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NewsView grows that NHS ‘must live within its means’ as satisfaction plummets
The view the NHS must deliver significant improvements within its existing budget has risen sharply, alongside a dramatic fall in public satisfaction, according to the most respected annual survey of attitudes towards the UK’s health and care services.
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NewsChildren’s services rated ‘inadequate’ as trust remains ‘outstanding’
The children’s inpatient unit at an ‘outstanding’ mental health trust has been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, amid a surge in demand for its services.
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NewsFree parking for NHS staff to end on Thursday
The government has confirmed its funding for free parking for NHS staff will end on Thursday, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE pushes ‘private patient opportunities’ in leaked guidance
Official draft guidance has encouraged trusts to grow their ‘private patient opportunities’, despite facing huge backlogs of NHS work.
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HSJ LocalManager’s death to be investigated
An ambulance trust has appointed a former senior trust executive to lead an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the unexplained death of a staff member, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE tells trusts to prioritise education over fear trainees are being 'messed about'
Junior doctors and student nurses are being ‘messed about’ as hospitals continue to struggle with operational pressures, prompting NHS England to call on local leaders to prioritise their training.
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NewsDischarge policy reviewed as NHSE warns ‘capacity may decrease’
Two national reviews are taking place into hospital discharge policy, it has emerged, amid major changes to funding and legislation.
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NewsChief executive of prestigious hospital loses whistleblowing case
The chief executive of one of England’s most prestigious private hospitals has lost her employment tribunal claim that she was dismissed for whistle blowing over patient safety issues.
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NewsTrust tries to recruit sacked P&O ferry staff
A trust is holding virtual recruitment sessions in a bid to attract staff sacked by P&O.
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NewsInquiry into trusts’ care failures probes 1,500 deaths
The first ever public inquiry to cover mental health is now probing nearly 1,500 fatalities linked to services in a single county, the senior psychiatrist leading it has revealed, saying it will ‘hold systems’ feet to the fire’ over care failures.
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NewsAcute trust fined £111,000 over 91-year-old's 'awful' injuries
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been fined more than £100,000 after it pleaded guilty to causing an elderly patient avoidable harm.
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NewsFourth NHS agency to be led by City figure
The government agency that provides back-office business services across the NHS has appointed a former banker as its new chair.
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NewsExclusive: A&E tents ‘borderline immoral’ and ‘dangerous’, claims royal college
The use of temporary treatment areas for patients arriving via ambulance at over-crowded A&Es is ‘borderline immoral’ and ‘a danger to patient safety and dignity’, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned.
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NewsHSJ Partnership Awards winners revealed
Last night’s HSJ Partnership Awards honoured the organisations which were judged to have forged the most outstanding collaborations with the NHS during one of its most challenging years.
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NewsThird acute trust to be prosecuted by CQC
The Care Quality Commission is to prosecute an acute trust after a patient was injured when allegedly exposed to ‘avoidable harm’.
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NewsTech spend under pressure as NHSE told to ‘cut core funding’
The government has asked NHS England to reduce core NHS funding by hundreds of millions of pounds in 2022-23, NHSE revealed today.
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NewsLong ambulance handovers and covid staff absences soar
Ambulance handovers of over an hour have hit record highs in the last two weeks, with one day seeing more than 1,500 ambulances waiting outside A&E departments for more than 60 minutes.
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NewsJust a third of New Hospitals Programme staff say it is making good progress
Only a third of staff working on the government’s New Hospitals Programme believe it is making enough progress with some criticising its ‘inconsistent and slow’ decision making, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust loses whistleblowing case over ‘pioneering’ procedure
A senior medic has won a whistleblowing case after judges ruled she was dismissed after raising concerns about a new procedure her department was using.
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NewsFirst integrated care strategies should be published by December, says government
Government has said the pan-public sector board of an integrated care system should produce a ‘strategy’ by the end of the year so as to inform NHS plans for the region – but has implicitly acknowledged that some may not hit the deadline.