All News articles – Page 148
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NewsNHS staff must not come to work if they test positive for covid
NHS staff who test positive for covid must continue to stay away from work for at least five days, despite restrictions being lifted for the general public, NHS England has said this morning.
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NewsTrusts failed to win ‘hearts and minds’ for controversial merger, says review
Relationships between a foundation trust’s board and its governors broke down with ‘a cycle of mistrust’ between the two and some governors’ actions placing ‘an additional burden on staff at a time of unprecedented challenge for the NHS,’ an independent review has found.
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NewsCQC should not ‘sit in an ivory tower’ when rating ICSs, says preferred chair
The Care Quality Commission should not ‘sit in an ivory tower and dream up what it thinks good looks like’ when it starts rating integrated care systems, the proposed new chair for the regulator has told ministers.
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NewsNHS not ‘human’ enough to get greater role in social care, says government review
The NHS should not be given greater control of social care because it is ‘hierarchical, centralised and not person-centred’, according to a government-commissioned review which is repeatedly scathing about the health service.
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NewsDaily Insight: Flexible contracts are a stretch too far
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsDHSC rebukes NHS staff for misusing procurement system
The government has rebuked NHS staff for misusing its e-procurement system Atamis to ‘test supplier experience’.
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NewsGovernment reveals details of plans to scale back NHS competition
The government has set out its plans to scale back competition rules for healthcare contracts, after adopting proposals put forward by NHS England.
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NewsRapid rise in ‘high risk’ estates bill revealed
The bill for fixing NHS buildings to avoid serious injuries to patients and major disruption to clinical services is rising at a rapid rate in mental healthcare, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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NewsTrust drops £310m ‘centre of excellence’ construction deal
A trust has scrapped a plan to build eight operating theatres in partnership with a devices supplier, part of a deal worth up to £310m, because of the ‘impact of covid’.
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NewsDaily Insight: More than just money
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsOne in five CQC staff concerned about overhaul of inspection regime
Hundreds of staff at the Care Quality Commission have concerns about its ‘strategic direction’ and the organisation’s ability to implement changes to its inspection regime.
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News‘Compassionate’ CEO sought for agency accused of bullying, racism and sexism
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch is searching for a new chief executive who ‘suspends ego to influence, engage and motivate’ and can create ‘trust and loyalty’.
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News111 callers eight times more likely to abandon calls in some areas
Callers to NHS 111 services are twice as likely to be judged as needing an ambulance in some regions as others – and up to eight times more likely to abandon their calls.
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NewsNHS agency paid millions to firm owned by director
NHS Digital paid at least £3m to a small tech firm which was part owned by one of its executive directors, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsDaily Insight: Pensions red light turns green
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News'Vital' to make trade-offs to reduce ambulance delays, NHSE tells trusts
NHS England and the Care Quality Commission have asked systems with large numbers of ambulance handover delays to urgently hold a meeting to try to fix the problem by “balancing the risks” of long 999 waiting times.
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NewsTrust CEO appointed NHSE’s covid vaccine lead
A foundation trust CEO will lead NHS England’s covid vaccine and flu programme from the end of this month.
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NewsPension contributions for higher earners and part-time staff to be cut
The government has confirmed it will change how much people pay towards their NHS pension, with adjustments due to be phased in from October.
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News‘Unprecedented numbers’ sent hundreds of miles for a bed
Parts of the country are seeing ‘unprecedented’ numbers of ‘inappropriate’ out of area placements for mental health patients, despite a flagship national ambition to eliminate these cases.