All News articles – Page 70
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NewsTrusts may no longer be fined for missing quality standards
Trusts may be spared financial penalties if they fail to meet care quality standards under new proposals from NHS England.
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NewsNational director admits ‘misconduct’ in prior trust CEO role
A director at a national agency has been removed from the paramedic register after admitting to misconduct in a previous role as chief executive of an ambulance trust.
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NewsRevealed: The areas where access to patient records are still not being offered
Less than half of GP practices are offering patients the chance to look at their records in many areas of England, just days before the deadline for automatic access.
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NewsManager called colleague a ‘megabitch’ in alleged ‘campaign of bullying’, review finds
An external review has found that two managers at a mental health trust should answer allegations they bullied and victimised a colleague.
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NewsICB chiefs urged to join campaign to build confidence in £480m data platform
The growing campaign to build support for NHS England’s controversial Federated Data Platform ahead of the announcement of which supplier has secured the £480m operating contract is attempting to win the support of integrated care board chief executives, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Performance of vital demand management service collapses
The performance of one of the NHS’s flagship strategies to reduce demand on over-stretched hospitals has collapsed, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsThird of largest trusts do not know their carbon footprint
More than a third of the largest NHS trusts are still unable to state the size of their full carbon footprint, despite it being three years since the national plan for ‘net zero’ was established.
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NewsLack of ownership within NHSE for struggling service is ‘complete failure of leadership’
No senior NHS England director is prepared to take responsibility for ADHD services – which are facing waits of up to a decade and severe medication shortages – HSJ has discovered.
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NewsRevealed: Four trusts report quarter of all ‘critical incidents’
More than a quarter of ‘critical incidents’ have been declared by just four trusts since the start of the crisis in urgent and emergency care.
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NewsConfirm there is no plan to ‘replace doctors’, NHSE told
The medical regulator has told NHS England to ‘directly tackle’ a perception there is a plan to replace doctors with physician associates amid an ‘intense’ debate about their future.
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NewsNHS backlogs push cancer firm past £100m revenue
NHS cancer backlogs drove an increase in patients going private, an Australian-owned provider has revealed as it announced continued revenue growth.
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NewsMajor incident unit faces possible closure
The future of a specialist ambulance unit responsible for responding to major incidents such as terrorist attacks is in question following ongoing delay in putting its new contract out to tender.
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NewsWhistleblower raises alarm over ‘inadequate’ investigation into 60 suicides
A trust pressured into commissioning an external review of dozens of suicides faces fresh criticism and questions about the probe’s credibility after it emerged the investigation will not investigate each case but instead look to ‘identify themes’.
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NewsFinance directors ‘incensed’ at comments by safety watchdog
The Health Services Safety Investigation Branch has been accused of taking ‘divisive potshots’ at NHS finance directors.
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NewsCommissioners need only use competitive tenders in rare cases say new rules
New regulations have significantly narrowed the circumstances under which commissioners must use a competitive process to choose suppliers of healthcare services.
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NewsReliance on private hospitals being ‘hard wired’ into NHS elective care
The drive to cut NHS waiting lists is becoming ‘disproportionately reliant’ on the private sector, experts have warned, as new data suggests rapid growth in the elective activity carried out by non-NHS providers.
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NewsHospitals close areas after discovering RAAC planks
More hospitals have closed parts of their site after discovering potentially unsafe concrete had been used in the building structures, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE defends equality roles against Barclay intervention
NHS England’s chair has defended the need for ‘specialist skills to address equality, diversity and inclusion’, after Steve Barclay told local NHS organisations to stop recruiting dedicated EDI roles.
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News‘Notable decline’ in ambulance, mental health and maternity care, says CQC
The quality of maternity, mental health and ambulance services has seen a “notable decline” over the last year, which is contributing to “unfair care” and worsening health inequalities, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsSenior managers’ pay rise delayed until at least November
Senior managers will not get their 5 per cent pay uplift for 2023-24 until at least November, with unions describing a slow sign-off process as “making a mountain out of a molehill”.