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NewsRacism and ageism up among CQC staff, leaked survey reports
The proportion of Care Quality Commission staff reporting age or race discrimination has increased steeply since 2021, alongside a big drop in those who believe it is a “good place to work”, leaked staff survey results reveal.
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NewsRevealed: the huge growth in long-term prescription of strong painkillers
Almost 180,000 patients have been prescribed strong painkillers every month for two years, a rise of over a third compared to levels recorded just before the pandemic, data obtained by HSJ shows.
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NewsCutting procurement ‘red tape’ will save £100m, says NHSE
NHS England has revealed plans to “cut red tape” in procurement by slashing the number of frameworks through which suppliers do business with the NHS.
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NewsNew cancer ‘expectation’ revealed by NHSE
The proportion of patients who receive treatment within 62 days of an initial referral for cancer checks should rise to 70 per cent by March next year, NHS England has said.
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NewsPCNs face ‘resourcing and maturity challenges’, ICS leaders warn
Primary care networks may lack the “resourcing and maturity” needed to deliver integrated care systems’ ambitions, ICS leaders warned in a newly released survey.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Trust alerts police over clinician who ‘worked on forged qualifications’
A major teaching hospital has alerted the police after it discovered an advanced clinical practitioner who worked for the trust for several years and likely saw thousands of patients was doing so on forged professional qualifications, HSJ has learned.
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NewsToo much emphasis placed on CEO ‘success or failure’ says new chief
A chief executive of a major acute trust has said much of the ‘emphasis’ placed on CEOs represents an ‘outdated model of leadership’.
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News'Tougher ambition' for cancer diagnoses set by NHSE
A ‘tougher ambition’ to increase the proportion of patients getting a cancer diagnosis within 28 days of referral will be introduced in 2025, NHS England has announced today.
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NewsStaff ‘let down by leaders’ as ‘chaotic’ service gets double downgrade
A teaching trust has had its maternity services downgraded to ‘inadequate’ after inspectors found stillbirths and massive haemorrhages were not being treated as ‘serious incidents’.
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News‘Warts and all’ references for NHS leaders ‘may be attacked’
NHS England could have gone further to insist that errors and failures by senior NHS leaders are disclosed to future employers, according to the leading barrister who reviewed the NHS’s fit and proper person test.
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NewsNHSE chief officer takes role in Singapore
The NHS’s first chief sustainability officer Nick Watts has stepped back from the role after nearly three years, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE reveals ‘two tier’ intervention regime for ICSs
Failing integrated care boards can commit to improving before NHS England formally intervenes, according to new ‘enforcement guidance’ set out by the regulator.
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NewsMinisters name 30 trusts receiving share of £250m fund
Ministers have named the 30 trusts which will receive a share of a £250m fund to increase urgent and emergency care capacity.
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NewsExclusive: Hancock denies political motive for inclusion of ‘Red Wall’ project in new hospital programme
A building project in a marginal constituency was added to the government’s ‘40 new hospitals’ programme despite not being on the longlist of schemes proposed by NHS England.
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NewsUS firm gets green light for £1.2bn takeover of UK GP tech giant
American health giant UnitedHealth has provisionally been given the go-ahead to buy UK-based firm EMIS – the leading supplier of GP IT systems – by the Competition and Markets Authority in a deal worth £1.2bn.
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NewsMost cancer targets set to be scrapped
NHS England is expected to confirm plans consulted on last year to cut several cancer targets, including the two-week target for urgent appointments.
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NewsTrusts still seeking compensation a year after cyber attack
Two trusts remain in discussions with a tech firm over financial compensation a year after a cyber attack left them without access to patient records for months.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in June 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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News‘Very targeted’ redundancies planned at NHS England
NHS England has said any further voluntary redundancies as part of its restructure will be offered in a “very targeted way”, as it has already seen many departures and needs to “protect public money and keep people in employment”.
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NewsHSJ Awards shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the 2023 HSJ Awards – including the six providers vying to be “trust of the year” – was announced today.