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NewsSimon Stevens: Cut DTOCs to prepare for possible flu outbreak
Freeing up delayed transfer of care beds will be vital to ensuring the NHS has enough capacity to manage winter pressures and a possible flu outbreak, Simon Stevens has warned.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health recruits new chief executive from neighbouring trust
A scandal hit mental health and community trust has hired its new chief executive from a neighbouring organisation.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: More than 800 patients waiting over a year at one trust
Poor waiting list management led to “dangerous” failures and 814 patients waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment at a London teaching trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England will invest in artificial intelligence, says Stevens
NHS England is to invest more in artificial intelligence over the next 12 months and will roll out new regional patient data schemes, chief executive Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsPay rise for NHS staff moves closer as government lifts cap
NHS staff could receive pay increases beyond 1 per cent next year after the government said it is ready to show “flexibility” in the 2018-19 public sector pay round.
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HSJ LocalTrust, private providers and GPs form alliance
A community trust in Yorkshire is setting up an alliance with local GPs and two private primary care providers to deliver accident and emergency streaming services.
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NewsExclusive: US firm suing NHS England for millions in unpaid bills
A US owned clinical waste firm is suing the NHS for millions of pounds in unpaid bills, HSJ has learned.
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NewsShortlist for HSJ Awards 2017 revealed
The shortlist for the HSJ Awards 2017 has been announced.
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NewsChief executive of the year contenders announced
Nine of the NHS’s best trust leaders have been shortlisted for chief executive of the year at the HSJ Awards 2017
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HSJ LocalChildren potentially exposed to severe harm after waiting list blowout
Four children were potentially exposed to severe harm after delays in their treatment, as dozens have been on a surgery waiting list for more than a year.
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NewsSavings targets set for new pathology hubs
A network of acute trusts in Greater Manchester has been set the biggest savings target in the country under NHS Improvement’s national pathology networking plan.
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NewsJeremy Hunt to announce digital trust 'buddies'
The government will distribute £181m to a second wave of digital trusts, the health secretary is expected to announce tomorrow.
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NewsControversial heart surgery closure plans could be ready in weeks
Controversial recommendations over the national reconfiguration of congenital heart disease services could be submitted to NHS England in three weeks, ending years of uncertainty.
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NewsNHSI reveals nationwide pathology network plan
NHS Improvement has outlined plans to create 29 pathology networks across England in a bid to make nine per cent savings as part of work to implement recommendations set out by Lord Carter.
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NewsA&E scorecard plan replaced by patient flow dashboard
NHS Improvement has dropped plans to rank trusts on an accident and emergency “scorecard” and instead launched a performance data “dashboard” to help trusts better identify patient flow bottlenecks and share best practice.
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HSJ LocalTrust leaders told reputation at risk if 'poor' A&E fails to improve
A trust with a new £48m emergency department has been ordered to urgently improve by NHS Improvement after recording some of the country’s worst A&E performance figures.
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HSJ Local'Heavy handed' NHS England forces CCG to agree to STP
NHS England threatened commissioners in London with legal directions if they do not support plans to appoint a single accountable officer, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNineteen trusts named to receive A&E capital funding
Ministers have announced which NHS trusts will receive part of the next tranche of additional capital funding previously announced for accident and emergency services.
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HSJ LocalFour CCGs in ACS appoint single accountable officer
Four CCGs leading one England’s eight accountable care systems have appointed a single accountable officer, in move towards a single commissioning model.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees short term deal over £26m property dispute
An interim deal has been struck between a mental health and community provider and NHS Property Services amid a row over liability for millions in estates maintenance costs.