All News articles – Page 369
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NewsCCGs asked to pump extra £2m into wheelchair contract
Clinical commissioning groups in Kent are being asked to find at least an extra £2m for a service which is leaving people waiting months for wheelchairs.
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NewsHSJ wins investigation and technology awards
A series of articles by HSJ senior correspondent James Illman exposing care failings at East of England Ambulance Services Trust was named “investigation of the year” at last night’s inaugural Press Gazette specialist media awards.
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NewsExclusive: Regulators consider 'blended' approach for NHS contracts
NHS regulators are considering a new standard payment mechanism which would involve a “blended” approach between block contracts and activity based tariffs, HSJ understands.
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NewsPlans to close three acute stroke units revealed
Proposals to replace six stroke units with three new hyper acute stroke facilities across Kent and Medway have been revealed.
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NewsDaily Insight: Redesigning the doughnut
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCCG to tender billion pound community services contract
A community services contract, worth £1.7bn, is set to be procured by commissioners in the South West of England
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NewsDaily Insight: Picking a winner?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsStruggling hospital trust needs 200 beds for winter
A struggling hospital trust says it will not have enough beds for one in every six patients this winter without a drastic increase in capacity or intervention.
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NewsRevealed: One in 10 CCGs flout key NHS spending pledge
One in 10 clinical commissioning groups have cut their mental health spending according to new figures from NHS England, more than double the previous year.
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NewsA&E, RTT and cancer waits - August 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for July 2018.
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NewsGraduate management trainees to work in urgent and emergency care
NHS graduate management trainees will be placed in urgent and emergency care systems for the first time as part of a new pilot.
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NewsHancock: I want to help GP at Hand expand
Matt Hancock has told an audience of Babylon Healthcare staff he wants to help the company expand “so loads of companies can come do what Babylon are doing” in the NHS.
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NewsHSIB questions efficacy of national anaesthetics safety campaign
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has questioned whether a national patient safety initiative has had any impact on wrongly-administered anaesthetics.
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NewsPHE calls for payment tariff on public health outcomes
The NHS must do more to stop people smoking and Duncan Selbie thinks the best way to do it is to implement a national tariff for smoking cessation.
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NewsDaily Insight: Town hall takeover
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsExclusive: Trust staff blow whistle over bullying to council leader
A local authority leader has called for an independent investigation into allegations of bullying made by staff at a scandal-hit trust, HSJ can reveal
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NewsGovernment ranks areas on health and social care joint working
A league table rating performance on patient flow between the boundaries of health and social care has been published, as the Care Quality Commission announces it will continue local area reviews ahead of possible inspections of council commissioning.
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NewsChief officer of struggling CCGs steps down
The chief officer of two clinical commissioning groups is leaving her job, after they were put under directions by NHS England.
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NewsDGH drops back into special measures
A small rural trust has been put back in special measures after inspectors found a deterioration in quality since their last visit.
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NewsTrainees withdrawn from troubled surgical unit
A teaching hospital has had its cardiac surgery trainees withdrawn by Health Education England.