News – Page 352
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NewsNew chief medical officer appointed
A London consultant and public health professor will be England’s next chief medical officer, the Cabinet secretary announced today.
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NewsDaily Insight: 17,000 incidents and 150 deaths
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNew NHS ops chief 'expects to return to trust' after secondment
The newly-appointed NHS chief operating officer is taking up the role on a secondment basis and has told staff at her trust she expects to “return to the trust after a period working at national level”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsStevens pledges funds to ‘substitute’ some clinical tasks with AI
NHS providers will receive additional funding to use artificial intelligence to replace clinicians in some services, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsCQC tells trusts to publish post-inspection letters
The Care Quality Commission has re-introduced post inspection letters for NHS trusts with an expectation that they are made public.
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NewsMore STPs being 'milked' to bail out neighbours
More health systems are being asked to bailout their neighbours after national regulators introduced new regional financial targets, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS national chief operating officer revealed
NHS England and NHS Improvement have chosen the boss of a major hospital trust to be their national chief operating officer, effectively the deputy chief executive of the NHS.
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NewsPrivate hospitals safety warning after patient death
A coroner has issued warnings over safety at private hospitals after a patient referred out of the NHS by his consultant died following surgery.
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NewsFull spending review ‘unlikely’ in time for 2020-21
A full spending review is “unlikely” to take place this year, the chief secretary to the Treasury has admitted.
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NewsDaily Insight: Houses not in order
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsThree CCGs vote to merge to form single STP commissioner
Three clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands are planning to merge, forming a single commissioner across the sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsNHS England seeks £50bn bond for ‘capital starved’ health service
The chair of NHS England has called on politicians to back a £50bn government “bond” for infrastructure spending, saying the service is “capital starved”.
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NewsInvestigation launched into safeguarding at psychiatric unit
A multi-agency investigation has been launched at a psychiatric unit after a “disproportionate” number of safeguarding alerts for patient-on-patient attacks.
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NewsLearning disability nurse shortage to hit 'critical levels'
Health Education England has warned the learning disability nursing headcount could “hit critical levels in the next five years”, with vacancies “upwards of 30 per cent”.
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NewsDaily Insight: Crashing out with no deal
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsFifth mental health trust rated 'outstanding'
A fifth mental health trust has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsEx-NHSE director Fielden sentenced for voyeurism
A former NHS England deputy medical director has been given a suspended sentence after a court heard how he secretly spied on a teenage girl as she took a shower.
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NewsChief executive to leave troubled trust
The chief executive of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is to leave, amid concerns about serious service quality problems.
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NewsGovernment announces plan to tackle NHS pension crisis
The government is to consult on changes to the NHS pension scheme rules to stop senior doctors being hit with large tax bills.
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NewsWorkforce plan: Power will be devolved to regions
Workforce planning policy will be devolved to regional integrated care systems as part of sweeping changes to the way the NHS manages its 1.3 million staff, the long-awaited interim NHS workforce plan has revealed.