News – Page 183
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NewsTory council review challenges use of ‘profit driven’ private hospitals
A review which examined the deaths of three vulnerable patients has challenged the continued use of “profit-driven” private hospitals by NHS commissioners.
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NewsNICE chief executive to retire after 18 months
The chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is to retire.
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News‘Heavy-handed, expensive’ inspections wrong way to regulate hospitals, says ex-CQC chair
‘Very heavy-handed, laborious and expensive’ inspections ‘have not been the right way’ of regulating hospitals, according to the Care Quality Commission’s former chair.
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NewsNHSE hires trust chief as national director
NHS England has hired a retiring trust chief as national director for learning disability and autism.
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NewsConcern raised over death of five patients seen remotely by GPs
Patients being assessed remotely in general practice, rather than face-to-face, has been raised as a risk in reports on five deaths by a single coroner since the pandemic hit.
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NewsDaily Insight: Wish you were here?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsA&E performance hits record low despite fewer attendances
England’s accident and emergency performance has fallen to its lowest level since records began, data released this morning shows.
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NewsGovernment plans mandatory covid and flu vaccinations for NHS staff
The government has launched a consultation on making coronavirus and flu vaccinations compulsory for frontline NHS staff and social care workers in England.
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NewsTroubled trust’s chief executive to stand down
The chief executive of a trust with major care quality concerns, including a maternity scandal investigation, is to stand down.
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NewsRevealed: The best and worst trusts to be a junior doctor
HSJ analysis of data from the latest General Medical Council national training survey has revealed the top and bottom trusts for overall experience for junior doctors.
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NewsDaily Insight: The £10bn present no-one wanted
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsScandal-hit trust sees surge of staff voicing concerns
A trust facing serious questions about its working culture has had a dramatic rise in the number of concerns raised about issues such as harassment and bullying.
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Extra £6.5bn next year falls short of what NHS says is needed
The spending increases government announced today provide an additional £6.5bn for NHS England’s revenue budget next year, falling significantly short of what health sector bodies say is necessary.
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NewsPritchard calls for ‘consensus building’ on Health and Care Bill
The chief executive of NHS England has called for a ‘spirit of joint working and consensus building’ as the Health and Care Bill – parts of which face widespread opposition – goes through Parliament this year.
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NewsTrust unfairly dismissed consultant acquitted of fraud
A hospital trust unfairly dismissed a consultant radiologist it had accused of fraud, an employment tribunal has decided.
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NewsDaily Insight: Rethinking covid cause and effect
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsGovernment plans new integration white paper
The government will publish a white paper with further ambitions on integration and social care reform later this year, it has announced as part of a new funding settlement.
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NewsHospital-acquired infection caused one-in-five covid deaths at several trusts
More than one in five ‘covid deaths’ were both probably hospital-acquired, and caused at least in part by the virus, at several trusts, according to analysis they have released to HSJ.
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NewsThe Primer: Money, money, money
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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NewsNHS sets plan for ‘earlier and greater’ children’s ICU demand
The NHS has drawn up contingency plans to substantially dilute specialist nursing in paediatric intensive care, in the event of exceptional increases in serious respiratory illness in coming months.