News – Page 154
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NewsWatchdog warns over medication risk to vulnerable
Vulnerable patients cared for in secure mental health units across England could miss out on vital medications due to a shortage of learning disability nurses, a safety watchdog has warned.
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NewsTrust was sent ‘unfit’ ventilators at height of pandemic
A trust was supplied with ventilators that were not ‘fit for NHS purposes’ by two suppliers at the height of the first covid wave, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMinisters opposed 48 manager pay deals worth £150,000+ in last three years
Ministers have opposed nearly 50 proposed pay deals for top NHS managers in the last three years – but were only able to block four of them – figures obtained by HSJ have shown.
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News‘Shift to untrained staff’ leaves over half stroke units with too few nurses
Fewer than half of stroke units in England have the recommended number of trained nurses — a drop of 10 percentage points in two years, a report has warned.
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NewsNHS systems ‘making it harder for patients to go private’, say independent providers
The amount of NHS elective procedures carried out by the private sector in early 2022 was lower in eight of the 10 largest specialties than in a comparable period before the pandemic, an HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsBullying and harassment ‘normalised’ at trust put back in special measures
An ambulance trust has been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission rated its leadership ‘inadequate’ and said staff felt unable to raise concerns without fear of reprisal
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NewsHuge variation in referrals to flagship ‘urgent response’ service
Groundbreaking new data on community services appears to show enormous variation between areas in the number of referrals for a ‘two-hour urgent response’ being recorded.
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NewsGovernment to pick ‘integration frontrunners’ to test ‘radical new approaches’
Government will pick five or six ‘integration frontrunner’ areas ‘to lead the way in developing and testing radical new approaches’ to speeding up discharge from acute hospitals.
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NewsJavid hires new patient safety watchdog
The government has lined up a former national guardian for the NHS as the country’s first patient safety commissioner.
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NewsNHSE and other agencies deny conflict of interest over procurement structures
NHS England and three other organisations have denied there were conflicts of interest in producing an endorsed list of procurement frameworks which trusts should buy goods from.
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NewsHSJ100: Judges
The HSJ100 seeks to measure power and influence in the English NHS and health policy
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NewsHSJ100: The wildcards
They may not yet have formal power over the direction of national policy, but our 20 “wildcards” for the 2022 HSJ100 have the ideas that could and should influence it.
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NewsHSJ100 reveals how IT figures lead the list
This year, HSJ100 assesses who holds power and influence as the service seeks to focus on restoring and accelerating elective services to cope with a massive backlog, writes David Hancock
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NewsHSJ100: Power reshapes around the new bosses
In the eight months since the 2021 HSJ100 was published, more than half the top 20 has changed.
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NewsHSJ100: The most influential people in health
The HSJ100 lists the figures who will exercise the most power and/or influence in the English NHS and health policy over the next 12 months.
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NewsDitch recruiters who don’t deliver diverse candidates, says NHSE director
An NHS England leadership chief has criticised the lack of diversity among the top ranks of the country’s new integrated care systems, adding the low level of ethnic minority representation ‘really isn’t good enough’.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsThird 2022 covid wave will cause less hospitalisation, predicts Powis
NHS England medical director Sir Steve Powis has told HSJ he expects fewer admissions during the new covid wave than the two previous 2022 surges.
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NewsOver half of ethnic minority NHS leaders consider quitting due to racism
Just over half of senior ethnic minority leaders have considered leaving the NHS due to experiencing workplace racism, a survey shared with HSJ suggests.
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NewsGP funding formula set for change, says NHSE director
NHS England’s medical director for primary care has promised reform of GP funding allocations as part of contract renegotiations.