All News articles – Page 172
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NewsDaily Insight: Missing out on millions
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNHS needs to ‘radically simplify’ data sharing rules, says tech chief
A national tech chief has called for a ‘radical simplification’ of the way in which NHS patients can opt out of having their data shared.
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NewsChief of ‘outstanding’ trust announces retirement
The chief executive of an ‘outstanding’-rated mental health trust has announced his retirement.
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News‘Nightmare’ fuel shortages hit care of vulnerable patients
Community and mental health service providers have warned the ongoing fuel crisis and other traffic disruption is starting to impact the care of vulnerable patients.
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NewsDaily Insight: Make your mind up time
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsSocial distancing and covid testing relaxed to ‘help hospitals treat patients more quickly’
Covid infection control rules for health services have been relaxed in what national officials say will help the service ‘treat more patients more quickly’.
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Trusts and ICS miss out on millions after NHSE shifted goalposts
Trusts and commissioners have confirmed they lost out on millions of pounds after NHS England changed funding rules three months into the financial year, angering local leaders.
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News‘Patients at risk’ as ministers take two years to decide on reconfiguration
A Tory councillor has criticised successive health secretaries for risking patients’ outcomes by taking two years to decide on a regional centralisation of critical health services.
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NewsPublic satisfaction with A&E plummeting, suggests new research
Patient satisfaction levels in emergency departments have collapsed across England, according to new research.
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NewsTrusts struggle with growing backlog of uninvestigated incidents
The backlog of serious clinical incidents that need investigating is building up throughout the NHS, due to the impact of coronavirus and emergency service pressures.
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NewsDaily Insight: Tough times, hard choices
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsRegion aims to clear all two-year waiters by March
An NHS region is aiming to have no patients waiting more than two years on its waiting lists by the end of March.
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NewsTrust taken out of special measures after four years
Isle of Wight Trust has been moved out of special measures and rated “good” by regulators, four years after it was declared “inadequate”.
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News‘Horrendous’ patient death after staff mistake physical injuries for mental health condition
A patient died from a serious spinal injury after emergency staff incorrectly attributed his physical condition to his mental health issues, an inquest heard.
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NewsHospitals consider ‘risky’ dilution of ICU nursing ratios
NHS trusts in London are looking to dilute their intensive care nurse-to-patient ratios due to workforce shortages, according to a leading critical care nurse.
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NewsDaily Insight: A truly ‘career-defining experience’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsClosed walk-in centres to be reviewed in plan to relieve A&E pressures
NHS England has issued a ‘10-point’ action plan aimed at relieving the immediate pressure on urgent and emergency services — including a review of walk-in centres and minor injury units that have closed during the pandemic.
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NewsNHS England seeks ‘strong’ COO who can ‘suspend ego’
NHS England is advertising for a “strong” permanent chief operating officer who “suspends ego”, following Amanda Pritchard’s promotion to CEO earlier this year.
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News'Outstanding' trust appoints new chief executive
Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has appointed a director of operations and mental health nurse as its new chief executive.
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NewsBoards responsible for integration strategy unlikely to be fully operational before autumn 2022
The government has acknowledged that integrated care systems are unlikely to have fully established the partnership boards designed to drive joint working between the NHS and local government until at least five months after ICSs become statutory bodies.