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NewsUpdated: The NHS trusts with the highest DTOC rates
The NHS is unlikely to meet a government target to cut delayed transfers of care to 3.5 per cent of its overall 131,000 bed base by next month, analysis of official data published today suggests.
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NewsBrexit: Government must pay for impact on NHS, alliance warns
The government must pay for any financial impact of Brexit on the NHS, a former top civil servant has said, warning of risks to the UK economy if costs spiral without extra funding.
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NewsExclusive: Flagship primary care hubs lack funds
Areas developing a “scale” primary care model, previously praised by Simon Stevens, lack the resources to fully evaluate their models and have yet to work out how they will meet desired outcomes, new research has found.
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NewsDaily Insight: The NHS's choppy waters
The must read stories and biggest talking points in the NHS
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NewsHealth secretary warned again over hospital access to GP records
Jeremy Hunt has been warned for a second time about the potential harm to patients caused by the lack of patient record sharing in the NHS.
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NewsDaily Insight: STPs need a helping hand
The must read stories and talking points in health policy
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NewsExclusive: Safety fears over thousands of unregulated NHS staff
Patients are being put at “unacceptable risk” because thousands of unregulated NHS staff are being allowed to perform invasive procedures without checks on their qualifications, HSJ has been told.
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NewsRegulator chief promises new 'rigour and consistency'
The new head of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has admitted the regulator still struggles to relate to complaining patients and families, but has pledged to bring “rigour and consistency” to its work.
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NewsJeremy Hunt urged to rethink 'backwards' DTOC targets
County councils have written to health secretary Jeremy Hunt urging him to rethink ‘undeliverable’ targets for reducing delayed transfers of care from hospitals that could reuslt in vital funding being withdrawn.
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NewsNHS managers think admitting mistakes is wrong, says PHSO
Senior leaders in the NHS have believed owning up to mistakes was not the right thing to do for too long, the new health service ombudsman has told HSJ.
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NewsDaily Insight: No defence for managers being on the defensive
Your essential update on the biggest stories in the NHS
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NewsExclusive: Trusts face cash flow crisis as CCGs stop advance payments
Trusts are facing increasing cash flow pressures after NHS England instructed local commissioners to stop making advance payments on block contracts, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsKirkup: Divisive debate on midwifery could harm babies
The chair of the Morecambe Bay inquiry has warned the polarised debate around ‘natural’ childbirth could harm safe care for mothers and babies.
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NewsAnalysis: NHS staff report fewer serious mistakes but overall errors rise
The number of serious mistakes causing harm to patients reported by NHS staff has fallen significantly over the last four years, despite a rise in the total number of incidents.
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NewsRegulator shifts costs of 'hugely successful' efficiency tool to trusts
NHS trusts will be asked to partly fund a price comparison tool that helps deliver savings in procurement, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHSJ100 refresh: Briggs, Baker and Ashworth join the NHS’s power elite
The HSJ100 is HSJ’s analysis of the most powerful and influential people in the English NHS and health policy. We have published it at the end of each calendar year since 2005. From 2017, we have decided to produce a summer “refresh” – recognising that much can change within a ...
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NewsMore CCGs given NHS England legal directions
Three clinical commissioning groups has been given legal directions from NHS England amid ongoing financial difficulties, including one CCG involved in a major merger.
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NewsLondon trust chief approached to lead troubled northern STP
A chief executive due to retire from a London acute trust next month has been asked to lead a troubled sustainability and transformation partnership.