News – Page 539
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Child suffers 'severe harm' as a result of trust's data problems
Two more patients, including a child, came to ‘severe harm’ as a result of a teaching trust losing track of their records.
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NewsHR directors warn new union rules are 'complete distraction'
Trusts are wasting valuable time dealing with new legislation governing staff’s trade union subscriptions, HR directors have told HSJ.
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NewsRichards: NHS must protect waiting times and access to treatment
The NHS must protect waiting times for planned treatment and maintain access to evidence based care despite ongoing austerity, the outgoing chief inspector of hospitals has insisted.
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NewsCQC: More trusts to face prosecution for safety breaches
More NHS trusts could face criminal prosecution for breaches of fundamental safety standards to act as a “deterrent”, the Care Quality Commission’s outgoing chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
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NewsNHS England director accused of voyeurism resigns
NHS England has confirmed Jonathan Fielden, its former national director of specialised commissioning, who is being investigated by police on suspicion of voyeurism, has resigned from the organisation.
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NewsDaily Insight: The art of NHS economics
The must read stories and talking points in the NHS today
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NewsPrescription changes would worsen health inequalities, warns BMA
The chair of the British Medical Association’s prescribing subcommittee has called for politicians to lead on changes to NHS prescriptions, which he claims could worsen health inequalities.
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HSJ LocalTrust forms estates joint venture with private firm
A London mental health trust has appointed a commercial group to its strategic estates partnership.
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HSJ LocalTrust to build new labs after 'catastrophic failure' warning
A regional vascular centre has revealed patients were put in danger when its aging imaging equipment failed mid-procedure.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust to centralise services due to 'immediate' safety concerns
A special measures trust is to centralise urology and ear, nose and throat services because of “immediate workforce safety concerns”.
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NewsLast day for HSJ Awards entries deadline
All the entries for the HSJ Awards must be received by today, Friday 28 July.
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HSJ LocalTrust's senior leadership blamed for financial blackhole
Auditors have blamed the senior leadership of a hospital trust for a £16m blackhole in its accounts.
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NewsBME network declares 'no confidence' in trust's board
A hospital trust’s BME network has said it has “no confidence” in the organisation’s board “to deliver race equality”, following the apparent dismissal of the network’s chair.
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NewsNew CCG ratings revealed
Overall ratings have been published of clinical commissioning groups for 2016-17, with double the number rated “outstanding” as the previous year.
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NewsMapped: STP ratings, finances and system performance
Exploring STPs’ ratings, leadership, finances, emergency care performance and delayed transfers.
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NewsNHS England names 'ineffective' medicines for savings drive
NHS England is to consult over limiting the prescription of “low value” products costing £141m a year including homeopathy and herbal medicines.
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HSJ Local'No evidence of fraud' at foundation trust
NHS Protect has found no evidence of fraud at Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust, after it was accused of deliberately manipulating waiting times figures
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NewsLagging STPs are still in line for capital funds, says Swindells
STPs rated in the bottom two categories today are still in need of, and in contention for, additional capital funding in coming years, Matthew Swindells has said.
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NewsNHS trusts' spending grew faster than GPs' in 2016-17
Current spending on general practice grew by 2 per cent in 2016-17 – the largest cash terms increase in several years, but less than NHS trusts and almost flat in real terms – annual accounts suggest.