All News articles – Page 33
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Five GP contracts terminated after company ‘breaches trust’ with ICB
An integrated care board has decided to terminate and retender five GP contracts after the firm which holds them was sold to private equity without the commissioners’ permission.
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Hospital reconfigurations ‘negatively impacting’ patients, warn government advisers
Clinical service reconfigurations are mostly driven by the “poor condition of [the] NHS estate” and a lack of staff rather than a desire to “improve clinical outcomes”, advisers to the Department of Health and Social Care have said.
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Service closures on hold after ministerial intervention call
An integrated care board has paused plans to reorganise hospital services after the threat of ministerial intervention.
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NHSE and ICBs to highlight ‘resource gaps’ in wake of stabbings
NHS England is asking systems to highlight “gaps” in resources for intensive community mental healthcare in public in the wake of the Valdo Calocane stabbings.
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Exclusive: GPs to escalate action over contract row
GP leaders have promised to ramp up their collective action and accused some NHS England officials of wanting to “deliberately starve” general practice as their contract dispute intensifies.
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First joint finance director sought by ICBs
Two integrated care boards have announced plans to recruit a shared chief finance officer, in what would be the first such move since ICBs were set up in 2022
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Trusts paying over the odds for ‘innovative’ devices
NICE has issued draft guidance on its first late-stage assesmsent of mature medical technologies It said it needs more evidence is needed to support claims that incremental innovations lead to superior products that justify an increased price Some trusts are likely paying more than necessary for heart valves, ...
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Nineteen hospitals targeted for ‘urgent support’ before winter
NHS England has revealed the hospitals it is targeting for “urgent support” to avoid deterioration in emergency care performance ahead of winter.
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‘Conflict of interest’ concerns over consultants hired to fix NHS finances
Concerns have been raised that consultants advising systems on savings plans could be “marking their own homework”, with many of the firms having already done similar exercises for the same organisations.
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New ICS funding system ‘inherently unfair’, officials were told
Multiple commissioners and providers told officials they believed a new NHS England specialised services funding model is ‘inherently unfair’ as it will disadvantage some of the most deprived health systems, it has emerged.
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Trust investigating offensive comments by senior manager
A trust is investigating after videos emerged showing one of its senior managers making apparently racist and sexist remarks with colleagues on a work call.
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Trust’s property deal hit by falling land value
The future of a high-profile NHS land sale and redevelopment deal is in question due to falling land values, HSJ can reveal.
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Extra pay rise for band 8s and 9s confirmed
Many band 8 and 9 staff will receive an additional pay rise this November, after pay framework changes were signed off by unions and employers.
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Ex-management consultant to chair ICB
An integrated care board has appointed a former management consultant as its new chair.
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Cyber attack firm chosen for £900m pathology deal
The company hit by a high-profile cyber attack debilitating London pathology services has won a major contract in the East of England.
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COO to leave after a year at challenged trust
The chief operating officer of one of England’s most challenged trusts is to leave his job after a year because the commute is too much for him.
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Revealed: the impact of the North Bristol model across 40 trusts
Trusts which have adopted controversial “North Bristol-style” continuous flow models have seen mixed results, with the approach contributing to worsening performance in some places, research by HSJ suggests.
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Unused space costs NHS £90m a year, new figures reveal
NHS organisations spent nearly £90m on empty space in buildings leased from two national property companies last year, HSJ can reveal.
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CQC to scrap ‘generic’ inspector model to fix ‘trust breakdown’
The Care Quality Commission is scrapping its “generic” inspection team model, which is unpopular with trust leaders, as it bids to recover credibility in the wake of a highly critical report on the organisation.
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Hospital trusts ditch shared chair role
Two large hospital trusts have dropped their shared chair arrangement.