All News articles – Page 302
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NewsReview of troubled service still not launched after 16 months
A royal college’s review of quality concerns at a pathology service — first approved in September 2018 — has yet to get underway, HSJ has been told.
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NewsStaff shortage forces service centralisation ahead of plan
Surgery for aortic aneurysms has been moved out of a hospital ahead of schedule, following an emergency reconfiguration of services caused by staff shortages.
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NewsCCG vows to address NHS’ ‘worst’ gender pay gap
A clinical commissioning group that pays men almost twice as much as women has said it will take steps to address its gender pay gap.
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NewsWilliam Hill’s tech chief takes top national IT role
The technology chief at betting company William Hill is to take up a senior role at NHSX — succeeding Matt Hancock’s chief IT adviser.
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NewsExclusive: CQC chiefs face no confidence vote
The Care Quality Commission’s senior leadership is facing a vote of no confidence as multiple unions dispute its plans to stop providing broadband to its home workers.
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NewsMajor London provider to take over ‘dilapidated’ cancer centre
A major London trust will take over a “dilapidated” cancer centre, with the trust running it ceding management following heavy criticism.
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NewsRevealed: The areas with the longest waits for emergency ambulances
The local areas where patients are waiting the longest for ambulances have been publicly identified for the first time by an HSJ investigation.
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NewsMorale at special measures trust ‘bottom of the charts’
Isle of Wight’s MP has refreshed calls for extra funding for the island’s healthcare system, warning morale at the trust was “the bottom of the charts”.
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NewsFirst coronavirus cases confirmed in England
Two patients in England have been tested positive for the Wuhan novel Coronavirus, the chief medical officer said today.
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NewsNHS fails to spend £150m of apprenticeship levy
The NHS failed to spend over 70 per cent of the £200m NHS apprenticeship levy, planning guidance published today said.
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News‘Inherently risky’ children’s cancer service to be overhauled after HSJ revelations
Children’s cancer services in south London are to be reconfigured after a new review confirmed they represented an “inherent geographical risk to patient safety” — following HSJ revelations last year of how serious concerns had been “buried” by senior leaders.
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NewsPlans to set minimum level of tech spending for trusts
NHSX is exploring setting a minimum level of technology spending for trusts, regulators revealed today.
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NewsCCGs must visit out of area patients every two months
Commissioners must carry out regular visits to patients with learning disabilities or autism who are place in out of area hospitals, NHS England has said.
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NewsTrusts told to maintain ‘peak’ beds throughout whole year
Hospitals must reduce bed occupancy to below 92 per cent and improve their A&E performance against a benchmark based on how they have fared this year, according to planning guidance published today.
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News18-week target will not be axed in 2020-21
The 18-week target will be used to measure NHS performance on elective care for at least another year, NHS England medical director Steve Powis has revealed.
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NewsNHSE appoints chief commercial officer after 14-month search
NHS England/Improvement has made its interim chief commercial officer permanent after a 14-month search.
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NewsPlanning guidance full coverage: £1bn linked to ‘system performance’
Half of the centrally held financial support available to NHS providers will be tied to the performance of their wider system, in new rules outlined by regulators.
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NewsJeremy Hunt elected health committee chair
Jeremy Hunt has been elected chair of the Commons health and social care committee.
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NewsTrust stripped of ‘outstanding’ rating amid culture concerns
A trust battling allegations it led a “witch-hunt” to try and identify a whistleblower has today been stripped of its “outstanding” rating by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsProvider has 10th hospital rated ‘inadequate’ in under two years
A 10th Cygnet Healthcare hospital in 15 months has been rated “inadequate” and placed into special measures.