mental health emergency departments and community centres, which will share £343m of capital.
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NewsRegions roll out custom performance regimes
NHS England regions have begun introducing their own regional performance management regimes for providers, on top of the NHS Oversight Framework.
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NewsCEOs agree new targets to cut waits
A new set of targets has been agreed between NHS England and mental health chief executives in a bid to boost the sector’s reputation within government.
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NewsThreat to remove resident doctors after racist incidents
One of England’s most challenged trusts faces resident doctors being removed from two specialties due to racism from staff and patients, board papers have revealed.
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NewsCouncil privatises NHS-run care service
Private providers are set to take over the running of some adult social care services currently carried out by an NHS trust in the South West.
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NewsShared execs may be ‘stretched and less effective’, NHSE admits
Sharing executives across struggling providers can lead to leadership teams becoming “stretched and therefore less effective”, NHS England has acknowledged.
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NewsLead provider role creating ‘potential conflicts of interest’, review finds
A lack of clarity around lead provider and commissioner roles at a mental health trust collaborative is creating “potential conflicts of interest”, a review has found.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Blindsided NHSE bosses to launch snooping probe
Blindsided NHS England bosses have ordered a “thorough investigation” into the trust at the centre of a scandal involving staff inappropriately accessing patients’ records, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrusts failed to act on 9,000 lost patients for five years
Clinicians and managers knew of problems with an ear, nose, and throat waiting list five years before a backlog of nearly 9,000 patients came to light, an NHS England review has found.
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NewsDirector unfairly sacked by CEO after ‘17 years unblemished service’
A former trust CEO “misled” one of his board executives who was sacked after a “deeply flawed” investigation, an employment tribunal has found.
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NewsICBs told to redraw boundaries again
Integrated care board boundaries will be redrawn again after Andy Burnham pledged they would match new local government footprints by 2029.
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NewsWelsh government denies English hospital’s £20m demand
A Welsh health board is refusing to pay £21m as demanded by an English hospital trust in a cross-border funding dispute.
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News‘Nepotistic culture’ left poor behaviour unchecked, says review
Staff at a major acute trust described a “nepotistic culture” in which poor behaviour went unpunished, a review into how it handled staff concerns has found.
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NewsFormer police chief to chair trust
A major hospital trust under pressure over maternity failings has appointed a former assistant chief constable as chair.
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NewsExecs told to own risks of AI scribes
NHS England has told trust boards to take direct responsibility for the safety of AI scribe technology, as national regulatory standards for the tools are lowered.
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News‘Nothing to see attitude’ to safety incidents uncovered at hospital
A troubled trust has revealed a backlog of more than 100 incidents requiring “high-level” safety investigations, as an external report warned of a “nothing to see” attitude towards governance.
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NewsNearly 100 staff left ‘in limbo by shitshow procurement’
Nearly 100 staff at a Lancashire trust have been left in “limbo” for more than two years due to a troubled NHS England procurement process, which HSJ has learned is set to be run for a third time.
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NewsInquiry trust CEO paid £330,000 after stepping down
The chief executive of a trust subject to an ongoing inquiry and significant performance concerns received more than £300,000 after he stepped down from his post.
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NewsBurnham wants NHS savings to help pay for social care
Ministers will look at how much can be saved from NHS budgets by improving adult social care before increasing taxes to fund the reforms, Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsHospital group pioneer to chair four trusts
A former acute chief who steered a major London trust out of quality special measures has been named chair of the four trusts that make up England’s biggest hospital group.