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NewsCounty hopes for £400m in spending review for massive service change
Leaders in the south east are hopeful they will secure funding for a delayed £400m acute reconfiguration from the comprehensive spending review this autumn.
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Revealed: New cash penalties and incentives for waiting list challenge
New financial penalties and incentives for elective activity will be decided solely by system-level performance, prompting concerns from local leaders.
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NewsTrenholm: ‘CQC inspections will no longer be big, disruptive events’
The ‘effectiveness’ and ‘responsiveness’ of providers are set to be downplayed during the winter as part of more ‘streamlined’ inspections from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCQC chief sceptical about need for ‘patient safety commissioner’
CQC chief executive Ian Trenholm has said he is sceptical about the need to appoint an NHS patient safety commissioner, one of the key recommendations of the recently published Cumberlege review.
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NewsDelayed defibrillation led to second death despite revised guidance
Incidents of delayed defibrillation continued at an ambulance trust three years after it pledged to make changes to the way cardiac arrests were handled.
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News‘Insane secretiveness’ undermined ‘limp’ People Plan, claims one of its authors
One of the authors of the NHS People Plan has slammed NHS England’s “insane secretiveness” in the lead-up to its publication, claiming the document was “limp” on diversity and ignored the immediate staffing challenges facing the NHS.
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HSJ LocalTrust warned after CQC’s ‘serious concerns’ for patients
Safety inspectors have ordered a mental health trust to make immediate improvements after visiting two inpatient wards where three patients died inside six months.
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NewsUnpublished report reveals ‘exit block’ turned A&E into ‘a ward’
Previously unpublished reports newly obtained by HSJ reveal issues including a “significant safety risk”, warring surgeons, and patients suffering sight loss due to delays and missed diagnoses.
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News£1.4bn procurement launched for community and discharge services
NHS trusts in Yorkshire and the Midlands have signalled a need for external help for discharge and community services through a new £1.4bn procurement framework, amid the health service’s response to covid-19.
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NewsHancock extends emergency patient data sharing rules
Matt Hancock has extended four national data sharing orders which allow GPs and NHS organisations to share confidential patient information, as part of the ongoing response to the covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsNHS to aim for net zero carbon ‘well before’ government deadline
The NHS should be able to achieve net zero carbon emissions much earlier than the target set by the UK government, according to the expert in charge of setting out the NHS’s route to environmental sustainability.
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NewsHancock says new ‘standalone’ body could take PHE’s remaining functions
A new public health agency could be formed to take on the health improvement and prevention functions of the soon-to-be-defunct Public Health England, the health secretary said today.
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NewsRegion puts £80m of waiting list catch-up out to tender
Managers in London anticipate spending £80m with private hospitals over the next four months to catch up with the region’s waiting list backlog, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalMaternity service ‘inadequate’ after six babies starved of oxygen
Maternity services at an Essex hospital have been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, after babies were starved of oxygen and put at risk of permanent brain damage.
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NewsExclusive: Many public health responsibilities to return to the NHS
There is a ‘central working hypothesis’ that many of the functions of the abolished Public Health England will return to the NHS next year, according to very senior sources close to the proposed changes.
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NewsAlmost all NHS detox units face closure without reform to 'precarious' funding
Inpatient detoxification units in England are warning they could close — causing possible increases in substance and alcohol related deaths — unless NHS England changes the “precarious” way they are currently funded.
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NewsExclusive: No change to PHE staff ‘terms and conditions’ until spring
Public Health England staff will not see the terms and conditions of their jobs change until the spring, a senior source has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalLeak reveals 7,000 year-long waiters at major trust
Almost 7,000 patients have waited for treatment for a year or more at a major north London trust, according to NHS data seen by HSJ.
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NewsTrust chief: ‘I don’t expect another top NHS job without progressing diversity’
A trust chief who oversaw a national equalities guidance group said he would not expect another top NHS job if he could not demonstrate substantial progress on diversity in his current role.
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HSJ LocalNightingale contract extended to next year
NHS England has agreed a contract to maintain the Harrogate Nightingale Hospital until March 2021.