All articles by Nick Renaud-Komiya – Page 18
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Trust ends lock out after striking pay deal
WORKFORCE: NHS pathology staff at Northampton General Hospital will be returning to work on Monday after a settlement was reached over a long running contract dispute.
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Use primary care capacity to improve A&E waits, trust told
A review into an acute trust’s “unacceptably poor” accident and emergency waiting time figures concludes that primary care capacity in the region must be used in order to reduce pressures on A&E departments.
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Trust to open bullying helpine for staff
WORKFORCE: An acute trust plans to open a 24-hour helpline for its staff after almost 30 per cent reported being bullied by colleagues and managers.
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Two further Keogh trusts leave special measures
Two further trusts placed in regulatory “special measures” last summer have been removed from the regime, the health secretary announced today.
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Exclusive: Major hospital trust 'very interested' in becoming a social enterprise
One of the largest hospital trusts in the country has revealed to HSJ it is “very interested” in exploring becoming a staff owned social enterprise.
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Hospital trusts should be free to become mutuals, DH advised
Acute trusts should be free to become staff-led mutual social enterprises in an effort to improve staff engagement, a Department of Health commissioned report recommends.
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Royal Berkshire appoints chief
Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has appointed Jean O’Callaghan as its chief executive.
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Cornwall to design ‘integrated’ out of hours contract
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Cornwall are to redesign the region’s out of hours GP service in order to “blur the lines” between in and out of hours care.
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Mitie wins controversial hotel services contract
The outsourcing company Mitie has been awarded a £90m contract to take on the management of a South West hospital trust’s hotel services, it has been announced.
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Private sector debate is 'utterly toxic', says Hunt
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the debate over the use of private providers in the NHS is “utterly toxic”, and that poor care is still unacceptable regardless of how it is provided.
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Trusts ordered to delete incorrect datafields
The government body in charge of safeguarding patient information has ordered a significant number of trusts to delete a series of datafields.
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NHS England defends Care.data following 'enormous outcry'
NHS England has defended the controversial patient record-sharing programme Care.data following what it admits was an ‘enormous outcry’ in the way it was initially implemented.
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Dorrell steps down from health committee
Stephen Dorrell has confirmed he has stepped down as chair of the Commons health committee and is leaving the scrutiny body with immediate effect.
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HSJ Local
Troubled mental health unit 'improving'
PERFORMANCE: Regulators have told the trust running an inpatient mental health centre where an 18-year-old man avoidably died last year that it is “improving”, following an unannounced inspection.
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Mental health provider appoints chief from neighbouring trust
Solent Trust has appointed a senior manager of a neighbouring trust as its chief executive.
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Notts trust biggest winner from tech fund
NHS England has published a comprehensive list of the winning bids from its first round of £182m technology funding.
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High bed occupancy a barrier to trust’s deficit reduction
PERFORMANCE: A Trust has expressed “serious concern” at its own financial position after it reported a £2.6m deficit at the end of April, £1.5m worse than planned.
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Trust accidentally reveals personal details of 2,800 staff
WORKFORCE: South Central Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has apologised after thousands of its staff’s personal data, including nationality, sexual orientation and salary details, was published on the organisation’s website.
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Commissioners step in as care home drug supplier folds
NHS England has urged commissioners to help ensure care home residents receive an unbroken supply of medicines after a company supplying pharmacy services to hundreds of homes across the UK abruptly closed down.
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Mental health wait standards 'must happen next year', says minister
The introduction of waiting time standards for mental healthcare “must happen from next year”, the care services minister has told HSJ.