News – Page 45
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News5,500 managers would be cut under Conservatives’ primary care plan
The Conservatives have announced they would cut a further 5,500 NHS managers from organisations not providing “frontline patient care” to fund an expansion of primary and community services.
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NewsRise in ICSs missing financial plans despite NHSE claim more would deliver
The number of health systems that failed to meet their main financial commitment increased substantially last year, despite NHS England’s chief finance officer previously saying many more areas would “definitely” deliver on their plans.
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NewsConcerns over ‘essential’ newborn breathing equipment at one in five hospitals
One in five recent inspections of maternity services have raised concerns over “essential” breathing equipment for newborn babies, HSJ has found.
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NewsCQC orders improvements to overcrowded A&E
A hospital trust has been ordered to improve its accident and emergency department after an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection.
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NewsICS explores wide-ranging service reorganisation
An integrated care system is seeking support to explore a wide-ranging reconfiguration programme encompassing all acute and community services, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE will not extend high-profile cancer test pilot
NHS England has decided not to extend the use of a high-profile emerging cancer screening technology, casting further doubt on its target to improve early detection.
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News‘Keep the faith in ICBs’, urges national leader
Policymakers must “keep the faith” in integrated care boards, and should not seek to “carve up” their role by removing responsibility for overseeing provider trusts, a national leader has said.
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NewsNHSE imposes new financial regime in bid to make plans acceptable
NHS England has issued new incentives for health systems to agree to a surplus financial plan this year, alongside penalties for those that set deficit plans.
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NewsRevealed: ‘Postcode lottery’ for £645m recovery programme
There is a seven-fold variation between integrated care systems in the uptake of a flagship government primary care access scheme, data has revealed.
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NewsJunior doctors to strike next month
Junior doctors will hold a five-day “full walkout” ending just 48 hours before the general election.
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NewsICSs ordered to revisit ‘unaffordable’ £3bn deficit plans
A £3bn gap in systems’ latest financial plans is likely to lead to cutting planned investment and further raids on capital, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust and manager deny corporate manslaughter
A mental health trust and a band seven ward manager it employed have denied manslaughter charges over a death on an inpatient ward.
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NewsNHSE finance chief reveals services exempt from national staffing squeeze
Clinical teams in mental health and maternity services should be exempt from the national squeeze on workforce costs this year, NHS England’s chief financial officer has revealed.
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NewsNew CQC inspections postponed until after election
The Care Quality Commission is postponing its long-awaited inspections of integrated care systems even further as it plans to seek approval from a new government, it has announced.
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NewsNHSE calls in consultants to turn around ‘critical’ finance system
NHS England has called in management consultants to turn around the delivery of “business critical” new software after a review found project plans and timelines were “insufficient”.
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NewsRevealed: Four-fold rise in emergency care deaths
The number of coroner warnings issued last year which were linked to a lack of capacity in emergency care was around four times that seen before covid.
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News‘Most improved’ trust exits NHSE intensive support
A trust that has spent most of the past decade in regulatory “special measures” has left NHS England’s “recovery support programme”.
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NewsQuarter of minority ethnic bank staff report discrimination
Nearly one in seven NHS bank-only workers say they have been discriminated against by patients and the public in the past year, according to an NHS England survey.
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NewsFive trusts join forces on AI and procurement
Five ambulance service trusts are forming a group, which will include joint projects on artificial intelligence, and a potential move to standardisation and joint procurement of vehicles.
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NewsICS drops alternative payment system in favour of ‘payment by results’
A health system that trialled an innovative funding mechanism that deviated significantly from “payment by results” has dropped the scheme after just one year.