All Health Service Journal articles in October 2017
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HSJ LocalCCGs 'anticipate' formal merger next year
Two Buckinghamshire clinical commissioning groups are expected to merge next year after seeking permission from NHS England.
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NewsExclusive: Government threatens to intervene over DTOCs performance
Ministers are set to issue a fresh warning to councils deemed to have made insufficient progress tackling delayed transfers of care, amid a bitter row over the withholding of funding.
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NewsCQC issues list of A&E safety inspection targets
The Care Quality Commission has set out the eight major priority areas which will underpin its regulation of urgent and emergency care providers this winter
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NewsDaily Insight: Threats, cuts and a culture of bullying
HSJ’s essential round-up of the day’s biggest stories
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NewsHunt plans 25 per cent increase in student nursing placements
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will today outline plans to create an extra 5,000 training posts for student nurses from next year, an increase of 25 per cent.
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NewsExclusive: Trust bosses call on government to confirm sustainability cash beyond 2019
NHS trust leaders have called on the government to protect the £1.8bn sustainability fund beyond 2018-19, but say it should not be channelled into commissioning allocations until problems with the national tariff are addressed.
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HSJ LocalTrust warns controversial reconfiguration could mean £14m redundancy bill
A trust is warning of a potential redundancy bill of £13.5m if NHS England accepts proposals to close its congenital heart disease services.
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HSJ LocalWorst performing A&E trust appoints new interim chair
The chair of a trust struggling with accident and emergency performance is stepping down, just weeks after the chief executive resigned.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Consultant backlash over patient record system 'disaster'
Outcry from dozens of senior consultants has forced one of the country’s largest teaching hospitals to review its £14m digital patient record system amid fears over patient safety.
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HSJ LocalTrust director promises action after 'significant' IT disruption
The medical director of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has promised to act after the rollout of a digital record system caused widespread disruption.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust 'on the verge' of special measures
A teaching trust ‘on the verge’ of financial special measures is applying for distress funding after predicting it will run out of cash next month.
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NewsNHS workers to get first refusal on affordable homes
Plans to give health workers first refusal on affordable housing built on surplus NHS land have been welcomed by sector representatives.
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HSJ LocalSuccess regime CCGs appoint single chief
The five clinical commissioning groups in the mid and south Essex success regime area have appointed a single lead accountable officer.
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HSJ LocalWinner of troubled community services contract named
Liverpool’s troubled community services will be run by a mental health provider from November, after its bid for the contract was preferred to that of the city’s children’s trust.
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CommentAn uneven future: an ageing population needs innovation, but not at the expense of equal care
A new survey of clinical experts predicts technological advances, but will they benefit everyone in a population getting older but not healthier? Camilla d’Angelo considers the report’s findings
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HSJ LocalTrust suspends spinal surgery after two deaths
An acute trust in the North West has suspended its spinal surgery services after four serious incidents – including two patient deaths – were identified over a six month period.
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HSJ LocalChief executive admits trust will fail to fill hundreds of nurse vacancies
The chief executive of a major Midlands hospital trust has said it must use new roles such as nursing associates to tackle hundreds of nurse vacancies.
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HSJ LocalTrusts confirm new shared chief executive
An acute trust and a mental health and community trust have appointed a joint chief executive after forming an alliance to make services more integrated.
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NewsFinal contract for NHS procurement shake-up put on market
Procurement leaders hope to improve the way the NHS handles transactions with a contract for financial management worth nearly £50m that has gone to the market.