News – Page 588
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NewsDaily Insight: Conducting the orchestra
The essential stories and debate in health policy today
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HSJ LocalEx-Keogh trust rated good after turnaround
A North West trust that was placed in special measures after the 2013 Keogh review has now received a good rating after a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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HSJ LocalControversial chief executive steps down from special measures trust
A controversial hospital chief executive has stepped down, four months after a damning rating from the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalTakeover of troubled services 'paused' due to CQC concerns
Regulators have said they are “pausing” the planned takeover of Liverpool’s community services after the Care Quality Commission raised concerns about the preferred provider.
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NewsNew GP contract revealed
NHS England publishes 2017-18 GP contract GPs should not close during core hours under new contract rules Practices to receive £157m to implement new care measures for frail and elderly patients New contract strengths requirement for GPs to identify if overseas patients are elgible for NHS care GP ...
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NewsPeter Homa: I would have stayed to lead merged trust
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust chief says heroic leaders are “redundant” Peter Homa said the share of GDP funding for the NHS needed to rise He urged new leaders to be transparent and to ask for help when needed Peter Homa would have stayed on as chief executive of ...
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NewsDaily Insight: The A&E departments most likely to close
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s must read stories and debate
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NewsTrusts face fines over checking patients' credentials
The Department of Health is considering new rules to enable commissioners to fine acute providers if they fail to check whether a patient is from overseas and eligible or not for free NHS care.
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HSJ LocalRadiologist guilty of 'audacious' contract scam
A consultant radiologist has pleaded guilty to defrauding the NHS out of £24,000 after consistently carrying out additional contract work within his normal working hours.
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NewsCouncil refers long running reconfiguration to Jeremy Hunt
Oxfordshire health overview and scrutiny committee refers Horton General Hospital maternity downgrade to secretary of state Committee chair told HSJ the referral was the “only solution” to the ongoing emergency downgrade four months ago Oxfordshire CCG consulting on plans to make the downgrade permanent The ongoing controversial decision ...
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive confirmed for trust with patient safety concerns
A struggling mental health trust has announced that it has made its interim chief executive a permanent appointment.
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NewsRevealed: 24 A&Es could be closed or downgraded
Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 per cent of the national total - could be closed or downgraded in the next four years, analysis shows HSJ has identified and mapped those most likely to be affected in an unprecedented analysis Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 ...
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NewsNHS England cancels quick-turnaround offer of digital funds
NHS trusts that were asked to prepare bids for digital investment over the next two months have now been told the funds are not available, HSJ understands.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals told to cease 'unacceptable' A&E rules
NHS Improvement has told trusts to stop “unacceptable rules” which have delayed ambulances at emergency departments Regulator says tackling delays is a “top priority” for patient safety, and reveals it is developing national support NHS Improvement directors will scrutinise all long-wait ambulance turnarounds NHS Improvement has warned acute ...
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NewsPatient safety fears after trust moves to radiology consortium
Kettering General Hospital dealing with major reporting backlogs affecting thousands of scans, including urgent and cancer MRI and CT scans At least one serious incidence and 68 other incidences of potential harm identified, with patients waiting up to 3 months for routine MRI scan results Fault attributed to flagship ...
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NewsTrusts given two days to bid for quick turnaround tech funding
NHS England reviewed “capital allocation position” for the remaining two months of 2016-17. Trusts were given two days to express interest, and told the projects would need to be completed by March 2017. Memo was issued on the same day that NHS Improvement told trusts their overall capital ...
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust boss: Senior team turnover to blame for quality failings
New trust chair says turnover in its executive team is the main cause of patient safety failings Senior team instability is the biggest factor to blame for high profile care quality failings at a Midlands acute trust, its chair has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester devolution team to cost £8m a year
The health and care devolution team in Greater Manchester will operate with an annual budget of £7.7m, which will largely be spent on staff salaries.