All News articles – Page 87
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NewsCQC in legal battle with private provider over ‘inadequate’ report
An independent patient transport provider is taking legal action against the Care Quality Commission after an inspection led to it being unable to operate in many areas for nearly three months.
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NewsFour NHS chiefs awarded birthday honours alongside maternity campaigners
Four NHS chief executives were among those recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, along with public health leaders and safety campaigners.
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NewsLeading supplier accused of ‘anti-competitive behaviours’ by NHSE
The market-leading supplier of e-rostering software to the NHS has been accused of ‘anti-competitive behaviours’ by NHS England.
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NewsTrust leadership accused of lack of ‘oversight’ hits out at CQC ‘algorithm’
The largest trust in the East of England has received a Care Quality Commission warning notice about the medical care provided by its three hospitals.
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News‘I’m protecting the NHS tech budget’, says Barclay
The health and social care secretary has claimed he is ‘protecting’ the NHS’s technology budget in the face of financial pressures.
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News‘Get stuck into ICSs’, Hewitt tells local leaders
NHS leaders ‘who might be hesitating about whether or not to really commit’ to their local integrated care system should ‘put aside all of those doubts [and] get stuck in’, Patricia Hewitt has claimed.
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NewsGovernment dilutes public health priorities to deliver shorter NHS mandate
The government has downgraded the importance of improving public health in its annual ‘mandate’ to the NHS.
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NewsTwo trusts added to NHSE list of providers at ‘high risk’
Two trusts have been added to NHS England’s list of those identified as needing the most support meeting cancer and elective targets.
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NewsGovernment refuses to commit to key Hewitt recommendations
The government has rejected or refused to commit to many of the cornerstone recommendations made in Patricia Hewitt’s review of the autonomy and accountability exercised by integrated care systems.
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NewsPritchard: We need to be ‘really thoughtful’ about intervening with ICSs
NHS England needs to be ‘really thoughtful’ about how and when it intervenes as powers are devolved from the centre to integrated care systems, NHSE’s chief executive has said.
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News‘Catastrophic’ fall in managers linked to slump in NHS productivity
A “chronic” lack of managers sits at the heart of the fall in NHS productivity, a report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies has claimed.
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NewsNHSE begins £1bn move to ‘diversify’ GP IT
NHS England is proposing a new framework for buying primary care IT — worth up to £1bn — which it hopes will lead to ‘diversification’ of suppliers.
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News‘First’ single EPR across ICS planned
An integrated care system is planning on launching what it believes is the ‘first’ single electronic patient record across acute, mental health and community providers.
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NewsNew triage policy implicated in 44-year-old’s death
An ambulance service says it has sped up clinical review of lower-priority calls, after a coroner said the new triage process — introduced in response to recent waiting time pressures — ‘will lead to further deaths’.
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NewsLondon gives way on consultant strike cover pay
London trusts have been told they can pay almost triple the usual rate for consultant cover during this week’s junior doctors’ strike.
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NewsMedic who stood to be MP appointed hospital CEO
A trust has appointed a new hospital site ‘chief executive’, whose predecessor stood down after less than two years.
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NewsHitting elective target ‘not in NHS’s control’, Sunak warned
The NHS Confederation chief says he will this week demand clarity about Rishi Sunak’s flagship waiting list reduction target, warning it may not be ‘the most sensible target [or] within the service’s control’.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts with the highest locum usage
The heavy reliance of mental health trusts on locum doctors has been laid bare by new research suggesting four of the five trusts with the highest locum usage were providers from this sector.
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NewsICB and seven trusts put in ‘recovery’ after refusing to submit balanced financial plan
An integrated care board and all seven of its member trusts have been placed into the ‘recovery support programmes’ – formerly known as special measures – by NHS England, after declaring a deficit plan for 2023-24.
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NewsPolice examining ‘medical malpractice’ at teaching hospital
Police are looking into a number of patient deaths at a leading tertiary centre, HSJ has learned.