News – Page 501
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NewsDaily Insight: Stevens and Hunt play word games
The must read stories and talking points in health
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NewsExclusive: HEE to receive £20m for GP training places
Health Education England is to receive an additional £20m on top of its existing budget to help support the planned increase in the number of GPs in England
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NewsCQC to bust budget in effort to meet GP inspection deadline
CQC GP inspection programme almost £700,000 over budget Increased budget used to increase workforce to meet March deadline David Behan “not open to any other possibility” than adhering to the timeline The Care Quality Commission has admitted its GP inspection programme will be £700,000 over budget this year ...
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NewsMore trusts put into financial special measures
Regulators have placed three more NHS trusts in financial special measures.
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NewsTrusts could be offered £300m 'incentive fund' to beat control totals
Nearly £300m of unallocated sustainability and transformation funding could be used to incentivise trusts to exceed their financial target for 2016-17 Proposal being prepared by NHS Improvement for the Treasury Experts warns policy could “exacerbate” problems for trusts in difficulty Trusts that miss out on sustainability and transformation ...
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NewsDaily Insight: More trusts get the special treatment
HSJ’s round-up of Monday’s must read stories
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NewsTrusts offered incentives to improve maternity safety
Insurance premiums to be linked to maternity service performance Up to £40,000 available for each trust for maternity training Trusts will be asked to commit to steps to improve safety Trusts that demonstrate better outcomes in maternity care will be rewarded with reductions in the premiums they pay ...
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NewsChris Ham: GPs do not want full integration into PACS
GPs are unlikely to give up their independence and fully integrate their services with other types of NHS provider “any time soon”, the King’s Fund chief executive Chris Ham has said.
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NewsHospital director denies 'impropriety' over 'irregular' payoff deal
The trust director who agreed an unusual and “very irregular” exit deal for a senior midwife at the centre of a care scandal has denied any “impropriety”.
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NewsFirst digital health providers inspected by CQC
CQC publishes first pilot inspections of digital GP providers Full primary care digital provider inspections to begin next April NHS is seeking to push significant number of GP contacts to digital channels Former Circle chief Ali Parsa’s new venture Babylon one of first to get green light The ...
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NewsHunt aims to 'dismantle' maternity litigation culture
Health secretary to announce voluntary compensation scheme to “dismantle” litigation culture Families to be offered independent investigations and new support under scheme Actions include new investment to help halve rates of neonatal death, stillbirth, maternal death and brain injuries by 2030 Families who suffer harm after failings in ...
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NewsRevealed: NHS England checklist for making STP details public
STPs told to publish summaries of their plans NHS England says summaries must “articulate tangible benefits for patients” in “clear” language National and regional communications leads to assist with process NHS leaders have been told to publish summaries of their sustainability and transformation plans, but not before they ...
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NewsRoyal college issues new 'threatening statement' to hospital trust
Royal College of Midwives says it is considering taking action after exit deal revealed RCM accused of making “threatening statement” against the trust Former Morecambe Bay chair Sir David Henshaw says he had no knowledge of deal The Royal College of Midwives has today suggested it could take ...
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NewsDaily Insight: STPs get ready to go public (sort of)
HSJ’s round-up of Friday’s must read stories and debate
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NewsCall for non-FTs to have greater freedom to deliver STPs
NHS trusts should be allowed to set up shared service companies and be part of accountable care organisations to help deliver their sustainability and transformation plans, a leading healthcare law firm has said.
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NewsDrugs to face new NHS affordability test
NICE and NHS England consult on “budget impact test” for new treatments Test designed to mitigate impact of cost effective but highly expensive drugs on NHS England’s budget NICE also proposes cost effectiveness threshold for assessment of drugs for rare conditions The National Institute for Health and Care ...
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NewsCQC: A&E and general medicine are worst performing services
More A&E and general medicine services rated badly than others CQC chief calls for extra funding for adult social care citing direct “link” with pressure in A&E David Behan says hospitals could meet A&E targets by addressing “flow” and by collaborating The Care Quality Commission today released figures ...
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NewsVast majority of mental health trusts have safety concerns, CQC warns
All but three of NHS mental health trusts inspected before July rated inadequate or requires improvement 80 per cent of acute mental health wards inspected before July have safety concerns CQC chief executive not calling for cash injection despite “unsuitable buildings” creating suicide risks Mental health trusts are ...
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NewsDelayed transfers reach highest ever level
Delayed transfers of care in August hit their highest level since monthly data started being collected six years ago.