All articles by Shaun Lintern – Page 60
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NewsExclusive: Acute trusts told to abandon 'fortress' mentality
Hospitals that blinker themselves to the potential of working with mental health providers will usher in their ‘own financial demise’, the NHS England official overseeing the service has warned
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NewsMedical contract negotiations collapse
Contract negotiations between the British Medical Association and NHS Employers suddenly collapsed last night
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NewsExclusive: Health ombudsman was investigated over contract 'failings'
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman was subject to a National Audit Office investigation this year after it awarded a former business partner of ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor a six figure contract, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire health services to receive £250m as Mid Staffs dissolved
More than £250m is to be invested in the Staffordshire health economy as part of proposals to dissolve the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsFurther priorities for mental health waiting times revealed
Mental health trusts could be asked to hit a suite of new waiting time targets by 2020 at a cost of more than £130m a year.
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NewsWarning to NHS over paediatric reconfigurations
Hospital trusts should ensure adequate children’s community services are in place before closing in-patient units, a senior leader in paediatrics has warned
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs workers 'fatigued' says CQC inspectors
Staff at troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are “fatigued” according to the latest Care Quality Commission inspection, which also highlights concerns over staffing levels.
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NewsMental health services need 'digital revolution', report claims
A national strategy for digital technology in mental health could help improve services, according to a new report that found few providers allow patients to book appointments online.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay inquiry set for another delay
An investigation into maternal deaths and failings at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust looks set to be delayed for the second time.
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NewsLib Dems reveal mental health funding boost and waiting targets
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will today announce £120m investment in mental health services and the introduction of waiting time targets for the sector.
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NewsClegg wants £500m mental health investment
The Liberal Democrats would seek to invest an additional £500m a year in mental health services if they formed part of another government, HSJ can reveal.
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News'Hostile' private provider ordered to pay whistleblowing nurse's costs
A private provider of nursing services across Britain must pay the legal costs of a whistleblowing nurse, according to a tribunal that described the firm as ‘unreasonably hostile’.
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NewsExclusive: Ombudsman seeks new powers to investigate NHS
A new public services ombudsman should be established with powers to probe the decisions of clinical commissioning groups and councils, the Parliamentary Health Services Ombudsman has said.
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NewsPHSO to take on more historic complaints
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has pledged to help seal the “regulatory gap” identified by the CQC after abandoning its probe into an historic complaint.
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News'Francis effect' stalls as nurse numbers fall
The rapid increase in registered nurses employed in the NHS has stopped, with numbers now falling for the first time this year
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NewsUnison to strike on turnout of just 16 per cent
The NHS Confederation has questioned the legitimacy of next month’s planned NHS strike after it emerged that just 16 per cent of Unison members took part in the vote.
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NewsExclusive: HEE spends £4.7m to tempt nurses back to NHS
Health Education England plans to spend almost £5m to attract thousands of nurses back into the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSystemic barriers hold back London mental health services, report finds
London lacks a ‘collective vision’ for improving mental health services, according to a new report by the King’s Fund which identifies systemic barriers to improving services in the capital.
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NewsDH weighs into baby death probe
The Department of Health has begun brokering talks between NHS England and the Care Quality Commission in a bid to close the “gap” in the care complaints regime revealed by an HSJ investigation.
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NewsLabour 'needs to address funding to universities' to meet workforce pledge
Labour would have to address a shortage of funding to universities if it were to deliver on its pledge for 36,000 extra NHS staff if it formed a government, HSJ has been told