All articles by Shaun Lintern – Page 2
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Revealed: HEE’s chief nurse replaced with NHSE/I director
A single senior nursing officer will be appointed across three national NHS bodies for the first time, HSJ has learned.
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'Bullying and harassment' at trusts to be targeted by NHSE regional teams
Cultural issues within NHS trusts will be monitored by NHS England’s regional teams under its new single oversight framework.
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NHS faces legal action from ‘abandoned’ IV feed patients
The NHS and the national medical regulator could face legal action over the shortage of intravenous feed supplies for hundreds of UK patients, HSJ has learned.
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Regulator announces interim CEO
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has appointed an interim chief executive.
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‘Smart’ pump overdoses spark national safety probe
A national safety investigation has been launched into the NHS’ use of so-called ‘smart pumps’ after three patients received an overdose of the powerful opioid fentanyl.
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‘Reprehensible’ action by regulator sparks call for inquiry
Senior clinicians have called for a review into how hundreds of patients have been left without intravenous food after action by the medical regulator severly curtailed its supply.
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Single women IVF ban will be reviewed
South east London commissioners have pledged to carry out a “rapid review” of their policy to deny IVF treatment to single women.
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Dozens of patients admitted in feed supply emergency
Dozens of patients including children have now been admitted to hospital because of the national shortage of intravenous food supplies for patients who cannot eat normal food, HSJ has learned.
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CQC criminal prosecutions jump by a third
The Care Quality Commission has increased the number of criminal prosecutions of health and social care providers by more than 32 per cent in a year.
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Exclusive: NHSE declares emergency over IV shortage
The shortage of intravenous feed supplies affecting hundreds of patients across the country has been declared a national emergency incident by NHS leaders.
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CQC forecasts year-end deficit
The Care Quality Commission is forecasting to end the current financial year with a deficit of £1.7m.
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'Considerable risk’ over trust’s future warns NHSI
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has agreed a revamped recovery plan with NHS Improvement amid concerns over its financial and waiting time performance.
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Regulator accused of presiding over 'utter shambles' says it was 'duty bound' to act on IV supplies
A regulator has defended its actions which caused delays to the supply of life-saving intravenous feed for hundreds of patients with HSJ learning some are now being admitted to hospital.
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NHS England launches independent review of teen death cover-up
An independent review is to be held into the death of a teenager after a clinical commissioning group interfered in an earlier investigation.
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Revealed: The 20 capital projects promised by the PM
The government has unveiled a list of 20 new capital investment projects worth a total of £853m.
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Exclusive: Irish health service seeks no-deal Brexit pacts with NHS hospitals
The Irish health service is attempting to sign up NHS trusts to continue providing healthcare services to Irish citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit, HSJ has learned.
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Staff strike over trust’s subsidiary company plan
Hundreds of staff at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust have started a two-week strike over the trust’s plans to set up a subsidiary company.
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CQC guilty of maladministration in £200k fit and proper person case
The Care Quality Commission has been found guilty of maladministration over its handling of a fit and proper person test complaint which led to a £200,000 investigation by an NHS trust.
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Hundreds of patients at risk amid major delays to IV feed supplies
Hundreds of patients, including children, dependent on intravenous nutrition to keep them alive are experiencing delays in vital deliveries, because of restrictions placed on the manufacturer by the medical devices regulator.
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Controversial ‘friends and family’ question dropped
NHS providers will no longer be required to ask patients whether they would recommend their service to “friends and family”, and rules on when they must ask mandatory experience questions will be lifted, NHS England has decided.