News – Page 290
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NewsNHS Brexit chief: Preparations for no deal must continue
The NHS will continue its no-deal Brexit preparations despite ministers standing down cross-government planning for crashing out of the EU.
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NewsComplex AI rules could risk patient safety, say officials
Half of developers are not seeking ethical approval before they start producing new artificial intelligence systems for healthcare, according to a report by NHSX.
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NewsCCG and trust appoint three joint directors
A clinical commissioning group and a provider trust have announced a further three joint executive appointments.
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NewsAmbulance trust promises better joint working after Grenfell
The London Ambulance Service Trust has pledged to improve communications with other emergency services after a report into the Grenfell Tower disaster highlighted failings.
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NewsDaily Insight: Failing to prepare is preparing to fail
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsFormer national medical director takes London NED role
The former medical director of NHS Improvement has joined Barts Health Trust as a non-executive director, it has been announced.
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NewsDoctors think new tech is about politics, says official report
A report commissioned by NHSX found a belief among patients and clinicians that new technology was sometimes foisted on the NHS to “satisfy a political or commercial imperative” rather than improve healthcare for patients and clinicians.
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NewsDaily Insight: Regulators relent
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsEx-DH boss declares ‘scandal’ in mental healthcare
A shortage of beds for mental health patients – leaving them waiting in emergency departments for more than 12 hours – is a national “scandal”, according to one of the NHS’ most senior and experienced leaders.
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NewsNamed: The trusts receiving new cash for scanners
The trusts in line to receive £200m for upgrading cancer screening equipment from the government have been announced.
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NewsPrivate hospital used for overflow beds rated “inadequate”
A private mental health hospital, used by NHS trusts when there are no available beds, has been rated “inadequate” and put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsDaily Insight: Where will the patients go?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsSurgeon who left patient on the table loses race discrimination case
A ruling which saw a whistleblowing surgeon lose his case for discrimination has revealed the extent of medical infighting at the “increasingly dysfunctional” ENT department within one of the country’s most troubled trusts.
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NewsTeaching trusts fall out over transplant safety concerns
A “breakdown in trust” between two of the country’s leading teaching hospitals saw transplant patients referred elsewhere as a result of safety concerns, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNational sharing of patient records enabled in first-of-kind initiative
Paramedics will be able to access the records of mental health service users for the first time as part of a wider scheme that aims to allow clinicians to share care records across the country.
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NewsAI trial delivers “really impressive” reduction in A&E demand
Commissioners in Yorkshire are to roll out a scheme which used artificial intelligence to help cut A&E attendances by a third in one patient group which received health coaching.
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NewsNHS use of e-prescribing can be a ‘risk to patient safety’
Poorly-implemented electronic prescribing systems in NHS hospitals are putting patients’ lives at risk, the NHS’s safety watchdog has warned.
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NewsDaily Insight: New forms of error
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust forms company for its Drs in pensions tax workaround
A foundation trust has set up a company with a group of its consultants in a bid to work around the pensions crisis hitting the NHS, HSJ has learned. Northumbria Healthcare FT launches limited liability partnership with orthopaedics team LLP aims to give more working flexibility to clinicians hit ...
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News£170k charge on whistleblower will not deter others claims tribunal
A consultant surgeon must pay an NHS trust £170,000 after he lost a whistleblowing case on appeal.