All News articles – Page 175
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NewsPrivate hospital rated ‘inadequate’ again amid safety concerns
A mental health hospital that was placed in special measures last year has been rated “inadequate” again after an inspection raised concerns including unsafe ward environments and staff not managing patient risks well.
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NewsNew national role for former CQC chief inspector
The former chief inspector of hospitals at the Care Quality Commission has been appointed chair of the UK National Screening Committee.
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NewsHealth leaders hit out at firms for continuing Russia links
Simon Stevens and Jeremy Hunt have hit out at companies with NHS links which continue to trade with Russia.
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NewsCovid admissions in the south surpass January peak
The number of people being admitted to hospitals who test positive for covid in the south of England is now higher than it was in January.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsTeenage inpatient’s death sparks urgent coroner warning
A coroner has issued a warning over future deaths at a mental health trust less than two weeks after a teenage inpatient’s death.
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NewsSingle region responsible for a third of ambulance handover delays
One ambulance trust is reporting nearly a third of all time lost due to handover delays at emergency departments, according to figures seen by HSJ.
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NewsCovid inquiry will examine NHS ‘capacity and resilience’
The NHS’ ‘preparedness, initial capacity and the ability to increase capacity, and resilience’ will be among the areas examined by the UK covid-19 public inquiry, the government announced today.
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NewsDitching Russian gas could leave the NHS with a huge bill
The health secretary’s order for the NHS to excise Russian and Belarusian firms from its supply chain this week came with an acknowledgement that it may not be immediately possible to end contracts with suppliers.
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NewsOmicron hit cancer performance harder than first covid wave
The omicron variant had a bigger effect on cancer performance than the first wave of coronavirus in 2020, official data suggests.
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News‘Lack of respect’ for children at ‘inadequate’ hospital
Staff failed to provide kind and compassionate care and did not treat children with respect at a private hospital downgraded from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’, a report by health inspectors has revealed.
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NewsNHS England to replace cancer targets
The two-week wait cancer target should be scrapped and replaced with a different measure, as part of an overhaul of cancer standards, NHS England has said.
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NewsGovernment’s £750m bill for storing PPE revealed
Ministers spent £755.8m storing personal protective equipment over the first year and a half of the pandemic, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS employers told: ‘Comply in full’ with tax rules for ‘locum and agency staff’
NHS England has told trusts and commissioners to ‘comply in full’ with regulations which mean deducting tax and national insurance from the payments made to some contractors, despite the ‘substantial administrative implications’ this will create.
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NewsJavid: No increase in NHS funding to address workforce needs
Any investment to increase NHS staffing levels recommended by the forthcoming long-term workforce plan will need to be funded from within the service’s existing budget, Sajid Javid revealed today.
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NewsGap between best and worst cancer performers widens
The gap between the best and worst-performing health systems for cancer has widened during the pandemic, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsNHS must remove Russian firms from its supply chain ASAP
NHS trusts must exit any contracts they have with Russian and Belarussian suppliers ‘as soon as practically possible’, Sajid Javid has instructed.
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NewsCovid hospital admissions start to rise again
The number of covid positive patients admitted to English hospitals has started to rise again after falling for nearly two months.
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NewsDirector sacked for harassing trainees loses wrongful dismissal case
A senior medic sacked after sexually harassing two trainees has lost his employment tribunal claim.
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NewsThe regions lagging in drive to recruit 50k nurses revealed
The South East has made the most progress on increasing registered nurse staffing since autumn 2019, while the North East and Yorkshire has made the least, according to figures published by the government.