News – Page 172
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NewsDaily Insight: Pensions red light turns green
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News'Vital' to make trade-offs to reduce ambulance delays, NHSE tells trusts
NHS England and the Care Quality Commission have asked systems with large numbers of ambulance handover delays to urgently hold a meeting to try to fix the problem by “balancing the risks” of long 999 waiting times.
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NewsTrust CEO appointed NHSE’s covid vaccine lead
A foundation trust CEO will lead NHS England’s covid vaccine and flu programme from the end of this month.
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NewsPension contributions for higher earners and part-time staff to be cut
The government has confirmed it will change how much people pay towards their NHS pension, with adjustments due to be phased in from October.
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News‘Unprecedented numbers’ sent hundreds of miles for a bed
Parts of the country are seeing ‘unprecedented’ numbers of ‘inappropriate’ out of area placements for mental health patients, despite a flagship national ambition to eliminate these cases.
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NewsDaily Insight: Getting to grips with recovery
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCoroner warns of ‘real risk of future deaths’ at provider facing government probe
A coroner is warning that if systemic problems within mental healthcare at a troubled provider are not addressed there is a ‘real risk of future deaths’, new reports sent to the trust and NHS England reveal.
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NewsPrepare for tighter grip from regulators, says Mackey
Trust leaders now face a far more ‘performance management-orientated world’ than most have realised, following a prolonged period in which there has been little grip from regulators, Sir Jim Mackey has warned.
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NewsChief revealed for large hospital trust
The former chief medical officer of a large multisite trust is set to be confirmed as its new chief executive, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts to be judged on ‘leadership and culture’, government warns
NHS England and the Care Quality Commission will put more emphasis on trusts’ ‘leadership and culture’ in their oversight and regulation, the government has revealed.
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News‘Don’t overwork staff’, says trust with just one 52-week waiter
Allowing staff enough rest has been ‘the key’ to elective recovery for an acute trust which has the lowest number of 52-week waiters in England, it has said.
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NewsDaily Insight: Fit to practise? Definitely maybe
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsJavid to address HSJ summit on 24 February
Sajid Javid will make a keynote address at the HSJ Digital Transformation Summit next week.
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NewsMajority of ‘last resort’ ambulance diverts reported by only two trusts
Two acute trusts account for almost two-thirds of emergency department ‘diverts’ reported over the last two months.
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Restoring ‘much needed’ service undermined by lack of funding
Lack of funding and workforce will undermine recovery of a ‘cost effective’ and ‘much needed’ contraceptive service, despite government’s pledges to better support women’s and reproductive health, it has been warned.
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NewsCovid vaccine status could be factor in misconduct cases, NHSE director suggests
There is a risk that NHS staff who remain unvaccinated against coronavirus could have this used against them in a fitness-to-practise procedure, an NHS England director has warned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Challenging the career path cliché
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsRadiographer COO appointed to run trust
A radiographer has been appointed to run a hospital trust in the South East.
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News‘Rasputin-like’ characters dominated safety watchdog
The leadership of a national watchdog was dominated by ‘Rasputin-like’ characters and displayed many of the bullying behaviours it was set up to help prevent in the NHS, according to multiple former staff.
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HSJ LocalLassa fever case sparks ‘major incident’ across region’s NHS
The East of England region has declared a major incident due to a case of Lassa fever at a major teaching hospital knocking out significant critical care capacity, HSJ can reveal.