News – Page 117
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NewsTrust ‘missed opportunities’ to prevent sex offender working as locum
A trust has admitted it ‘missed opportunities’ to identify that a locum doctor – who was arrested on hospital premises for two sexual offences — had already been cautioned for indecent exposure.
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News‘Institutionalised’ staff ‘perpetuating long hospital stays’
Nearly half of NHS patients with a learning disability or autism are still being kept inappropriately in hospitals, several years into a key programme to reduce inpatient care, a national review reveals.
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NewsNHSE appoints two new tech chiefs
NHS England has appointed an interim successor to long-serving chief clinical information officer Simon Eccles, who left his position last year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsStrike restrictions could make disruption worse, admits government
Introducing minimum levels of service during ambulance strikes could have a ‘significant negative impact’ if staff instead opted for other forms of industrial action, such as overtime bans, the government’s own impact assessment of the proposals has warned.
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NewsWhite candidates still 50pc more likely to be recruited, says new NHSE data
White applicants remain 54 per cent more likely to be appointed from NHS job shortlistings than ethnic minority candidates, a metric that has hardly budged since 2016, a NHS England report has revealed.
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NewsNHSE wrongly dismissed discrimination claim from black nurse, tribunal finds
NHS England has lost an employment tribunal case against a senior black nurse on grounds of race discrimination and whistleblowing, and has been criticised for serious flaws in its own investigations.
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NewsPay rises should not exceed 3.5pc next year, warns government
Giving NHS staff a pay rise of more than 3.5 per cent next year would mean cuts to the NHS’s non-pay budget or an increase in unsustainable borrowing, the government has claimed.
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NewsSupplier’s ‘panic’, not NHSE, to blame for failed £144m contract bid
Human error during a last-minute submission – and not a ‘defective’ procurement portal – caused an IT supplier to miss out on the chance of winning a £144m NHS contract, a High Court judge has ruled.
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NewsNurses pause strike action as ministers agree pay talks
The Royal College of Nursing has agreed to pause planned strike action as they enter pay talks with the government.
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NewsAmerican firm named as sole supplier for £20m framework
NHS trusts could spend up to £20m on new infection control systems provided by an American healthcare giant, after a new framework has been launched.
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NewsNHSE set for £400m dentistry underspend despite ‘access crisis’
The national dentistry budget is set to be underspent by a record £400m this year, due to a shortage of dentists willing to take on NHS work, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalCelebrated service closes six years after opening
The closure of a much-celebrated mental health unit just six years after it opened demonstrates the struggle trusts have faced in utilising new investment into the sector, a local leader said.
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HSJ LocalTrust delays £450m IT system to ensure ‘safe’ implementation
One of England’s biggest NHS trusts has delayed the implementation of its new £450m electronic patient record to ensure the new system is launched ‘safely’, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust buys £85m EPR after abandoning previous procurement
An acute trust has signed an £85m deal with Oracle Cerner for a new electronic patient record, two years after abandoning a previous procurement.
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NewsStriking staff drop cover for strokes and suspected heart attacks
Striking ambulance workers in two regions have said for the first time that they will only answer immediately life-threatening calls — abandoning previous agreements to cover some Category 2 incidents.
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NewsJunior doctors plan 72-hour ‘full walkout’
Junior doctors across England are set to go on strike for 72 hours next month in a major escalation in unions’ dispute with the government over pay.
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NewsICSs which ‘play the game’ offered extra funding
NHS England is offering extra revenue funding to systems that commit to hold their financial positions for 2022-23 at an agreed level, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUrgent action ordered at maternity scandal trust
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal has been ordered to report on urgent improvements in services for women and babies, amid ‘significant concerns’ about the risk of harm.
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of highlighting long NHS waits to promote its private hospital
An NHS trust has been accused of promoting its private hospital by highlighting the long NHS waiting times which it is supposed to be addressing.
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NewsMore trusts vote to strike
Staff at another four ambulance services have voted to take strike action in the ongoing dispute over pay, the union Unison has announced.