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Standalone community trusts meet safe staffing plans more often
One third of community hospitals missed their safe staffing plans every month for at least three years, HSJ analysis suggests.
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'Top' hospital chief executive to retire
The chief executive of a major acute trust in the West Midlands will step down next year.
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Significant improvements at former special measures trust
An NHS trust in the Midlands which spent more than two years in special measures has now been rated outstanding for caring and good overall by the Care Quality Commission.
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Plans for joint chief of three CCGs stalled
Plans to appoint a joint accountable officer for three clinical commissioning groups in the Midlands have stalled after concerns from one of the organisations.
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CCG replaces chief officer seconded to ICS
A clinical commissioning group has appointed a new chief officer after its current leader was seconded to the region’s integrated care system.
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Exclusive: Hundreds of jobs at risk as funding cuts loom for NHS Digital
The jobs of hundreds of staff at NHS’s central digital agency are under threat as the organisation grapples with funding cuts and a lack of expertise in new technologies.
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'Alarming' figures show thousands still waiting too long for wheelchairs
Thousands of disabled children who need a wheelchair are still being forced to wait more than four months from the time of their referral to the equipment being delivered, an exclusive HSJ analysis of official data has revealed.
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Hospital hit A&E target by 'making staff bothered', says CEO
Making staff “bothered” about the four hour metric and recognising it was a “quality standard not a performance target” was the main driver behind a struggling hospital’s accident and emergency performance recovery, a senior trust chief has told HSJ.
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Update: NHS England advises against immediate GP at Hand expansion
NHS England has intervened in a potential expansion of GP at Hand – saying it should be blocked until concerns about patient access to screening can be resolved.
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Exclusive: CQC proposes universal rules to cut 'never events'
Universal standard operating procedures for clinicians to follow could be introduced across the NHS to try and cut the number of never event mistakes, HSJ has learned.
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Medical regulator loses Bawa-Garba appeal case
The Court of Appeal has backed Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba in her appeal against the General Medical Council’s bid to have her struck off the medical register following a conviction for gross negligence manslaughter.
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Trusts report new delays in recruiting overseas doctors
Non-EU doctors have been delayed starting their new jobs in the UK because of changes to immigration rules, HSJ has learned.
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Patients suffer 'severe harm' after waiting list failures
Fifteen patients have come to severe harm after a London trust with long standing record keeping problems lost track of their appointments.
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Regulator said NHS trusts could not afford doctors' pay rise
NHS Improvement warned the government that trusts could not afford the pay rises that were recently awarded to doctors in the current financial year.
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Exclusive: Discrepancies in national IT systems raise fear of patient harm
An urgent national review is underway into a mismatch of thousands of patient records that may have caused patients, including children, to miss out on disease screening and immunisation appointments, HSJ can reveal.
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Trusts raise concerns over lack of winter preparations
Trust leaders have raised concerns about the lack of planning at a national level ahead of next winter urging system leaders to publish a long awaited review of last winter.
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Deputy appointed to trust chief executive role
The deputy chief executive of the Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust is stepping up to the top job.
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Exclusive: Hancock orders review of IT plans
The new health and social care secretary has ordered national leaders to pause work to move about 15,000 desktop computers on to new IT systems, and to consider a switch to Google software.
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New chief for mental health trust announced
Nottinghamshire Healthcare has appointed Dr John Brewin as its new chief executive after the retirement of Ruth Hawkins in September.
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Major STP appoints new leader
The Birmingham and Solihull health economy has appointed a new leader following the retirement of Dame Julie Moore.