All articles by Nick Carding – Page 8
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Dozens of trusts still not sharing single pathology service
One in three pathology networks are still running testing services independently at trust level, despite having been asked to consolidate the services five years ago, new figures reveal.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Pathology networks’ digital maturity revealed
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: Peninsula edges closer to shared EPR
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Exclusive: New hospitals could be required to have single patient rooms only
New hospitals may be required to have single patient rooms only, HSJ can reveal.
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Centre has ‘lost the narrative’ over NHSE merger
The NHS should reduce the number of different electronic patient records used by trusts and instead rely on a smaller set of suppliers with nationally agreed prices, according to the CEO of NHS Digital.
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HSJ Local
‘Broken’ health system failing to tackle ‘unsustainable’ emergency care pressures
An integrated care system which has some of England’s worst waiting times for emergency care lacks “delivery structure and processes” to make desperately needed improvements, according to an external report.
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No mental health data taken in cyber attack, NHSE confirms
No patient data held by mental health trusts was taken following a cyber attack this summer, NHS England has confirmed.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Simple tech slashes lists
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Local
GP contract change needed, says CEO of integrated trust
Changes are needed to national GP contracts in order to deliver better integrated care, according to the chief executive of trusts spanning acute, primary and mental health services.
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Hospital picks new private partner after firm’s sudden liquidation
An integrated trust has appointed a new provider of its diagnostic centre following the collapse of Rutherford Health in June.
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Revealed: Long-wait cancer patient list grows again
The backlog of urgent cancer referral patients who have waited 104 days or more for treatment has increased month-on-month again, internal NHS data reveals.
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Expert Briefing
NHSE’s federated data platform explained
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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Revealed: The 35 trusts looking to replace their electronic patient records
Nearly 40 trusts are considering launching procurements for new electronic patient records amid a national push to improve trusts’ digital maturity.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: Green shoots from city’s £1.6bn integration overhaul
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NHSE: We’ve not done enough to engage trusts in plans for £360m data store
NHS England has failed to adequately engage trusts in plans for a controversial new £360m data-sharing project, its data chief has admitted - though she said procurement rules were partly to blame.
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Govt to add trusts with unsafe roofs to ‘40 new hospitals’ programme
Several trusts with dangerous structural planks are set to be selected for the government’s flagship hospital building programme, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Lack of ‘psychological safety’ at trust with ‘acceptance of poor behaviours’
An acute trust has “palpable” cultural problems and staff “at all levels” have described an acceptance of “poor behaviours”, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Cyber attack reverberates around the NHS
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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Trusts warn of continued care delay as IT outage goes on
Mental health trusts continue to suffer much disruption after a cyber attack left them unable to access their electronic patient records.
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Fraudulent ex-NHS chair told he must repay almost £100k
A former NHS chair who lied his way into a string of top jobs must pay back nearly £100,000 of earnings after the Supreme Court overruled his successful appeal.