News – Page 423
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NewsHSJ100: How it was judged
The HSJ100 seeks to measure power and influence in the English NHS and health policy until September 2018.
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NewsAcute trust triggers surgery review after never event cluster
An acute trust has commissioned an external review of its operating theatres following a string of never events, all of which caused harm to patients.
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NewsMackey criticises NHS 'negativity' over budget
Jim Mackey has warned that negativity over the NHS’s budget settlement will have “pissed off” ministers, arguing the £1.6bn of new funding was a “serious investment” which could deliver real improvements – but only if stabilising chaotic emergency departments was prioritised.
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News'Ruthless' rationalisation of regulators and CCGs could save £1bn, says Mackey
The former chief executive of NHS Improvement has said £1bn could be saved by “ruthlessly” stripping back national bodies and local commissioners – and warned that plans to establish accountable care are “far too bloody complicated”.
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NewsExclusive: Mental health services get £18m winter boost to support A&E
Mental health services are to be handed nearly £20m of the new £335m winter resilience funding to help take the pressure off beleaguered accident and emergency departments, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsInterest rates on bailout loans 'absolute madness', says former NHSI boss
Jim Mackey has criticised the Department of Health for applying “totally pointless” interest rates to the bailout loans that support financially struggling NHS hospitals.
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NewsMackey 'irritated' over ongoing provider deficits
The former chief executive of NHS Improvement said he was “irritated and disappointed” in himself for not being able to clear the provider deficit – but the sector was also “let down” by some providers such as King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust.
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NewsBabylon CQC report published after injunction lifted
Babylon Health Services has failed to stop the publication of a Care Quality Commission report that states it is not providing a safe service in some areas.
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NewsDaily Insight: Travelling in the wrong direction
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s biggest health policy stories
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NewsUnion concern at linking pay rise to productivity as Hunt starts talks
The Royal College of Nursing today said it had “concern” over the link between productivity and pay increases in a letter sent by Jeremy Hunt formally beginning pay negotiations for 2018-19.
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NewsDaily Insight: Pathology networks under the microscope
The must read stories and debate in health policy
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NewsGovernment ditches cap on social care costs
A plan to introduce a cap on social care costs by the end of the decade has been dropped, the care minister has announced.
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NewsRoyal college concerned over lack of investment for pathology shake-up
The new president of the Royal College of Pathologists has said she is concerned about a lack of investment in new laboratory IT systems amid a national overhaul of NHS pathology departments.
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NewsWinter pressures fund could be used to 'help trust bottom lines'
Trust leaders have called for a significant proportion of the £335m winter pressures fund to boost the bottom line of hospitals that have already purchased extra capacity.
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NewsHalf of online health services deemed 'not safe' in CQC inspections
A new regime for inspecting online health services has revealed nearly half were not providing a safe service for patients, according to Care Quality Commission reports.
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NewsAnalysis: NHS DTOCs increase despite national push
The number of NHS bed days lost to delayed transfers of care increased in the second quarter of 2017-18 compared to the first, despite a national target to cut delayed discharges, analysis of official data reveals.
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NewsDaily Insight: Alliance adds fantastic fourth
HSJ’s round-up of the must read stories and debate in the NHS
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NewsMental health trusts could be put in 'impossible position' by rule changes
Changes to the rules governing the detention of mental health patients in police cells could put trusts in an “impossible position” if there are not enough resources to improve access to hospital care, leading sector figures have warned.
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NewsCCGs facing 'significant financial risk' after generic drug price surge
Clinical commissioning groups are facing “significant financial risk” this financial year due to supply issues pushing up the prices they have to pay for generic drugs.