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NewsDoctors’ strikes are ‘cruel and calculated’, says Mackey
The upcoming planned strikes by resident doctors are “cruel and calculated”, NHS England’s chief executive has said.
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News‘Corridor care’ approaches 1m cases a year
About 1 million A&E patients have been placed in corridors or similar “temporary” spaces over the past year, information obtained by HSJ reveals.
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NewsTrust’s failings will prompt ‘deep reflection’ across system, CEO pledges
Serious failings found within a trust’s breast cancer service will require a period of “deep reflection” across the whole system, an integrated care board chief has said.
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NewsICBs’ role still opaque, CEOs warn
The new role of integrated care boards remains “opaque” and risks encouraging “transactional” relationships, chief executives have warned.
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NewsManagers ‘defensive and frustrated’ in response to staff concerns
Staff at an ambulance trust fear their managers will “retaliate” if they report concerns to the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, a board report reveals.
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NewsTrusts furthest from financial plan revealed
NHS England has revealed the trusts furthest behind their financial plans halfway through the year, with some providers off plan by up to 6 per cent as a proportion of their turnover.
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NewsCEO search paused ‘to enable stability’ at troubled £2bn trust
Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust has paused its search for a new CEO “to enable a much-needed period of stability” following a raft of senior departures and major leadership and care quality failings at the trust.
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NewsRegion’s ‘sub-optimal’ specialist services face overhaul
A region’s specialist burns units face re-organisation after a review found the existing service configuration was “sub-optimal”.
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NewsResident doctors to strike before Christmas
Resident doctors in England are set to strike for five days in the run-up to Christmas.
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NewsTrump drug deal to leave NHS with unfunded bill
The NHS is seeking further funding from government to help it absorb extra costs arising from a new drug pricing deal, partly inspired by the threat of tariffs on UK medicines made by US president Donald Trump.
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NewsProvider challenges ICB spending curbs
England’s biggest private hospital group has warned it may have to stop some of its NHS work as integrated care boards screw down on spending.
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NewsPrivate providers given greater incentives to take on complex work
Changes to the prices paid by the NHS to private providers for ophthalmology work have been delayed and refocused to increase the commercial attractiveness of undertaking more complex treatment.
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NewsPathology firm struggling to return tests in time
Patients at a major London teaching trust risk having their care delayed because its pathology services provider is failing to meet agreed standards.
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NewsTrust quits procurement partnership over price hike
A high-profile specialist trust has left a procurement partnership formed with other NHS providers after it was asked to pay an extra £300,000 to remain a member.
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NewsCQC admits it falsely claimed not to know about trust maternity concerns
The Care Quality Commission has admitted it did know about concerns over the death of a baby at a trust being investigated for serious maternity failures after initially denying it had been informed.
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NewsNHS fraud chief steps down
The chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority has resigned after just four months in the role.*
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NewsICB staff told to work in the office
everal integrated care boards are telling staff they must work a lot more in the office.
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NewsContract awards go ahead as ICBs plead they are running out of staff
Integrated care boards have told a court imminent redundancies meant they needed to be able to award more than £100m in contracts while they still had the staff.
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NewsEqual funding rule disparaged as ‘micromanagement’ by government
The spending rule designed to ensure that mental health services received an equal share of NHS funding growth has been criticised by the government as an example of “command and control micromanagement”.
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News£860m redundancy fund revealed
Government will reduce the Department of Health and Social Care budget by £800m in a single year to fund NHS redundancies, official documents reveal.