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NewsTrusts told to cut a fifth off capital spending plans
NHS providers and systems have been told to cut their combined capital spending plans by 20 per cent – or risk funding being held back from trusts that need to address critical safety issues.
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NewsInvestigation of serious safety incidents to be overhauled
The NHS will move away from traditional thresholds for serious incident investigations as part of its new national patient safety strategy.
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NewsExclusive: Regulators skipped survey asking staff about bullying
Thousands of staff working for NHS England and NHS Improvement have been denied the opportunity to air their views on bullying and harassment in an annual staff survey, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCCG lifted out of legal directions after two years
A clinical commissioning group has been lifted out of legal directions after more than two years.
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NewsDaily Insight: Lowering the bar
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsAspiring integrated care provider makes first formal appointment
An aspiring integrated care provider in the West Midlands has appointed an independent chair to lead the future organisation, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England attempted to alter independent report on child cancer care
NHS England engaged in an unprecedented attempt to interfere with an independent clinical body’s report into child cancer services, seeking to have a recommendation on co-location of intensive care services removed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPaperless 2024 target a 'stretch' – NHSX CEO
The NHS’s top IT executive has said the long-term plan commitment to digitise all hospital trusts by 2024 will be “a stretch” and require “sharp progress” by the least advanced providers.
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NewsStaff and patients to report safety incidents via mobile phones
An overhaul of the NHS incident reporting system will allow NHS staff, patients and families to report safety concerns instantly via their mobile phones.
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NewsDigital GP provider stopped children’s appointments after CQC warning
An online GP provider suspended appointments for under 18s after the Care Quality Commission raised concerns over the sharing of data, the regulator has revealed, but the provider was rated “good” overall”.
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NewsDaily Insight: Watch this chair
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsDigital GP firms could be forced to focus on areas with doctor shortages
New digital primary care providers could be made to set up in under-doctored areas, NHS England has said.
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NewsTrust chair leaves three months early
A trust chair has stepped down three months before the end of his term.
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NewsExclusive: NHS money at risk as firm winds up subsidiary and changes name
NHS hospitals, GP practices and commissioners could lose £4m after a firm providing NHS dermatology services was put into liquidation, according to documents obtained by HSJ.
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NewsFirst community services spec will tie it to primary care
The NHS will create the first national specifications for community health services, which will be closely linked with primary care requirements, as NHS England seeks to get rid of the divide between the two sectors.
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NewsNHSE sets long-term plan priorities
NHS England has split its priorities between “critical foundations” the service must deliver under “nationally defined” timing and requirements, and other commitments where areas will have “substantial freedoms”.
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NewsNew proposals to control digital GP services like GP at Hand
Digital primary care services – like the controversial GP at Hand – are set to be required to establish new GP contracts and clinics in each area they want to be a major provider, under new NHS England rules.
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NewsGPs to form 1,300 primary care networks
GP practices have formed 1,259 primary care networks across England, ranging from populations of less than 20,000 to more than 50,000.
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NewsJunior doctors vote in favour of new contract deal
Junior doctor members of the British Medical Association have voted in favour of changes secured to their contract deal, ending the long-running dispute with the NHS.