News – Page 29
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NewsOverhauling CQC ratings ‘could bring greater clarity’, ministers told
Changes to the Care Quality Commission’s one-word ratings “could be beneficial”, Penny Dash has concluded in the final version of her review.
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NewsThree new chiefs to ‘reset’ CQC inspections
The Care Quality Commission has been told to scrap its current governance structure and return to specialist inspection teams under the leadership of three new chief inspectors.
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NewsTrusts to form single £1.4bn ‘group’
Two trusts that share a chair and a chief executive have announced they will move to a single executive “group” model.
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NewsCQC ordered to pause ICS inspections
The Care Quality Commission has been ordered to “formally” halt its plans for integrated care system inspections, following the latest criticisms of the organisation.
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NewsPrivate firm wins ‘unsafe’ £300m children’s contract
A major contract for children’s community health services — which incumbents claimed was unsafely cutting costs — has been awarded to a private provider.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE’s defunding of older people’s programme ‘a source of national shame’
NHS England cut £390m (70 per cent) from its planned budget for improving community care for older people in the past two years, according to information obtained by HSJ.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in August 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsLocal authority leader appointed ICS chair
A former local authority leader has been appointed chair of an integrated care board.
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NewsTrust in row with BMA over ‘regional rate card’
A large hospital trust’s attempt to reduce its medical rates for extra shifts to bring them in line with other trusts in the region has sparked a row with the British Medical Association
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NewsExclusive: Trust CEOs sound alarm as ‘ministers float plans to cut elective funding’
Ministers are considering “capping” the £3.2bn elective recovery fund this year, senior NHS figures have told HSJ, in a move they warned could derail Labour’s pledge to cut waiting lists – and send NHS finances into further disarray.
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NewsEmergency performance dips as winter nears
Ambulance response times rose dramatically last month with urgent care performance also worsening as winter appeared to strike early.
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NewsHospital’s ‘isolated’ maternity services under question
The future of services at an historical specialist hospital is under question, as part of plans set out at a tense board meeting today.
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NewsClinical space ‘increased by 34 hospitals’ in under a decade
NHS England has increased clinical space by the equivalent of 34 general acute hospitals in less than a decade, it has revealed.
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NewsTrust ‘could force us out of business’, claims PFI firm
A private finance initiative company has warned it may go bust if a trust imposes any more fines after “severe” fire safety defects were found at its community hospital run by the firm.
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NewsTrust sued over £65m EPR procurement
A trust has been taken to the High Court by a technology firm which claims it broke procurement law in how it evaluated competing bids for a £65m contract for an electronic patient record system.
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NewsTrusts to appoint joint CEO and chair in bid to stem delayed discharges
Two trusts have agreed to appoint a joint chair and chief executive after reviewing “collaboration and integration” across the patch.
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NewsFour-year waits to register with NHS dentist revealed
People across Devon and Cornwall are often waiting around four years to register with an NHS dentist, according to information collected by an integrated care board.
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NewsRegulator steps up inspections after ‘severe’ mortuary failings
Hospital mortuaries are to face more unannounced inspections because of growing concerns over serious failings.
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NewsThree ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.
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NewsICS jobs ‘devaluing public health’, say directors
Integrated care system population health lead roles are causing “inefficient working” and sometimes “poorer care and outcomes”, public health directors have claimed.