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HSJ LocalNMC's clearance of Morecambe Bay midwives to be reviewed
Professional Standards Authority reviewing decisions by Nursing and Midwifery Council related to two midwives linked to poor care at Furness General Hospital Morecambe Bay inquiry chair questions NMC process and says more contemporaneous evidence was available NMC chief executive Jackie Smith accepts process “not as it should be” ...
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HSJ LocalSuccess regime rejects trust governors' 'absurd' complaints
Success regime rejects governors’ concerns over proposals for community hospital beds Governors at Cumbria Partnership accuse the regime of a “lack of any obvious logic” in its plans and “lack of transparency” Trust chief executive downplays governors’ concerns STRUCTURE: The Cumbria success regime has rejected as “absurd” concerns ...
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HSJ LocalPermanent chief executive appointed at London trust
APPOINTMENT: Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed Ann Radmore as its substantive chief executive.
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NewsNHS England reveals breakdown of £22bn savings plan
NHS England has said £6.7bn of the NHS savings needed by 2021 will come from pay restraint, pharmacy cuts and central budget reductions A further £1bn will come from savings on non-NHS provider contracts and CCG running costs £8.6bn will come from provider savings, driven through 2 per cent ...
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NewsHunt admits health funding was not protected in spending review
Jeremy Hunt did not challenge assertion that overall spending would increase in real terms by only £4.5bn Health committee chair emphasises that national cuts will impact local NHS providers Simon Stevens says “we’re going to have to cut out cloth accordingly” when asked about transformation funding Jeremy Hunt ...
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NewsMackey: Some trusts 'not doing enough' to tackle agency spending
Mackey warns that some trusts ”simply aren’t doing enough” to cut their spending on agency staff Warning comes as NHS Improvement tells MPs that agency caps have saved up to £300m since October 2015 Also follows complaints that some trusts have faced staffing problems due to neighbours breaching agency ...
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NewsJunior doctors contract talks resume
Talks seeking to resolve the junior doctor contract dispute were due to begin on Monday, with Sir David Dalton leading for the government.
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HSJ LocalCCGs to expand seven day services with tendering first
COMMISSIONING: Patient transport services across south Yorkshire are to be put out to tender for the first time in a move to deliver more seven day services.
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LeaderUrgent action is needed to save the NHS’s efficiency drive
The Carter efficiency drive has been going nowhere fast, but needs to be a mainstream priority
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NewsHSJ Live: Catch up on Hunt and Stevens' grilling by MPs
NHS England reveals breakdown of £22bn savings plan Hunt admits health funding was not protected in spending review Coverage of Jeremy Hunt and Simon Stevens’ appearances before the Commons health and public accounts committees
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NewsLittle progress by ‘integration pioneers’, DH’s study finds
DH-commissioned study finds ‘limited evidence’ of changes to services Norman Lamb: NHS England did not take the programme seriously enough Financial pressures and performance targets distract from transformation The coalition government’s high profile “integration pioneers” programme has yielded few tangible results and failed to remove barriers to joined-up ...
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HSJ LocalSingle bidder kept in race for children’s services contract
Consortium of NHS and social enterprise bidders is single bidder for children’s community services contract in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset University Hospitals Bristols Foundation Trust and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust are part of bid Commissioners say that consortium was the only bidder that met the ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts at loggerheads over millions in unpaid bills
FINANCE: Two hospital trusts are embroiled in a row over more than £3m of unpaid bills that could significantly affect their year-end financial positions.
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NewsHunt beats Milburn to become longest serving health secretary
Jeremy Hunt will become the longest serving health secretary on Sunday.
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HSJ Local
Imperial aims for August compliance with RTT target
PERFORMANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust plans to hit the 92 per cent target for elective waiting times in August, board papers reveal.
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News'Remarkable' trust given CQC’s top rating
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust becomes fourth provider to be rated outstanding Trust rated outstanding in unprecedented 20 core services Until November it was run by Jim Mackey, now chief executive of NHS Improvement Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has become the fourth in the country to be rated outstanding ...
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HSJ LocalEvidence of 'bullying and harassment' at under fire CCG
PwC review finds “evidence of a culture of bullying and harassment” at Kernow CCG CCG has been in NHS England legal directions since December, after disclosing a huge deficit when it had been forecasting a surplus Review finds “confusion and dysfunction” on executive team, “failure of governance” and “lack ...
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NewsNorthumbria chief: NHS leaders should 'grasp the nettle' on reconfiguration
Chief executive of outstanding rated trust says NHS leaders should “grasp the nettle” when it comes to reconfiguration David Evans: “Continuity” of Northumbria’s leadership key to CQC rating Says Jim Mackey “hugely” contributed to the success of the trust The chief executive of Northumbria Healthcare Foundation trust has ...
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NewsCouncil leader chosen to head up STP
A fourth senior council figure has been appointed to lead one of the 44 sustainability and transformation plans.
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NewsPoll: Two-thirds believe UK spends too little on NHS
Two-thirds of people in the UK believe too little is spent on healthcare, according to a new survey Much higher proportion than in other major European countries UK health spending as a proportion of GDP has declined since 2009 Almost two-thirds of people in the UK believe too ...