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NewsPatient Safety Awards 2019 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019 has been revealed.
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NewsTrusts get land sale benefit days before ban
Two hospitals have significantly boosted their headline financial performance by completing a £43m land sale just days before new regulations would have prevented this.
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NewsNHS hierarchies put patients at risk says CQC chief
Hierarchies within the NHS workforce are a “real bar” to patient safety, the chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
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NewsPublic sector pay-offs to be restricted to £95,000
Public sector pay-offs are to be capped at £95,000 following controversy over six-figure payouts, the government has announced.
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NewsPathology contract extended amid merger doubts
A trust has extended its pathology contract with a public-private partnership as doubts have emerged over a planned merger with a neighbour.
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NewsTrust and union lock horns after £1m tribunal
A trust chief executive and a union secretary are locked in a war of words over the trust’s handling of an employment tribunal and the fate of its workforce director.
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NewsDaily Insight: Regulatory rejig rumbles on
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCapacity concerns over cancer pilot
NHS England has “questions to answer” about its lung cancer scanning pilots, as concerns have been raised over whether there will be enough diagnostic capacity to cope with the expected increase in referrals.
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NewsMerging regulators fail to hire commercial chief amid director reshuffle
NHS Improvement and NHS England will launch a new search for a chief commercial officer after failing to recruit to the position.
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Trust makes vaccination mandatory for recruitment
A West Midlands trust will no longer recruit staff who have not had an immunisation for mumps, measles and rubella.
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NewsCash-strapped trust made £10m sale to subsidiary company
A prominent foundation trust recorded nearly £10m in income by selling scanning equipment to a company it owns, which in turn had borrowed the money from the NHS parent organisation, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England confirms funding for major national programme
NHS England has confirmed a further year’s funding will be available for a major national programme amid doubts from local commissioners.
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NewsTrust hits waiting time target in just 8pc of cases
A trust has apologised to patients after its performance against the two-week waiting time target for symptomatic breast referrals fell to less than 8 per cent.
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NewsMajor delays to national deaths review policy
A national scheme to improve safety with closer scrutiny of deaths is seeing major delays, with a large majority of areas missing its planned go-live date, HSJ has learned.
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NewsProfits plummet at major healthcare staffing agency
Turnover and profits have fallen significantly at a large supplier of agency staff to the NHS, its annual accounts have revealed.
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NewsNHS app to be mandatory for GPs – NHS England
Connection to the NHS app will become mandatory for all GPs, including those already providing similar digital services, according to NHS England’s digital chief.
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NewsDaily Insight: Lost in transit
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTens of millions in STP tech funding held back
More than £35m of central tech funding for NHS providers was held back last year, with at least one region losing out after local organisations failed to reach a financial deal.
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NewsCPD budget cuts were ‘trade-off’ for more nurses
The removal of money from continuing professional development budgets was “a trade-off” to increase the number of nurses in training, the chair of HEE has said.