Policy and regulation – Page 52
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NewsRegulator warns of ‘extraordinary’ winter for A&Es
A failure to provide the right models of care is forcing thousands more people to attend emergency departments each day, the Care Quality Commission has said, while warning of a “perfect storm” for the health service this winter.
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NewsNew laws planned on patient safety and medicines
Boris Johnson’s government has proposed to create a new patient safety regulator with statutory powers, and deregulation of medicines and devices.
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Expert Briefing‘About that bus…?’: Brexit fatigue is no joke for the NHS
Welcome to the ‘About that bus…?’ weekly newsletter – giving you the inside track on how the fallout from Brexit is affecting the NHS at national and local level, edited by James Illman. Contact me in confidence.
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NewsExclusive: New top A&E doctor ‘could support replacing target’
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine could support replacing the four-hour target – but only if it was satisfied a replacement regime would demonstrably improve patient outcomes and cut bureaucracy for staff, according its new president.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Details of the ‘A&E Local’ model revealed
HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing is our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsStevens names three ‘tests’ for PCNs
Simon Stevens has identified three top “real world tests” for primary care networks.
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NewsHospital fined for 13 breaches of duty of candour rules
A hospital trust has been fined a total of £16,250 for 13 separate breaches of the NHS statutory duty of candour, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsJeremy Hunt launches charity to monitor patient safety
Jeremy Hunt has set up a patient safety charity which will establish data he can use to report on levels of avoidable harm in healthcare, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsStevens: Hospitals should open more beds this winter than last
Simon Stevens has urged trust bosses to “think carefully” about how many beds they have open this winter and said “ideally” there should be more in total than last year.
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Expert Briefing‘About that bus…?’: In short supply this winter
Welcome to the ‘About that bus…?’ weekly newsletter – giving you the inside track on how the fallout from Brexit is affecting the NHS at national and local level, edited by James Illman. Contact me in confidence.
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CommentThe Bedpan: ‘Start acting like f**king grown ups’
This week: Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley
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NewsVirgin Care hires former NHS regulator boss
David Bennett, the former boss of the competition regulator Monitor, has been appointed chair of Virgin Care, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Heading for 60 CCGs
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsMinisters confirm ban on some drug exports ahead of Brexit deadline
Ministers have confirmed plans for a ban on the export of certain medicines, starting with a group of 24 drugs including 19 hormone replacement therapy treatments, ahead of the no-deal Brexit deadline at the end of this month.
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NewsNew rule to stop NHS directors ‘revolving door’
New rules will mandate trusts to supply references when NHS directors are given a new job, in a bid to stop the so-called “revolving door” for those who have failed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOmbudsman probes failings of its own investigation
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has launched a review of failings in relation to an investigation into the death of a young woman with anorexia, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGovernment bids to control FT capital spending
Foundation trusts will be subject to capital spending limits – further eroding their autonomy – as part of an overhauled approach to planning and approving estates and technology investment in the NHS.
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CommentWhen doctors must report deaths to coroners
Josiah Kirpalani on shaping the future relationship between medical examiners and senior coroners
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NewsDoctors face new laws on reporting deaths to coroners
New laws will come into effect tomorrow requiring doctors to report deaths to a coroner for the first time in a bid to modernise the death reporting process in England and Wales.
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Expert Briefing‘About that bus…?’: Ministers’ tactics to see off threat of a Brexit drugs sell-off revealed
Welcome to the ‘About that bus…?’ weekly newsletter – giving you the inside track on how the fallout from Brexit is affecting the NHS at national and local level, edited by James Illman. Contact me in confidence.