All articles by Sophie Barnes – Page 7
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Naylor: The NHS has failed clinical leaders
The NHS has ‘failed’ to encourage clinicians to take up leadership positions, the chair of HSJ’s inquiry into NHS leadership has said.
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Carter review sets out plan to save NHS £5bn a year
A law could be introduced to force medical sales representatives to report all financial relationships with hospitals in a bid to drive down NHS procurement costs, a government backed review has said.
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CCG to start specialist perinatal service for 'desperate' mothers
COMMISSIONING: A London clinical commissioning group will start to fund a specialist community perinatal mental health service after mothers described how they only received help ‘at the point of desperation’.
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New ratings to make CCGs more accountable, says health secretary
The performance of clinical commissioning groups will be measured by a new set of metrics, Jeremy Hunt told NHS leaders today.
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Hunt: Trusts to be given procurement savings targets
Hospitals will be expected to make set savings in their procurement processes from January, the health secretary announced today.
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Emergency care to be 'completely redesigned' within three years, says Stevens
Urgent and emergency care will undergo a “complete redesign” and be in “a very different place by the middle of this Parliament”, the NHS England chief executive has announced.
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Stevens interview: Dealing with agency staff is NHS’s ‘biggest operational risk’
NHS trusts will ‘undoubtedly’ struggle to employ the doctors and nurses they need as the service clamps down on the cost of temporary staff from next month, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has told HSJ.
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Government considers cap on 'egregious' agency spend
A cap on the cost of agency staff supplied to NHS trusts is being explored by the Cabinet Office and Department of Health in an attempt to tackle the ballooning agency spend in the NHS, it has emerged.
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Mental health trust urged to create suicide prevention plan
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has been told to improve after the Care Quality Commission found the trust had no plan in place to tackle the high rate of suicide in the area.
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Councillors have 'no confidence' in East Sussex leadership
PERFORMANCE: Councillors in East Sussex have taken a unanimous vote of ‘no confidence’ in the leadership of East Sussex Healthcare Trust and have called on the chief executive to resign.
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Analysis: Hospitals will struggle to reach new 12pm discharge goal
Trusts have been told to try to carry out at least 35 per cent of discharges before midday, in a new NHS England directive aimed at preventing delayed discharges.
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Largest trust in England rated 'inadequate'
PERFORMANCE: The largest trust in the country has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission, and has appointed an interim chief executive.
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Hunt: Peer review, not top-down targets, can improve NHS
Jeremy Hunt has praised the benefits of peer review to improve NHS standards, saying it is a better method than top-down targets.
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Stevens launches hospital chains 'vanguard'
NHS England will ‘test new ways’ of sustaining smaller hospitals, including ‘chains’ running acute services, in its latest vanguard programme launched today by Simon Stevens.
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Providers for £1.8bn elderly care contract named
FINANCE: Five providers have been selected to lead the delivery a £1.8bn, 10 year contract to improve older peoples’ care in Croydon.
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Updated: Dorset acute plans include accident and emergency downgrade
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency department at either the Royal Bournemouth Hospital or Poole Hospital could be downgraded to an urgent care centre under proposals for changes to acute services in Dorset.
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Stevens: Seven day services need 'disciplined phasing'
Simon Stevens has called for a “careful and disciplined approach” to the introduction of “seven day services” and other improvements to NHS services in coming years, speaking alongside the prime minister.
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Diagnostic waiting list grows by over half in five years
The national diagnostic waiting list has grown by more than half in five years, in a further sign of growing demand on hospital services.