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NewsTrust fears medics will be ‘harassed’ if it publishes surgery report
Two external reviews have been carried out into a trust’s general surgery services amid concerns about whether it is a ‘safe interpersonal working environment’.
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NewsNHS told to ‘expedite commercial work’ and drop ‘off track’ research
Officials have warned the NHS has been too slow to restart research sponsored and funded by commercial companies after covid, and told them to prioritise this while shutting down hundreds of faltering non-commercial projects.
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NewsCQC’s ICS ratings put on hold
Plans for integrated care systems to be given Care Quality Commission ratings are on hold, and no ratings will be issued until summer 2024 at the earliest, HSJ understands.
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NewsCQC merges chief hospital and primary care inspector roles
The Care Quality Commission has merged the roles of chief inspector of hospitals and chief inspector of primary medical services, it has announced.
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NewsSecond ICS chief departs
The chief executive of an integrated care system has announced he will retire later this year, becoming only the second ICS chief to depart since they were created.
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NewsLess than a quarter of new hospital ‘enabling’ funds received by trusts
Less than a quarter of the funding requested for crucial preparation works for the government’s ‘new hospitals programme’ has so far been received, trusts have told HSJ.
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NewsHSJ Partnership Awards 2023 winners revealed
Last night’s HSJ Partnership Awards honoured the organisations that were judged to have forged the most outstanding collaborations with the NHS during one of its most challenging years.
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NewsExclusive: NHS to miss April deadline to end 78-week waits by around 11k patients
National NHS forecasts are predicting there will be around 11,000 patients on the elective waiting list who have been waiting longer than 78 weeks at the start of April, the target for clearing this cohort, HSJ understands.
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NewsFour-day junior doctors strike announced
The British Medical Association has announced a fresh wave of escalated strike action that will see junior doctors walk out for four days in April.
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NewsTrust with few minority leaders sets up diverse ‘shadow board’
A trust chief executive who has created a diverse ‘shadow board’ to counteract the lack of ethnic diversity on its main board has said it has already changed the trust’s recruitment practices.
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NewsICSs given central role in fight against cyber attacks
Integrated care systems will be responsible for planning the response to cyber security attacks, the government has said.
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NewsNew CEO for £1.4bn acute trust
The largest trust in the East of England has recruited a new chief executive with a record of leading struggling acute providers.
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NewsCollapsed PFI firm sues trust for £56m
A PFI company that fell into administration three years ago is suing a London acute trust for £56m in compensation, according to papers lodged with the High Court.
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NewsTributes after death of ‘strong, fair and compassionate’ NHS chief
Tributes have been paid after the death of a ‘strong, fair and compassionate leader’ who was chief executive of a North West acute trust for 12 years, and previously a director in the Department of Health.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE halts ‘pioneer’ health centres due to lack of capital
A national plan to build new ‘super’ primary care hubs in six areas has been halted with immediate effect by NHS England because of a lack of capital funding.
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NewsThousands of English NHS 999 calls answered in Wales
Thousands of 999 calls are being transferred to the Welsh Ambulance Service because they are taking more than five minutes to answer in England, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust told to pay more than £200k over dementia patient’s death
A hospital trust has been told to pay almost a quarter of a million pounds after pleading guilty to failing to provide safe care to a patient with advanced dementia who fatally injured himself.
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NewsFraud probe reveals ‘full time’ contractors had second jobs
More than a dozen staff meant to be working ‘full time’ at NHS Digital were found to be doing other jobs at the same time, an investigation by fraud officials has revealed.
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NewsChildren getting ‘conveyor belt’ care due to waiting list pressure
The pressure to tackle long waiting lists in children’s community services is impacting care quality, clinical leaders have warned.
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NewsNew number one trust CEO revealed
The overarching theme of HSJ’s 2023 ranking of the NHS’s leading provider trust chief executives is one of change. Twenty-four of the names in the top 50 are new when compared to the 2022 list, although some have appeared in the rankings during previous years. In association with ...