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NewsTrust’s ‘off balance sheet’ funding plan rejected by NHSE
A trust’s proposed use of an off-balance-sheet funding model to finance the expansion of a new building project has been rejected by NHS England, forcing the cancellation of a £94m managed services contract.
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NewsIn-house EPRs can avoid ‘phenomenal’ costs, says top CEO
A leading hospital chief executive has championed in-house NHS technology that costs “a fraction” of major commercial systems – and said she does not use the federated data platform.
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NewsTrusts cancel joint staff service with neighbours
Three trusts have cancelled a joint occupational health service after a row over standards.
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NewsTrusts pilot schemes to cut single-use products
At least 20 NHS trusts will pilot a government scheme to cut back on single-use products and increase the use of reusable alternatives for widely used items such as tourniquets, blood pressure cuffs and sharps bins.
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NewsICB breached rules in £20m contract award
An integrated care board breached procurement rules while awarding a £20m general practice contract to a national corporate provider.
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NewsGlove prices surge 75% on Iran war disruption
The price of gloves is expected to rise by 75 per cent from next week due to the Iran war, NHS Supply Chain has warned trusts.
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NewsCandidates for £342k DHSC job to face mock PAC
Candidates for a readvertised post in the Department of Health and Social Care’s executive team, with pay up to £342,000, have been advised to expect a mock public accounts committee grilling.
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NewsExecs told to own risks of AI scribes
NHS England has told trust boards to take direct responsibility for the safety of AI scribe technology, as national regulatory standards for the tools are lowered.
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NewsNearly 100 staff left ‘in limbo by shitshow procurement’
Nearly 100 staff at a Lancashire trust have been left in “limbo” for more than two years due to a troubled NHS England procurement process, which HSJ has learned is set to be run for a third time.
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NewsProviders warned over use of AI to contest contract awards
Private and NHS care providers that lean too heavily on AI to draft complaints about contract awards risk having their submissions returned or even rejected, the competition watchdog has warned.
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CommentWe are shutting nurses out of the AI conversation
AI will transform healthcare, but leaving nurses out of its design could undermine both adoption and patient care
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NewsICB reorganisation leads to legal battle with supplier
The cancellation of a contract awarded amid the confusion of the government’s hastily announced overhaul of integrated care boards last year has resulted in a supplier taking the NHS to the High Court.
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CommentNHS management consultants need recognition and support
New research offers the first systematic mapping of internal consulting teams operating across the NHS - and argues that, with greater visibility and investment, they could form a genuine alternative to expensive external advisers
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NewsNHSE region signs AI scribe deal covering 15 trusts
The NHS has launched its largest-ever regional deployment of ambient voice technology, covering 70,000 clinicians across 15 trusts and 1,239 GP practices.
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CommentWhat the NHS can learn from Indian healthcare
India’s experience shows the NHS can improve productivity and patient care by consistently applying proven operational disciplines
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News‘Failure to deliver reforms has cost NHS billions’, claims ex-DHSC adviser
NHS England’s failure to deliver recommended reforms to pathology services has cost the service billions of pounds in lost savings over the last decade, a senior peer who previously reviewed the sector has claimed.
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NewsContractor assessed its own service in ICB procurement
An integrated care board has been criticised by a watchdog over poor record-keeping and errors in the decision to award a £2.4m contract.
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NewsExclusive: Regulators poised to strip back AI rules
Regulators are about to significantly strip back regulation of ambient voice technology – one of the fastest-growing healthcare AI tools – HSJ has learned.
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NewsDHSC instructed to reduce use of external contractors
The Department of Health and Social Care has been told to develop plans to in-house services currently supplied by external contractors.
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NewsAcute trust overturns ‘obviously unfair’ £1.7m legal bill
An acute trust has overturned a £1.7m legal bill in the High Court after a judge found “obvious unfairness” in an independent adjudicator’s decision about a legal dispute with a construction firm.