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NewsGovernment scraps £20 advice and guidance fee for GPs
The government is scrapping the £20 fee paid for each time a GP seeks “advice and guidance” from a specialist.
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NewsReform of £10bn integration fund delayed
A move to combine the £10bn “Better Care Fund” with “neighbourhood” plans – and to cut mandatory NHS contributions to social care – has been delayed for at least another year.
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NewsTrust accused of ‘union busting’ in dispute with nurses
A trust has been accused of “union busting” in a prolonged row over controversial plans to “fire and rehire” nurses in the intensive care unit at one of its hospitals.
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NewsRevealed: The systems being denied deficit support
One system accounts for more than a quarter of the £460m of deficit support funding withheld from 13 systems by NHS England this year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsEx-regulator CEO to chair hospital
A former professional regulator CEO has been appointed chair of a Midlands hospital trust.
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LeaderThe Streeting/Milburn era must end to give the NHS a fresh start
It has now been exactly a year since Labour began its reform of the NHS, and the succeeding months have proved a poor advert for its central idea of giving government more control over the service.
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NewsCEO vows trust will be ‘best in Western Europe’ despite CQC criticism
The interim chief executive of one of England’s largest mental health trusts is confident his organisation will return to being “the best in Western Europe”, despite the care regulator finding three of its main services “require improvement”.
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NewsRevealed: Seven systems now forecasting £400m overspend
Seven integrated care systems are now forecasting a combined overspend of £400m, according to an HSJ analysis of the latest official data.
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NewsTrust using security staff for ‘inappropriate’ patient supervision
Security staff are being used to provide “inappropriate” patient supervision at a struggling acute trust, according to documents seen by HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: £120m ‘sprint’ will drive last-ditch attempt to hit elective target
NHS England plans to spend around £120m on a “sprint” exercise in a bid to hit its main elective target for this year by March, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsOrtho cement shortage no excuse for not improving elective performance, warns NHSE
Trusts must not let the “disastrous” shortage of orthopaedic cement affect their elective care performance, according to new national guidance.
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NewsICB gives in without a fight over private sector procurement complaint
A private supplier has forced an integrated care board to row back on its decision to award a £25m contract to an NHS trust, in the first case of its kind.
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NewsWidescale delays to hip ops ‘crushing blow’ for patients
Hospitals are being forced to postpone large numbers of hip and knee operations for the coming months after NHS England’s main cement supplier suffered a major production failure in what has been described as a “crushing blow” for patients.
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NewsUncertainty over reforms contributed to ICB’s illegal action
Confusion over NHS reforms led a West Country integrated care board to pursue a procurement route that it acknowledged was unlawful, and for which it is now being sued.
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News£40m contract review sparked by ‘integrity’ concerns
An integrated care board is re-examining its award of a £40m patient transport contract after the procurement regulator ruled it had failed to “act fairly”.
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NewsMedical director not unfairly passed over for CEO post, rules tribunal
The former medical director of a mental health trust has failed to get an employment tribunal to support his claim that he was not interviewed for its chief executive role due to his age and race.
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NewsSenior managers suffered 4 per cent real-terms pay cut since 2019
Senior managers have experienced sustained real-terms pay erosion since 2019, falling behind both inflation and wider earnings growth, according to the latest report for the NHS Pay Review Body.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts with ‘unacceptable’ outcomes for Black and low-income women
The trusts where Black women and those from the most deprived communities are facing “unacceptable” disparities in outcomes against a range of maternal care metrics have been identified in a new NHS England dashboard.
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NewsNHSE seeks external digital support as job cuts continue
NHS England has acknowledged it cannot meet key digital requirements of the 10-Year Health Plan and needs to buy in resource from the private sector.
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News£340k remuneration deal fails to attract DHSC growth director
The Department of Health and Social Care has failed to find a substantive director general for commercial and growth, despite offering potentially the largest pay packet in the DHSC.