All News articles – Page 386
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NewsThreatened heart unit relocates to meet new standards
A major hospital trust is to relocate its children’s heart services to ensure it meets new standards set by NHS England.
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NewsSenior manager at major trust loses fraud whistleblowing claim
A senior manager responsible for clinical coding at a large trust, who alleged a firm of contractors had fiddled their results, has lost her employment tribunal.
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NewsTroubled acute seeks permanent FD as another interim departs
A troubled acute trust says it will look to recruit a substantive finance director after the departure of another interim from the role.
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NewsHospital group writes down six sites amid 'demand management' gloom
Ramsay Health Care UK writes down £70m of value from six sites Australian-owned firm is one of the biggest private providers of NHS-funded care Company cites “challenging” trading conditions following NHS demand management schemes One of the largest private providers of NHS care has written down £70m in ...
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NewsHospital boss takes mental health role
A hospital boss has taken a job as chief executive of a nearby mental health trust.
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NewsWorkforce warning as government makes cancer pledge
The Royal College of Radiologists has urged the government to fund more training places for clinical oncologists, following data revealing that workforce shortages are set to worsen over the coming years.
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NewsCommunity trust with 'passionate' leaders rated outstanding
Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has been rated outstanding by inspectors, the Care Quality Commission has announced.
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NewsDaily Insight: May the force be with you
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsChief Executive Interview: Richard Beeken, Walsall Healthcare Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Membership subscribers. Each month in 2018 a member of the HSJ expert team will conduct a challenging, candid and in-depth interview with a provider trust boss.
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NewsNew procurement model to make in-house catering "more cost effective"
Trusts will benefit from greater price transparency when buying food, regardless of whether they choose local or national suppliers - according to the new head of food procurement for the NHS.
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NewsWaiting list probe abandoned as officials not given 'right of reply'
Probe into cause of four year waiting time problem at teaching hospital Investigation was unable to complete because trust could not finish “right of reply process” with people named in report Barts Health Trust reported waiting times for elective care this month for first time since August 2014 ...
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NewsExclusive: Tariff set to cut payments for traditional outpatient appointments
NHS leaders are proposing to cut the payments made to hospitals for traditional outpatient appointments, HSJ understands.
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NewsCCG U-turn on life-saving care to vulnerable patient after legal challenge
A clinical commissioning group has reversed a decision to pull life saving support from a vulnerable patient, after his lawyers argued the commissioner was breaching the Equality Act.
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NewsFull coverage: New funding deal and long term plan for the NHS
Read HSJ’s comprehensive coverage and analysis this week of the five year funding deal for NHS England and the government’s long term plan for the NHS.
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NewsBed shortages causing dangerous surgery delays, report finds
Just one third of providers for a specialist surgery are meeting waiting times standards and one in 10 patients don’t receive timely emergency surgery, a new report shows.
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NewsNHS trusts overturn council's £100m Virgin Care contract
A High Court judge has overturned a local authority’s contract with Virgin Care for public health services after a successful legal challenge by two NHS trusts.
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NewsExclusive: Stroke patient who died waited 19 hours for ambulance, leak reveals
A 91-year-old stroke patient who waited nearly 19 hours for an ambulance in the East of England was among 22 cases investigated by an external review which found no one died “as a direct consequence” of long delays, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS warned of new WannaCry cyber scam
Multiple NHS organisations have been targeted by a scam, claiming their computers are infected by the WannaCry virus.