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NewsExclusive: Dozens more private testing centres planned by government
The government and NHS England are gearing up to announce the opening of dozens more cancer testing centres – including a big expansion in those run outside the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Exceptionally strong personalities’ undermining trust’s board
The board of one of the country’s biggest teaching trusts has not been working as “cohesively as it should”, the care regulator has found, with concerns among senior leaders that some “exceptionally strong personalities” may have prevented robust scrutiny of decisions.
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NewsNational director: More money required to tackle ‘significant waits’
NHS England’s national director of learning disability and autism services has said more money is needed to tackle “significant” autism assessment waits.
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NewsMackey lines up ‘plan B’ for ICB restructure
The Treasury must agree funding for integrated care board redundancies within weeks or the NHS will have to turn to a “plan B”, Sir Jim Mackey has said.
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News‘Moral distress’ at trust’s ‘persistently underfunded’ neonates service
“Persistent underfunding” and staff shortages at a teaching trust’s neonatal service is likely to have harmed long-term development of newborn babies, an NHS England review has found.
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NewsIHOs must not dominate, warns CEO
Integrated health organisations (IHOs) must not be allowed to “dominate” systems if they are to be successful, the CEO of a private provider has warned.
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NewsRevealed: The 16 trusts forced to retest thousands of patients
The full list of 16 trusts which are retesting tens of thousands of patients who may have been wrongly diagnosed with diabetes can be revealed by HSJ.
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NewsTrust confirms death of its ‘remarkable’ chair
Tributes have been paid to a “remarkable” hospital trust chair following the announcement of his death.
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NewsHospitals lose income as Gulf state slashes referrals
London private patient units have seen their income dented over the past year as Kuwait reduces the number of patients it refers abroad for treatment.
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NewsRacism and marginalisation led to ‘tragic outcomes’
“Racism and marginalisation” at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust meant families “felt pushed out” and resulted in “tragic outcomes”, according to the chair of the inquiry into its maternity services.
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NewsNHSE director steps down after a decade
An NHS England regional director has stepped down after a decade in similar roles.
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NewsUnions withdraw from pay review process
Most of the Agenda for Change trade unions have withdrawn from this year’s pay review process and instead urged the government to hold direct pay talks.
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NewsAmbulance staff arrested in deaths probe
Two ambulance workers in the South West have been arrested as part of a major investigation into six deaths, a trust and police have confirmed.
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HSJ LocalTrust targets £10m lost from overseas patients
A hospital trust is beginning a “concerted effort” to collect unpaid debts from overseas patients amid the current NHS “financial crisis”.
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NewsCEOs urged to ‘walk the floor of A&E’ this winter
Local NHS leaders should “step up personal visibility and leadership” in their emergency care services this winter, NHS England’s CEO has said.
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NewsCEO blames IT system for diagnostics slump
A chief executive has blamed his trust’s electronic patient record for the collapse of its diagnostic performance.
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NewsFirst names in DHSC’s new top team revealed
The first appointments to the combined Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England top team have been announced – but many key posts remain vacant or not permanently filled.
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NewsCare assessments should stay with ICBs, NHSE told
Responsibility for continuing healthcare should stay with integrated care boards, an expert group assembled by NHS England has recommended.
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NewsMinisters need a mental health plan, says outgoing NHSE director
Mental health and learning disability services are not being paid enough “strategic attention” by ministers, a departing NHS England board member and former nursing leader has told HSJ.
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NewsBonus fund led to ‘March madness’ and possible gaming in A&E
A royal college has raised fundamental concerns that an NHS England incentive scheme may have been “gamed” and that this led to what one senior figure branded a “March Madness” in urgent and emergency care performance.