All North West articles – Page 13
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Beware costly assumptions about virtual care
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Lawrence Dunhill.
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NewsBid to speed up selected ‘new hospitals’
Some of the schemes within the “40 new hospitals” programme could be allowed to abandon the requirement for standard design and centralised procurement, in a bid to speed the projects up.
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News‘Untenable stalemate’ is halting GP practice upgrades, say ICBs
An “untenable stalemate” in funding has virtually halted GP practice building work, despite national commitments to expand primary care, multiple NHS organisations are warning.
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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 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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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Time up for two smallest trusts?
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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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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NewsRevealed: 300,000 more NHS staff missing out on flu jab
Some 300,000 fewer frontline NHS staff had the winter flu vaccine last year than in 2019 and 2020, with huge variation in uptake among trusts, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsNHSE makes three senior hires
NHS England has hired three new senior directors to its estates and facilities team.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Admitting the game’s up
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsDischarging patients to virtual ward led to near-doubling of costs, study finds
Researchers have found the cost impact of discharging patients to a virtual ward was almost double that of traditional inpatient care.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust left isolated as strike nears 50 days
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalTrusts told to plan for 10% cuts on top of annual savings
Trusts in Lancashire have been told to plan for a 10 per cent cut in their contract values, on top of the annual efficiency savings they were already planning for next year.
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NewsA&E target set to be raised, despite NHS missing lower bar
NHS England and government are set to raise their target for four-hour A&E performance, despite most hospitals failing to meet the current ask.
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HSJ LocalTrust finally launches review into consultancy contract that was never tendered
A major trust has launched an external review into a decade-long consultancy contract that was never subject to a public tender process.
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HSJ LocalICB chair quits to lead two acute trusts
An integrated care board chair is to step down for a permanent role leading two trusts.
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NewsTwo trusts in city with ‘hospital for every part of body’ to merge CEO role
The city with five separate specialist trusts will see two of its trusts share a single chief executive from early next year.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: 12-hour trolley waits an ‘acceptable compromise’
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE warns widely used EPR could pose ‘serious risks to patient safety’
NHS England has issued a national alert to all trusts providing maternity services after faults were discovered in IT software that could pose “potential serious risks to patient safety”.
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NewsTwenty ICBs to control specialised services from April
Integrated care boards in three out of seven NHS regions will take over budgets for 59 specialised services from April, although the commissioning staff will remain employed by NHS England for another year.