News – Page 420
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NewsLorenzo firm scoops £250m NHS contract
The company that supplies the Lorenzo patient records system has won a major IT contract, which underpins a restructure of the health service’s procurement and logistics arm, NHS Supply Chain.
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NewsGP at Hand patients refused access to some NHS services
Some patients referred to secondary care by the controversial GP at Hand practice have been refused treatment on the basis of “insufficient capacity”.
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News‘Vulnerable’ patients die after food terminology confusion
NHS Improvement has issued an alert following the death of two patients and hundreds of other incidents where people with swallowing difficulties were given inappropriate food due to staff confusion.
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NewsThreatened heart unit relocates to meet new standards
A major hospital trust is to relocate its children’s heart services to ensure it meets new standards set by NHS England.
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NewsTwo more digital 'exemplars' to get £7.5m
NHS England has picked two more regions to receive up to £7.5m to create detail health and care patient records.
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NewsTroubled STP appoints high profile chair
A high profile regulator and quango chief has been appointed as the new independent chair of a troubled health economy.
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NewsSenior manager at major trust loses fraud whistleblowing claim
A senior manager responsible for clinical coding at a large trust, who alleged a firm of contractors had fiddled their results, has lost her employment tribunal.
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NewsTroubled acute seeks permanent FD as another interim departs
A troubled acute trust says it will look to recruit a substantive finance director after the departure of another interim from the role.
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NewsHospital boss takes mental health role
A hospital boss has taken a job as chief executive of a nearby mental health trust.
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NewsWorkforce warning as government makes cancer pledge
The Royal College of Radiologists has urged the government to fund more training places for clinical oncologists, following data revealing that workforce shortages are set to worsen over the coming years.
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NewsHospital group writes down six sites amid 'demand management' gloom
Ramsay Health Care UK writes down £70m of value from six sites Australian-owned firm is one of the biggest private providers of NHS-funded care Company cites “challenging” trading conditions following NHS demand management schemes One of the largest private providers of NHS care has written down £70m in ...
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NewsCommunity trust with 'passionate' leaders rated outstanding
Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has been rated outstanding by inspectors, the Care Quality Commission has announced.
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NewsExclusive: Tariff set to cut payments for traditional outpatient appointments
NHS leaders are proposing to cut the payments made to hospitals for traditional outpatient appointments, HSJ understands.
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NewsWaiting list probe abandoned as officials not given 'right of reply'
Probe into cause of four year waiting time problem at teaching hospital Investigation was unable to complete because trust could not finish “right of reply process” with people named in report Barts Health Trust reported waiting times for elective care this month for first time since August 2014 ...
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NewsNew procurement model to make in-house catering "more cost effective"
Trusts will benefit from greater price transparency when buying food, regardless of whether they choose local or national suppliers - according to the new head of food procurement for the NHS.
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NewsCCG U-turn on life-saving care to vulnerable patient after legal challenge
A clinical commissioning group has reversed a decision to pull life saving support from a vulnerable patient, after his lawyers argued the commissioner was breaching the Equality Act.
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