News – Page 167
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NewsNew chief for ‘outstanding’ trust
The deputy chief executive of an acute trust has been appointed to run an ‘outstanding’ community trust.
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HSJ LocalCouncils always ‘leader of place’, says top health system
A prominent integrated care board has set out various options for how to structure its local leadership teams – but stressed councils will be the leaders of ‘place’.
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NewsCCGs secure ‘significant’ payment from firm over collapsed outsourcing
A long-running legal wrangle over a failed outsourced service has been settled, with a payout to the clinical commissioning groups involved, the CCGs have said.
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NewsHSJ’s Ukraine e-auction raises over £23,000
HSJ’s e-auction has raised £23,760 to help the people of wartorn Ukraine.
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News£3bn group of hospitals moves to centralise electives
North west London’s acute trusts are exploring whether to set up a new elective orthopaedic centre in the region as they seek to capitalise on the concept of ‘fast-track’ surgical hubs.
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NewsNHS England pauses move for hundreds of staff ‘after office disagreement’
Hundreds of staff at a commissioning support unit are in limbo after NHS England had to pause the consultation over their transfer to new organisations.
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NewsAbuse of staff at ‘dangerous level’, say NHS bosses
Healthcare leaders have written an open message to NHS staff, drawing attention to “the dangerous level” of abuse many are confronted with, “simply for going to work”.
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News‘Uberisation’ of general practice creates safety risk, warns Hunt
The NHS is moving towards an “Uberisation” of general practice, the former health secretary has warned.
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NewsTrusts locked into Russian gas contracts for another year
Several NHS trusts will remain locked into contracts with Russian energy giant Gazprom until April 2023, HSJ understands.
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News‘Unfit’ unit to be replaced with new £38m hospital
An outdated mental health unit will close next month after a new hospital was given £38m in government funding.
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News‘Disproportionate’ infection control holding back electives, say NHS bosses
Infection control rules in the NHS are ‘now disproportionate to the risks’ posed by covid and should be relaxed, including potentially allowing staff with covid to work, some of the NHS’s most senior leaders have said.
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NewsChancellor ‘doubles NHS efficiency target’
The government has doubled the annual efficiency expectation on the NHS, the Chancellor has said, as systems and trusts grapple with large gaps in their financial plans for 2022-23.
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News£450m cost of US records system is ‘chicken-feed’ says trust CEO
The £450m cost to install the Epic electronic patient record system across six hospitals is “chicken feed” when compared to the NHS’s overall budget, according to one trust chief.
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NewsNew pandemic record for hospital-acquired covid rates
A record proportion of covid cases recorded in English NHS hospitals in the latest week were most likely caught by patients who were being treated for other illnesses, new figures reveal.
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NewsSenior manager pay shows ‘complicated’ ethnicity gap, says government
The government will work with NHS England on commissioning new research into ethnicity pay gaps in the health service, it has said.
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Trusts told to make savings ‘never delivered before by NHS’
NHS trusts are now facing challenging savings targets as high as 5 per cent of their total costs, which many say will be impossible to deliver.
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NewsTrust admits staff shortages causing inappropriate discharges
A trust has admitted it is having to discharge patients inappropriately into care homes or community hospital beds because of a shortage of home care workers.
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NewsCovid absences rise 20pc in 10 days
The number of NHS hospital staff off work for covid-related reasons rose by a fifth in 10 days, according to the latest figures out this morning.
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NewsNeonatal units face ‘redesignation’ under national shake-up
A major shake-up of neonatal care, aimed at reducing mortality and illness, could see dozens of units restricted to caring for less premature babies.
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HSJ LocalTrust reviewing ‘speak English’ rule after social media criticism, says NHSE
An NHS England director says a London trust will ‘review’ its values after coming under fire for asking staff to communicate ‘only in English’ when around others.