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NewsThirteen regions yet to agree pathology model
Thirteen out of 29 regions have yet to formally commit to new pathology models, the latest update has revealed, although senior chiefs have declared the major efficiency scheme remains on track.
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NewsDaily Insight: Stuff their mouths with gold
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Mental health trust of the year proves small is beautiful
One of the smallest provider organisations in the NHS has won the mental health provider category at this year’s awards.
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NewsDirector leaves NHSX four months after unit created
An NHSX director has left his role just four months after the new digital unit was officially launched.
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NewsRevealed: The NHS trusts acting as PCN "bankers"
Four NHS trusts have established a foothold in primary care networks, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: 40 per cent of PCNs flout NHSE guidance on size
Two in five primary care networks fall outside the recommended population thresholds set by NHS England to help maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of the new structures, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsSay ‘no’ to racist patients - Hancock tells NHS staff
Patients who ask to be treated by a white doctor should be told ’no’, health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has told NHS staff.
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NewsMPs: DHSC and regulators ‘failed miserably’ over quango
MPs have accused three national bodies of “failing miserably” to end long-standing problems with an NHS property company and its tenants.
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NewsTeaching hospital chair to also run neighbouring trust
The chair of one of England’s biggest teaching hospital trusts will also chair its smaller neighbour from next April.
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NewsDaily Insight: Does it really need to be said?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust faces 48-hour strike over subsidiary company plans
Several hundred support staff at Frimley Health Foundation Trust are expected to strike for 48 hours this month, as controversy continues over its proposed subsidiary company.
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NewsNurse sacked because of past whistleblowing activity
A large mental health provider unfairly dismissed a nurse with a record of whistleblowing because it feared he was seeking to highlight care failures, a tribunal has ruled.
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NewsPM asks Hancock to investigate ‘removal’ of trust directors
The prime minister has asked Matt Hancock to investigate the “removal” of two non-exec directors from the board of a specialist hospital trust.
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NewsHancock pressed to decide on capital schemes before election cut off
Two former ministers and one of the Conservative party’s most influential MPs have pressed the government for clarity on funding ahead of the upcoming dissolution of Parliament.
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NewsNHSE to investigate ‘back of a fag packet’ procurement
NHS England has agreed to investigate concerns raised by an MP about a clinical commissioning group’s procurement of children’s autism services following a request from the health and social care secretary.
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NewsTrust stops making cancer drugs after criticism from regulator
An acute trust is to abandon manufacturing its own radiopharmaceuticals after a regulator said it needed more quality improvement work and better facilities.
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NewsLeading trust CEO will switch to running ICS
The chief executive of a foundation trust has stepped down to take an expanded role with the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System.
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NewsMan’s overdose death prompts changes to 999 software
Changes are being made to the NHS 999 and 111 triage software after it was criticised for failing to determine the urgency of overdose cases based on type of drug taken.
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NewsDaily Insight: Telling the difference between heroin and paracetamol
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.