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NewsInvestigation: Why are some babies dying in the NHS?
New data obtained by HSJ reveals babies are dying or being left with life-long disabilities because of mistakes being replicated across the NHS by midwives and doctors.
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NewsTheresa May pledges £10bn capital funding for NHS
Conservative leader backs Naylor review Theresa May publicly commits to £10bn capital investment Funding to come from asset disposals, private sources and new Treasury funding The Prime Minister has promised an extra £10bn of capital investment during the next Parliament if she wins the general election.
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NewsRevealed: The provider sector deficit due to be hidden until after election
Regulators wanted to report year-end figures for NHS providers this month, but were forbidden to do so by the Department of Health HSJ research suggests the sector’s combined deficit will be £770m and around 100 providers ended the year in the red Performance will fall well short of targets ...
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HSJ LocalTrust chief quits to run major health research centre
An acute hospital trust chief executive is leaving her post to become chief operating officer of a major health research institute.
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NewsNine out of 10 requests to pay trust managers more than PM approved
Fifty-four approvals of very senior management band salaries above the prime minister’s £142,500 wage, while five were rejected Appointments paying more than this salary must be approved by the Treasury NHS Improvement chair approached “large corporates” to ask senior managers to take on NHS non-executive jobs One “retire and ...
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NewsTheresa May backtracks on care funding policy
The prime minister has promised a future Conservative government would introduce a cap on care costs, following widespread criticism of her proposals for the funding of social care announced in last week’s Conservative manifesto.
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NewsErrors revealed at NHS-private pathology venture
Errors at a north London pathology laboratory saw blood samples mislabelled and patients had to give second samples after delays in getting test results, a document released under the Freedom of Information Act reveals.
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HSJ LocalHEE to review training at trust following complaints
Complaints made by a trainee has triggered a review by Health Education England of junior doctors’ training at a struggling West Midlands trust.
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HSJ LocalJeremy Hunt warned over deaths risk after scan results missed
Patient not told of aneurysm for four years before his death Trust had no protocol in place to flag up £potentially life threatening” radiological results Health secretary asked to consider a trust review of procedures A coroner has called on the health secretary to examine a trust’s systems ...
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NewsHospital group launches review over 'higher than expected' mortality
South Essex trusts launch mortality review to address ‘higher than expected’ rates Basildon also carries out review following ‘sustained rise’ since 2014-15 ‘nadir’ Group MD ‘not concerned’ by Basildon rise, but warns group improvement will ‘take time’ Three Essex acute trusts establishing a new “group” model to run ...
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News'Amazon-style' procurement system may be brought forward
New online procurement platform to be rolled out across NHS providers by summer 2018 at the latest Pilot planned to start at trusts this autumn NHS Shared Business Services chief says “clear governance” is key to STPs achieving back-office savings Tas9@hAwt A new procurement platform which aims ...
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HSJ LocalInquest prompts police probe into inpatient deaths
Police launch probe into patient deaths at acute adult inpatient unit The Essex Police probe is investigating whether there is a criminal case to answer over the deaths of patients at the Linden Centre, now run by Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust Seven patients have died at the unit ...
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NewsBiggest NHS trust appealed for 'runners' as IT disruption goes on
Barts Health returning to normal activity but “smaller number” of planned appointment still likely to be cancelled this weekend Thousands of outpatient appointments and hundreds of elective operations cancelled since Monday Trust appeals for nursing students to volunteer as runners as some IT systems remain down Barts ...
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NewsIndependent hospital provider to NHS rated outstanding
The Horder Centre independent provider to the NHS is rated outstanding Over 96 per cent of its outpatient and inpatient activity is funded by the NHS CQC praised the provider’s leadership as well as its involvement in a NHS England national vanguard orthopaedic service redesign project An independent ...
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HSJ LocalLeading 'ACS' to ask competition regulator to overturn restrictions
Business case being drawn up to challenge rules imposed after merger was blocked The work is overseen by new joint programme board County submits bid to NHS England for share of £325m fund for capital projects Two foundation trusts whose merger was blocked by competition regulators in a ...
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NewsBarts Health flagged reliance on XP ahead of cyber attack
Barts Health still disrupted after cyber attack Trust reported concerns about high number of Windows XP computers days before the attack Other trusts hit hard by cyber-attack reveal vulnerabilities Barts Health Trust has revealed it was trying to upgrade “many” computers still running the outdated Windows XP ...
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NewsTories will target NHS weekend discharge rates
Discharge rates should be ‘at a similar’ level at weekends as on weekdays, says Tory manifesto Policy continues direction of travel set out by seven day services agenda Senior expert warns policy would require substantial additional resource New targets for NHS trusts to discharge emergency admissions “at a ...
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NewsConservatives: CQC given bigger role in social care and discharges
Conservatives pledge to extend the “scope” of CQC’s oversight of local authorities Pledge will “take one step further” the CQC’s monitoring of local authority measures to reduce DTOCs Spokesman suggests role will be to reduce “variation in social care performance” The Conservative party has pledged in today’s manifesto ...