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NewsCQC admits it falsely claimed not to know about trust maternity concerns
The Care Quality Commission has admitted it did know about concerns over the death of a baby at a trust being investigated for serious maternity failures after initially denying it had been informed.
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NewsNHS fraud chief steps down
The chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority has resigned after just four months in the role.*
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NewsICB staff told to work in the office
Several integrated care boards are telling staff they must work a lot more in the office.
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NewsContract awards go ahead as ICBs plead they are running out of staff
Integrated care boards have told a court imminent redundancies meant they needed to be able to award more than £100m in contracts while they still had the staff.
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NewsEqual funding rule disparaged as ‘micromanagement’ by government
The spending rule designed to ensure that mental health services received an equal share of NHS funding growth has been criticised by the government as an example of “command and control micromanagement”.
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News£860m redundancy fund revealed
Government will reduce the Department of Health and Social Care budget by £800m in a single year to fund NHS redundancies, official documents reveal.
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NewsTrust fined £200,000 over teenager’s death
An acute trust has been fined £200,000 after a teenager absconded from a hospital ward and killed herself.
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NewsExclusive: EPRs pose ‘persistent’ threat to patient safety
Electronic patient record systems pose “persistent” risks to patients and have directly contributed to several incidents of harm, a national safety watchdog has found.
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NewsCEO of biggest ICB quits for national role
The chief executive of England’s largest integrated care board has stepped down for a national NHS CEO role, just two months after being appointed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGovernment accused of ‘weakening’ spend on service at ‘breaking point’
Mental health spending will only rise in line with inflation under new NHS England proposals, HSJ has learned, in what sector leaders have described as a “weakening” of funding protections.
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NewsCEO delays retirement to see through inquiry into killings by patient
The chief executive of a mental health trust at the centre of a statutory inquiry prompted by the killing of three people has announced plans to retire after its conclusion next summer.
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NewsMaternity warning system hit by IT fault
A maternity unit criticised by the Care Quality Commission is battling a high-risk fault in its new electronic patient record system which causes women’s deterioration scores to display incorrectly.
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NewsNHS ‘not a golden cow’ superior to other public services, says govt adviser
An NHS England board member has warned that the next NHS chief executive should recognise “the NHS is not a golden cow to be put on a plinth” and is “just one of the many things government has to fund”.
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NewsTrust's divided exec and 'fundamental care' failures revealed
A hospital trust’s new CEO has declared that its board and executive team are divided and isolated, its care standards are failing, and it is sitting on a hidden budget gap.
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News‘Systemic’ failings resulted in avoidable cancer harm
A decade-long pattern of “systemic” leadership and governance failures led to avoidable patient harm in a trust’s breast cancer service, a highly critical review has found.
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NewsTrust’s victory over HMRC unlocks huge tax rebates
Trusts may be eligible for “tens of millions” of pounds in tax rebates after a provider won its bid to reclaim VAT on the purchase of locum doctors.
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NewsLargest mental health trust appoints interim CEO
A large London mental health trust has appointed an interim chief executive following a “robust and competitive process”.
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NewsTreasury backs private borrowing to build health centres
The Treasury has agreed to approve private borrowing as part of a new “NHS Neighbourhood Rebuild programme”, it has announced ahead of the Budget.
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NewsNHS budget hopes boosted by changing view on impact of health investment
The chances of greater NHS investment are growing due to a change of mind at the UK fiscal watchdog, according to a former chancellor and others who have played influential roles in deciding the service’s budget.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE ramps up waiting list cleaning drive
NHS England has doubled its estimate of how many cases can be wiped off the waiting list through validation this year to 600,000, HSJ can reveal.