News – Page 202
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NewsDaily Insight: A question of responsibility
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsProvider blames staffing difficulties for closure of specialist unit
A private provider is shutting its specialist unit, with its last patient expected to leave today, sparking warnings about a lack of generic mental health beds.
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NewsExclusive: Alarm raised years before hospital’s ‘inadequate’ rating
Multiple concerns were raised about an inpatient hospital for several years before it was rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGovernment launches £5bn PPE procurement drive to prepare for winter covid surge
A new £5bn procurement framework is being developed for personal protective equipment, aimed at meeting current demand and any potential winter surge in covid-19 cases.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in March 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty
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NewsDaily Insight: Surplus sleight of hand
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsFears digital health will be brought ‘to its knees’ by vaccine passport
Private health tech companies have told HSJ they fear they will be ‘crowded out’ by the government promoting the NHS App as the main provider of the covid-19 vaccine passport.
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NewsAlert over hospital air devices after 120 ‘never events’
NHS trusts are to be told to remove devices linked to more than 120 never events caused by ‘unconscious errors’.
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NewsNHS scrambles to avoid underspend of ‘billions’ against bumper covid budget
The NHS is scrambling to avoid a substantial and ‘embarrassing’ underspend against the budgets it negotiated with the government for additional covid costs, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEx-teaching trust CEO joins NHS property quango
A former teaching trust CEO who quit amid financial turmoil, plus a recently departed acute chair, have become directors at NHS Property Services.
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NewsNHS England seeks chief to ‘speak truth to power’
NHS England has published a job spec for its new chief executive, saying the role will require the “ability to speak truth to power”, and have an emphasis on “digital innovation and transformation”.
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NewsDaily Insight: Unintended consequences
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: Government alert over surge in respiratory virus affecting babies and toddlers
The chief medical officers of the four UK nations are set to warn about a surge in admissions of severely ill, very young children later this year, due to the resurgence of a respiratory virus which has been suppressed by anti-covid measures, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsGPs told to resume booking face-to-face appointments following row over access
NHS England has said GP practices must start opening their receptions and allow people to book initial face-to-face appointments — scrapping the controversial ‘total triage’ rule — for the first time since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsDaily Insight: ‘May result in mild or moderate disability’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsJeremy Hunt: ICSs could ‘deprioritise care quality’ without checks
Jeremy Hunt has warned that the NHS could take a ‘big step back’ if integrated care systems are not rated on safety and quality by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsInterim finance chief’s row with CCG over ‘warm words’ revealed
An interim finance director who was embroiled in a row with his former employer over whether he should be permanently appointed has lost his employment tribunal.
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NewsPatients needing scans to be ranked on risk of becoming disabled
Patients awaiting a diagnostic test are to be assessed according to risk of becoming disabled as the service tries to prioritise in the face of huge backlogs.
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NewsNearly half of eye patients at Hancock’s local trust waiting more than a year
The East of England has been revealed as the worst-performing region for long ophthalmology waits, with almost half the waiting list at one acute trust already breaching the 52-week milestone.
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