News – Page 65
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NewsTop trust warns GPs of 15-week wait for scans
England’s largest hospital trust has written to GPs warning their patients face 15-week waits for routine MRIs, ultrasound and CT scans.
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NewsRevealed: Worst hospitals for food hygiene
More than 30 hospitals in England failed to receive the top ratings for food hygiene in their latest inspection.
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HSJ Local‘Risk to intensive care’ at hospital where DHSC delayed rebuild
Hospital chiefs are warning of “significant risks” to patient services caused by obsolete infrastructure which needs modernising sooner than current government plans stipulate.
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NewsLeaked guidance signals tougher controls on agency spending
NHS systems in deficit are set to have additional controls imposed on their agency spending, according to draft guidance seen by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalCEO in surprise departure after ‘positive impact’
The chief executive of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals has announced her retirement after two and a half years in the role.
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HSJ LocalTrust names first new chair in 10 years
An acute and community trust in one of the country’s most challenged systems has announced a replacement for its long-serving chair, who will leave the organisation in May.
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NewsNHSE ‘seeking resolution’ over suspended medical director
NHS England is working with a mental health trust in the Midlands to “seek a resolution” after the sudden suspension of its medical director, which prompted two ‘no confidence’ votes in the board.
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NewsCQC names best and worst for maternity experience
The trusts where maternity care has deteriorated the most according to patient surveys have been identified by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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HSJ LocalTrust ‘long way off’ EPR benefits a year after launch
A trust is a “long way” from achieving the expected benefits of an electronic patient record system 15 months after launch, and it is still disrupting mortality data, its leaders have admitted.
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NewsJuniors plan latest five-day strike
Junior doctors have announced a further five full days of strike action this month, while their union has accused the health and social care secretary of refusing to extend their strike mandate to allow pay talks to continue.
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NewsTrust seeks ‘dialogue’ to avert court row with ICB
Providers who are taking legal action against commissioners have called for a “dialogue” over the risks an underfunded tender would pose to local children and families.
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NewsNHSE seeks to ease key elective target
NHS England is in negotiations with ministers to formally push back the target to eliminate 65-week waiters, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLong-serving CEO leaves trust fighting huge A&E problems
The long-serving chief executive of a trust which is one of the worst performers nationally on emergency care has announced she is resigning.
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News‘Degrading’ long A&E waits reach new peak
Long waits in accident and emergency departments rose to one of the worst levels on record last month as emergency care experienced its busiest ever January.
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NewsCQC to train staff in ‘relaying distressing news’, following headteacher’s death
The Care Quality Commission is rolling out extra training for inspectors in how to spot signs of distress after a coroner ruled that an Ofsted inspection contributed to the death of a teacher.
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NewsExclusive: National agency ‘decimated’ in DHSC restructure
Ministers have “effectively dismantled” England’s national public health unit less than three years after creating it, sparking criticism from a former Tory health minister and sector leaders, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Never events’ list could be scrapped or overhauled under new plans
NHS England is considering abolishing or overhauling the national list of safety incidents meant to be “wholly preventable”, known as “never events”.
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NewsLargest 78-week backlog to be wiped out by reporting change
The trust with by far the largest backlog of 18-month waiters will see almost all the cases wiped off its main elective waiting list under a change to national reporting rules, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: The ‘unacceptable’ hospital buildings with no investment
Estates chiefs at 19 acute hospitals have classed more than half of their occupied space as “not functionally suitable” and lacking any promise of major investment.