News – Page 175
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NewsNHS England gives up on A&E ‘tents’ plan
NHS England has given up telling trusts to erect ‘tents’ outside emergency departments to help cope with the ambulance handover crisis, according to senior medics.
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NewsStaff warn of ‘worsening’ culture at beleaguered trust
The culture at a long-troubled ambulance trust is ‘worsening, not improving’, its staff have told a health watchdog.
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News‘One last chance to get it right’ for ‘inadequate’ trust, says chair
The chair of what may be England’s most challenged trust has rejected suggestions that it needs a ‘wholesale reorganisation’ but said it is on its ‘last chance to get it right’.
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NewsDeputy chief gets England’s biggest hospital job
UPDATED: The deputy chief executive of Barts Health Trust has been promoted to be joint CEO of the trust and its neighbour, one of the biggest jobs in the English hospital system.
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NewsTrusts resist visiting rule after ‘Javid threatens to call CEOs’
Local clinical leaders are continuing to question pressure from government and NHS England to relax covid-19 visiting restrictions.
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NewsTrust hit by £2m penalty due to broken roof in ‘toughest year’ for funding
A well-regarded foundation trust expects to lose £9m for missing elective recovery targets in 2022-23, £2m of which is because it needs to close theatres to fix a dangerous roof.
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NewsBig rise in delayed GP referrals sparks safety warning
A big rise in GP referrals being deferred because no appointment slots are available, in the wake of the covid pandemic, has sparked concerns that patients are going undiagnosed and missing out on the correct treatment.
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NewsThousands of clinicians ‘unable to work’ after registration blunder
Thousands of physiotherapists have been left unable to work after they accidentally failed to reregister with the Health and Care Professions Council, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNew national tech chiefs named
Two tech chiefs will lead national digital strategy and policy teams, staff have been told, after former NHSX CEO Matthew Gould announced he was standing down to do some new “priority work” for Amanda Pritchard.
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NewsOfficials sound alarm on ambulance stroke response times
National NHS officials have called for ambulance response times for stroke cases to be “urgently reviewed”.
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NewsFormer nursing chief drafted in to chair trust at centre of merger row
The former chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has been appointed chair of a small specialist trust involved in a controversial proposed merger.
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NewsMajority of ICSs admit purchasing plans still work in progress two months before launch
Most integrated care systems have not appointed a procurement lead despite NHS England directing the new local bodies to have a dedicated director in place by April, an HSJ analysis suggests.
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NewsReplacement chosen for NHS’s most respected trust CEO
A mental health trust has appointed an acting chief executive, after its highly regarded CEO left to run an acute provider.
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NewsPatient watchdog chair quits and tells Javid funding cuts are endangering ‘its vital role’
Sir Robert Francis has announced he is to step down as chair of Healthwatch England 20 months early, claiming funding cuts mean the patient watchdog could soon struggle “to fulfil its vital role”.
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NewsTrusts failing on waiting list ask told to ‘get act together’
Trusts have been told to ‘get their act together’ on health inequalities, after HSJ research suggested only a small minority have so far published data on disparities in waiting times between different patient groups.
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NewsFew staff using wellbeing hubs despite rise in sick days
Only 53,500 staff have used a flagship NHS staff wellbeing initiative in its first year of operation, HSJ can reveal, while separate analysis finds mental health sick days have soared in the last five years.
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News‘40,000 put at risk last month’ while waiting in ambulance
More than 38,000 patients were put at risk of harm during March – more than 4,000 of them seriously – while they waited in an ambulance outside hospital, according to estimates shared with HSJ.
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NewsGovernment to review the future of CQC and NHS England
NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and other arm’s length bodies will be subject to an efficiency and performance review led by the Cabinet Office.
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News‘Heavily funded NHS recruitment’ taking staff away from social care
Government advisers have warned that well-funded NHS recruitment campaigns are diverting staff away from social care services, and called on ministers to adopt a ‘joined-up approach’ to attracting workers to health and social care.
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NewsTrust rated ‘inadequate’ for fourth time
A troubled mental health trust has been rated ‘inadequate’ by health inspectors for the fourth time in eight years and served a warning notice over patient safety concerns.