All articles by Sarah Calkin – Page 16
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Exclusive: NHS Direct abandons cost cut plans following 111 debacle
NHS Direct has abandoned plans to down-band frontline staff because it needs to retain people to run its NHS 111 service, HSJ has learned.
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Monitor steps in at Dorset Healthcare
STRUCTURE: Monitor has taken regulatory action at Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust over concerns the board was not “performing effectively”.
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Nurses warn of doctors on 'safari rounds' to find 'lost' patients
Rising pressure in accident and emergency departments across the UK is leaving patients queuing on trolleys in corridors for hours or getting “lost” in hospitals due to repeated moves, senior nurses from the Royal College of Nursing have warned.
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Berwick: I'm optimistic about the future of the NHS
A “better” NHS would involve redesign of service delivery but the answer is not in finding the “right number of agencies”, according to the man leading the government’s zero harm review.
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'Don't think you're different to Mid Staffs staff,' warns Berwick
NHS staff should not be confident they would have acted differently to their counterparts at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the man leading the government’s post Francis review of patient safety has warned.
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Nurses to get 360-degree feedback in drive to improve appraisals
Nurses are to be asked to give feedback about the performance of their colleagues and seniors to contribute to appraisals, as part of a series of initiatives announced to improve nursing care quality.
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High street shops to open at Bristol Royal Infirmary
COMMERCIAL: Four leading high street reatilers are to open stores in Bristol Royal Infirmary’s new Welcome Centre after signing contracts with University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust.
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Bristol trusts respond to service change 'anti-competitive' claim
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust are to start work to demonstrate the benefits to patients of their swapping services after the Co-operation and Competition Panel concluded it could be anti-competitive.
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Healthwatch chief admits delayed start for some areas
The chief executive of Healthwatch England has admitted some local branches are not yet established but said it will help resolve problems as “quickly as possible”, in an interview with HSJ.
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Clock stopped on FT merger investigation
COMMERCIAL: The first merger between two foundation trusts faces further delays after the Competition Commission “stopped the clock” on its investigation into the deal.
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CCP finds Bristol 'service swap' could be anti-competitive
COMMERCIAL: Plans to centralise some acute services in Bristol could be anti-competitive and must be investigated further, the Co-operation and Competition Panel has ruled.
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Competing hospital provider opposes Dorset FT merger
STRUCTURE: A hospital provider has written to the Competition Commission opposing plans for the first merger between two foundation trusts.
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Analysed: The Bournemouth and Poole merger
HSJ Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the proposed merger between Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital foundation trusts
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Duty of candour could lead to criminal prosecution
Boards of organisations providing NHS care which breach the government’s proposed new statutory duty of candour could face criminal prosecution.
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Francis response: Failing managers could be barred
Senior NHS managers and non-executive directors who “let their patients and the NHS down” could be barred from holding high-level positions in future, under proposals set out in the government’s response to the Francis report.
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More hitches for NHS 111 launch
GP out-of-hours providers have been drafted in to handle calls which were due to be received by the new NHS 111 service across the North West and West Midlands, HSJ has learned.
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Caring experience could be compulsory for new nurse recruits
Ministers are considering whether to require aspiring nurses to complete a year’s caring experience before they are accepted onto a degree course.
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Exclusive: Hospitals and GPs to be required to tell truth about errors
Healthcare providers which conceal mistakes or failures that lead to harm of patients will be held to account under a new statutory duty of candour, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: CQC reveals overhaul of inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is about to launch a massive overhaul of its inspection regime which could see the best hospitals go five years without an inspection and the worst face intense scrutiny, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: One breach could put a trust in 'failure regime'
Just one breach of new fundamental standards to be developed by the Care Quality Commission would see a provider tipped into a new “single failure regime” – but all enforcement action will be left to other regulators, HSJ has been told.