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NewsHancock broke ministerial code over family firm’s NHS deal revealed by HSJ
The health secretary breached the ministerial code by not declaring a firm run by his sister and brother-in-law had been put on a framework to supply the NHS, the government’s independent adviser on ministers’ interests has ruled.
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NewsICS prescribes Amazon’s Alexa to patients
An integrated care system has piloted prescribing patients Amazon devices to act as digital health assistants.
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HSJ LocalLandmark reconfiguration that promised to save 300 lives a year ‘quietly dropped’
One of the highest profile NHS reconfigurations of the last decade — that pledged to save 300 lives per year — has been “quietly dropped”, HSJ has learned.
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ICS asks private providers for £10,000 contributions
An integrated care system is asking independent providers on its patch to pay a substantial annual fee to fund system ‘running costs’, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAmbulance trust reveals patient’s death amid handover delays row
An ambulance trust has highlighted the death of a woman which it says was due to “being delayed on the back of an ambulance”, just two days after it warned that lives were ‘at risk’ from long handovers.
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NewsGovernment scraps free emergency parking for NHS staff
Ministers are set to scrap a free emergency parking pass issued to NHS and care staff last year once lockdown restrictions end next month, updated guidance reveals.
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NewsCQC to focus on services where there is a ‘greater risk of a poor culture going undetected’
The Care Quality Commission has revealed a new strategy that will place more emphasis on a patient’s experience of care and seek to get a better grip on ”care settings where there’s a greater risk of a poor culture going undetected”.
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NewsNHS England gives green light to drop four-hour A&E target
NHS England is pushing ahead with plans to replace the NHS’s four-hour emergency target with a new set of 10 metrics, it has announced today.
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NewsClaims around protecting care homes from covid ‘complete nonsense’, says Cummings
Dominic Cummings has said official claims around care homes being protected from covid-positive patients who were discharged from hospitals last year are “complete nonsense”.
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NewsCummings: ‘Hancock lied to everybody and wrongly accused Stevens over PPE’
Dominic Cummings has accused Matt Hancock of ‘lying to everybody on multiple occasions’, including about NHS chief Sir Simon Stevens blocking crucial orders of personal protective equipment.
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NewsNHS England in talks over permanent boost to critical care capacity
High-level discussions have started about a substantial permanent increase to the NHS’ critical care capacity, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTwo major private providers to the NHS to merge, expecting 'sustained demand'
One of the largest private providers of NHS acute care looks set to buy another, and has declared that the unprecedented NHS elective waiting list will “create sustained demand” for their services.
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NewsTrust told to take ‘urgent’ action over risks to cancer patients
An external review has issued a series of ‘urgent recommendations’ to a specialist cancer service around patient safety risks.
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HSJ LocalSerious safety concerns over third major specialty at struggling trust
Serious patient safety concerns have been raised about a third major specialty at a struggling acute trust, with inspectors also flagging wider leadership issues.
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HSJ LocalCEO to take over third teaching trust
The chief executive of two acute providers is set to take over the leadership of a third teaching trust in Lancashire.
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NewsHancock: ICSs to be rated on safety, integration and leadership
Safety and quality, as well as integration and leadership, will be a “core focus” for the Care Quality Commission’s ratings of integrated care systems, health secretary Matt Hancock has indicated.
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NewsNHS chiefs press Treasury for ‘game-changing’ discharge fund
NHS leaders are pressing government for a ‘game changing’ discharge fund to be made permanently available.
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NewsCovid hospital patient numbers stop falling, as admissions increase across England
The number of covid patients in English hospitals has stopped declining, with hospitalisation in the North West beginning to increase and admissions rising across the country.
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NewsRevealed: Ten-fold increase in children waiting too long for specialist care
The number of children and young people waiting longer than recommended for admission to a mental health bed has increased nearly ten-fold since last summer, according to figures from one NHS region seen by HSJ.
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NewsDigital health service provided care without CQC registration
A digital paediatric and maternity service which says it has ‘saved the life of a child’ operated for up to seven months without a Care Quality Commission registration, it has emerged.