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NewsPolice dropping most mental health calls ‘could cost NHS £260m’
The national rollout of a new policing model scaling back officers’ responses to mental health incidents could cost the NHS around £260m, a trust chief executive has told MPs.
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NewsNHSE to outsource raft of commercial functions
NHS England’s commercial directorate will outsource management of several key areas of its work, according to details of the national commissioner’s planned procurements published last week.
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NewsDozens more children ‘severely’ harmed by care failures
Dozens more children than initially thought have come to “severe” harm following failings in audiology care, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE project will stop patients sharing data, government advisers fear
Experts fear a rise in patients opting out of sharing their health data when NHS England announces the winning supplier to provide a controversial new data platform, documents reveal.
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HSJ LocalExec clear-out at teaching trust revealed
A major teaching trust confirmed an overhaul of its executive team today, including the sudden announcement that its chief medical officer is leaving.
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NewsWinners of Patient Safety Awards 2023 revealed
The winners of the Patient Safety Awards 2023 were revealed last night following the most competitive year in the event’s history.
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NewsManagers raising safety concerns ‘must not be jumped on’, says NHSE director
Regulation of managers must not lead to a disbarring process without also introducing ”developmental” and supportive measures, NHS England’s national patient safety director has said.
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NewsTrusts told to name directors leading response to restraint scandals
Mental health trusts should be naming board members in charge of investigating and reducing restrictive interventions, according to the Care Quality Commission’s director for the sector.
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NewsExclusive: Sunak’s winter fund to prop-up ‘bottom line’ with ‘no new initiatives’
Extra NHS funding which the prime minister announced last week for ’winter’ will in fact be used to cover trusts’ additional costs linked to strike action, and ‘will not be available to support new initiatives’, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts underperforming on infant mortality
The number of trusts outperforming their peers on infant mortality has fallen, according to a national audit.
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NewsNew discharge target on its way, NHSE confirms
NHS England has published its first framework for intermediate care services, calling for much better capacity planning, and confirming it is developing a national standard for rapid discharge into step-down care.
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NewsMackey: regulation of NHS managers ‘is coming’
A national NHS leader has said regulation of managers ‘is coming’, and the service should ‘just go with it and make it as effective’ as possible.
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NewsCap on legal fees to save NHS trusts £50m a year
New restrictions on the amount lawyers can charge trusts when bringing clinical negligence cases against them could save the NHS £50m a year, the government has claimed.
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NewsNHSE warns new policy creates risk for service ‘already under enormous pressure’
NHS England has warned the decision by police forces to respond to far fewer incidents involving people in mental distress could pose ‘risks’ to both patients and a service “already under enormous pressure”.
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HSJ Local‘We’ve got no magic fix’ admits director of trust with ‘culture of fear’
The deputy leader of a trust rated ‘inadequate’ by a health watchdog four times in the past decade has admitted the necessary changes to its culture may take a further four years.
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NewsShelford trusts now paying consultants up to £269 an hour to cover strike night shifts
Seven of the 10 largest teaching trusts are understood to have acquiesced to demands by the British Medical Association to pay consultants higher overtime rates for covering August’s junior doctors’ strike.
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HSJ LocalStaff feel ‘frozen out and ignored’ at ‘inadequate’ services
Leaders of two maternity services have been told to take urgent action, after inspectors found understaffing and declining levels of care, despite safety warnings from midwives.
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NewsNHSE intervenes as ICS flags worsening financial deficit
An integrated care system deemed to be a relatively strong performer is now forecasting a £25m deficit, after signing up to a breakeven plan at the start of the year, its CEO has said.
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HSJ LocalFormer regulator chief drafted in to tackle poor performance at ICS
A former regulator who created a ‘failure regime’ for trusts has been drafted in to address performance problems in a high-profile integrated care system.
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NewsA&E handover delays ‘still getting worse at some hospitals’
Ambulance chiefs say handover delays have got worse at some trusts in recent months, despite the picture improving nationally since last winter.