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News‘High number’ of ambulance staff could face sack for striking
Up to 80 per cent of key ambulance staff could be required to work during a strike or risk being sacked, documents released by the Department of Health and Social Care have revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Funding for winter clinics axed despite NHSE backing
Community clinics credited with easing pressure on A&E and GP practices nationally last winter have not yet been funded for this year, and are struggling to run a full service, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCancer, prevention and learning disabilities set for ‘sensible’ budget raids
Local leaders will be permitted to cut spending on the development of cancer, prevention, learning disabilities and autism services, as they bid to deliver their financial plans this year, HSJ understands.
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NewsFour-plus pathway patients account for 700k of waiting list
New data suggests around 700,000 cases on the elective waiting list relate to patients who are on at least four different pathways, and NHS England says personalised care plans must be developed to treat them more efficiently.
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NewsMajor trust’s ‘outstanding’ rating suspended after well-led review
An ‘outstanding’ hospital trust has had its Care Quality Commission rating suspended, in a rare step by the regulator, due to ‘significant discrepancies’ between the current assessment and findings at a recent inspection.
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NewsThree million callers fail to get through to GP every month, government research reveals
One in 10 people attempting to contact their GP practice do not manage to get in contact, while a further 6 per cent are only told to try again another day, according to new official survey findings commissioned by the government.
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NewsDon’t panic when staff leave, NHSE advises managers
New NHS England guidance has advised line managers to ‘remain calm’, ‘not panic’, and ‘show kindness’ when handling staff resignations.
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NewsSystem agrees 10% bed base increase to ease A&E crisis
An integrated care system is planning to open between 70 and 100 addtional mental health beds to deal with a crisis in capacity.
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NewsTwo ICBs appoint CEOs
A integrated care board has appointed its chief nursing officer as interim chief executive, while another ICB has made its interim CEO substantive.
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NewsElectives and capital to be cut after Treasury refuses £1bn strike cash plea
The NHS’s work to bring down the 7 million elective waiting list is being curtailed, after the Treasury refused to fund most of a £1bn NHS deficit driven by strikes.
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NewsNHSE failing to hold trusts to account on inequalities, study finds
NHS England ‘lacks a clear vision’ on a key part of its health inequalities agenda and is not holding trusts to account for delivering an ‘inclusive recovery’, a study by the King’s Fund has concluded.
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HSJ Local‘Controversial’ A&E policy 'showed we're all shouldering the pain', says CEO
A high-profile shift to admitting patients from A&E to wards irrespective of bed capacity has ‘turned the dial’ for an acute trust’s emergency care, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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News‘Excess deaths’ due to A&E delays rise by nearly a third in one year
Long waits in A&E departments may have caused around 30,000 ‘excess deaths’ last year, according to new estimates.
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NewsNHSE’s ambulance lead joins trust board
NHS England’s lead for ambulance services and other ‘out-of-hospital urgent and emergency care’ is leaving to take up a deputy chief executive role in the ambulance sector.
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NewsDirector drafted in to £120m deficit trust as part of NHSE rescue deal
An acute trust facing a potential £120m deficit has appointed an interim finance director from a specialist provider on a one-year secondment.
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NewsStruggling trust CEO says provider has ‘turned dial’ following care scandals
A mental health trust at the centre of several care scandals has ‘turned the dial’ on improvement, its chief executive has said, following the Care Quality Commission noting some progress but retaining a ‘requires improvement’ rating.
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HSJ LocalSystem ‘resisting change’ and lacking skills for financial recovery, says CEO
A chief executive has said his system’s financial recovery is being hampered by staff who are resistant to change, with too many people lacking the right skills and experience.
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NewsUpdated: Subco staff may get bonus after government U-turn
Staff in NHS subsidiary companies may be eligible for a centrally-funded bonus this year, government has said, just days after stating they would not.
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NewsNHS pension contribution rates cut for the highest earners
Government has revealed changes to the contribution rates for the NHS pension scheme, including a reduction in the percentage paid by top earners.
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NewsBMA seeks consultants’ strike extension
Medical consultants in England are being re-balloted on extending their mandate for industrial action, even as the British Medical Assocation remains in talks with the government over resolving the dispute.