News – Page 724
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NewsExecutive Summary: A volley of parting shots
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s most important stories and debate
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NewsUpdated: NHS agency controls unveiled, but price cap pushed back
Price caps on the hourly rate the NHS can pay agency nurses may not take effect until December, after regulators received more than 100 responses to a consultation on the controversial plans.
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HSJ LocalCare UK wins Portsmouth treatment centre contract
COMMERCIAL: Private provider Care UK will continue providing services at the St Mary NHS Treatment Centre in Portsmouth after winning a five year contract for elective services at the site.
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NewsUpdated: Sir Robert Naylor to leave UCLH
One of the most highly regarded chief executives in the NHS has announced he is stepping down.
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NewsHSJ launches Women Leaders network
The work of women in the NHS is to be promoted later this month when HSJ, in association with NHS Employers, launches the Women Leaders network at the Trades Union Congress.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs given ultimatum over 'paperless' progress
Clinical commissioning groups face having their plans for 2016-17 rejected if they do not show progress in meeting standards set out in new digital guidance, an NHS England director has told HSJ.
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NewsExecutive summary: Who will bridge the gap?
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and debate
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HSJ LocalLondon trust defies government pay agreement
Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust has defied a government pay agreement and awarded its senior staff a 1 per cent pay rise in line with lower paid staff.
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HSJ LocalSomerset commissioners propose single health and social care budget
STRUCTURE: Commissioners across Bath and north east Somerset plan to create a pooled budget across health and social care as part of a review into community services in the region.
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NewsThousands of mental health patients sent 'out of area'
More than 2,100 mental health patients were forced to travel out of area for an inpatient bed in May this year, according to data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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NewsExclusive: Social care providers apply for injunctions against CQC
Two providers of adult social care have applied for injunctions to prevent the publication of Care Quality Commission inspection reports, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: PHSO refuses to investigate baby death at heart of ‘regulatory gap’ claims
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has refused to investigate the death of a baby at the centre of claims of a ‘regulatory gap’ between national bodies preventing them looking into historic complaints.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Deficits at dawn
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NewsWorcestershire trust’s bullying policy ‘not fit for purpose’
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust’s policy for dealing with bullying and harassment is ‘not fit for purpose’, an independent review has found.
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NewsNHS Commissioning Assembly shut down
The NHS Commissioning Assembly is to be closed down with immediate effect, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS Supply Chain makes Carter savings pledge in new deal
NHS Supply Chain has pledged that it will use the ‘opportunities’ for greater savings highlighted in the Carter review as part of a deal that will see its contract extended until 2018.
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NewsNo more savings can be made, trusts tell regulators
Trusts have told regulators they will not be able to improve their financial positions without affecting frontline services, senior acute trust leaders have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Cornwall looks to bring in improvement director
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has had discussions with the NHS Trust Development Authority about bringing in an improvement director to help turnaround performance, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Now you see it, now you don't...
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HSJ Local£100m Devon procurement did not break rules, Monitor confirms
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group did not break procurement regulations when it selected a preferred provider for a £100m community services contract without going to tender, Monitor has concluded.