News – Page 7
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NewsBurnham wants NHS savings to help pay for social care
Ministers will look at how much can be saved from NHS budgets by improving adult social care before increasing taxes to fund the reforms, Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsHospital group pioneer to chair four trusts
A former acute chief who steered a major London trust out of quality special measures has been named chair of the four trusts that make up England’s biggest hospital group.
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NewsProviders warned over use of AI to contest contract awards
Private and NHS care providers that lean too heavily on AI to draft complaints about contract awards risk having their submissions returned or even rejected, the competition watchdog has warned.
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NewsHospital running out of space for bodies after rise in deaths
A trust warned it was running out of mortuary space and not meeting new standards, following national concerns about post-death care in the NHS.
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NewsTrust drops from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’
A hospital trust’s leadership has been rated “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission and accused of ”excessive scrutiny” of staff.
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NewsJail for scammer who secured string of NHS management jobs
A scammer who lied to secure 13 NHS management and admin jobs – including at NHS England and NHS Digital – has been jailed for four years.
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NewsProvider fined £600k over death
A provider has been fined more than £600,000 over the death of a 33-year-old mental health patient who sought a private admission after being turned down by the NHS.
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NewsGPs and ambulance trusts must do more to combat winter pressures, insists NHSE
Primary and community care will be expected to play a much bigger role in helping the NHS deal with winter pressures this year, NHS England has told the service.
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NewsGroup model was ‘difficult’, says merged trust CEO
The chief executive of a recently merged trust has said clinicians and managers found it “difficult” to work under the previous group model.
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NewsCEO to take on third trust
A CEO who leads two South Yorkshire trusts has been appointed to run a third on an interim basis.
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NewsNHSE hires charity chief to create new directorate
NHS England has appointed a charity CEO to the new role of national director of patient experience.
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NewsNew ‘mass casualty’ orders for trusts after terror threat rises
Acute trusts designated to help deal with a “mass casualty incident” will be given just six hours to clear 10 per cent of their beds in readiness to receive the injured.
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NewsTrust CEO and chair cleared by investigation
An external investigation into the conduct of a trust chair and CEO found “no case to answer” for either party, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFormer Brown spin doctor to join DHSC
A former adviser to Gordon Brown is moving with Yvette Cooper from the Foreign Office to the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEngland’s biggest ICB confirms permanent CEO
England’s largest integrated care board has appointed its interim chief executive to the role permanently.
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NewsHealth Bill blocks top Burnham priority, warns Labour health expert
The government’s Health Bill is in danger of blocking integration with social care, an influential Labour MP has warned.
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NewsYou’re ‘too gentle’ with those who abuse staff, police tell trust
NHS staff “tolerate too much” abuse and trusts are “too gentle” with perpetrators, police have told the workforce of a large district general hospital.
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NewsTwo North West MPs made health ministers
Two new junior health ministers – both representing constituencies in the North West – have been appointed by prime minister Andy Burnham.
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NewsWatchdog warns NHSE over FDP effectiveness claims
NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have been told to involve their statistical teams more closely in any claims they make about the effectiveness of the federated data platform and to improve the accuracy of communications about the controversial IT system.
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NewsCorporate manslaughter investigation launched into trust
A trust that treated a man with paranoid schizophrenia who went on to kill three people is being investigated for corporate manslaughter.