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NewsSupreme Court gives doctors new power to challenge regulator
The Supreme Court has granted doctors facing investigation by the General Medical Council a new route to challenge the regulator’s processes.
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NewsNHS Improvement reveals A&E safe staffing guidance
The latest draft safe staffing guidance from NHS Improvement has said there is no evidence for setting specific ratios of staff in urgent and emergency care settings.
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NewsHopson: NHS leaders' careers at risk over 'impossible targets'
NHS leaders are being held to “unjust and unfair” standards by the centre, with careers put at risk over “impossible” performance targets, NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson has said.
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NewsRevealed: FT redundancy pay outs fall by more than a quarter
The amount spent on redundancy payments by foundation trusts has fallen significantly over the past three financial years, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsManagers having 'suicidal thoughts' due to pressure, union boss warns
NHS managers are experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts because of the pressure they are working under, the chief executive of the Managers in Partnership union has warned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Not enough managers, too much pressure
The must read stories and debate in the NHS
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NewsSeven more CCGs approved to merge in nationwide shake-up
NHS England has approved clinical commissioning mergers in a further two areas, bringing together seven more CCGs.
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NewsConfed: 'Precarious' NHS needs extra £4bn just to sustain services
The health service needs a minimum of £4bn additional revenue just to sustain day to day services, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsClinical director loses employment tribunal over private work
A former clinical director has lost his employment tribunal case after a judge ruled he quit his trust over the impact a reconfiguration would have had on his private work, not over patient safety.
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NewsPeople with learning disabilities 'less likely to have care errors picked up'
An investigation into the deaths of people with learning disabilities has revealed they were “less likely” to have mistakes in their care “picked up”.
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NewsCQC to expand number of providers it registers
The Care Quality Commission intends to expand the number of providers it registers.
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NewsExclusive: Mergers involving 11 CCGs get green light
NHS England has approved unprecedented changes to clinical commissioning groups across the country, consolidating 11 CCGs into four, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust chiefs given new instructions to tackle winter DTOCs
NHS Improvement has written to the chief executives of all trusts providing community services setting out actions they must implement to reduce delayed transfers of care over winter.
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NewsPrivate provider shuts children's unit after regulators intervene
An independent provider is to stop providing children and adolescents’ mental health services at one of its units after NHS England and the Care Quality Commission said further action was needed to safeguard the “health and welfare” of patients.
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NewsDaily Insight: Cash crisis overflows
The must read stories and talking points in health and care
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NewsHalf of trusts miss first deadline to fund procurement transparency tool
Around half of NHS trusts are yet to pay for a procurement analytics tool despite being told to do so in August.
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NewsPodcast: 'Government will not be forgiven if Brexit damages NHS'
The public will not forgive the government if leaving the EU damages the NHS, Sir Vince Cable has said.
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NewsRevealed: 'NHS Airbnb' could have launched as early as December
Plans to pilot a controversial care model with private households renting spare rooms to NHS patients post discharge could have gone live from as early as December and are not dead in the water, HSJ understands.
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NewsNHS needs at least extra £4bn for digital upgrade, says tech chief
The NHS needs “at least” another £4.2bn to fully replace or upgrade its IT systems, NHS England’s chief information officer has warned.