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HSJ Local‘We’ve got no magic fix’ admits director of trust with ‘culture of fear’
The deputy leader of a trust rated ‘inadequate’ by a health watchdog four times in the past decade has admitted the necessary changes to its culture may take a further four years.
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CommentNHS to get ‘tough on winter’
The government is determined to crack down on the cost of winter to the NHS. Tougher regulation of cold weather could be the answer, reports Julian Patterson
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NewsShelford trusts now paying consultants up to £269 an hour to cover strike night shifts
Seven of the 10 largest teaching trusts are understood to have acquiesced to demands by the British Medical Association to pay consultants higher overtime rates for covering August’s junior doctors’ strike.
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CommentElective waiting list rises by 100,000 in July
The waiting list is still growing at more than 100,000 patients per month
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HSJ LocalStaff feel ‘frozen out and ignored’ at ‘inadequate’ services
Leaders of two maternity services have been told to take urgent action, after inspectors found understaffing and declining levels of care, despite safety warnings from midwives.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Getting real about manager regulation
Manager regulation remains firmly in the spotlight so this week we ask: will it actually happen this time?
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NewsNHSE intervenes as ICS flags worsening financial deficit
An integrated care system deemed to be a relatively strong performer is now forecasting a £25m deficit, after signing up to a breakeven plan at the start of the year, its CEO has said.
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HSJ PartnersAI model outperforms human decision-making on rate escalations, fills more shifts and saves trusts thousands
Dr Nicholas Andreou explores how Locum’s Nest are innovating to higher levels by leveraging machine learning to maximise NHS shift fill rates.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Income 20 pounds, expenditure 20 pounds ought and six, result s.114
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior content editor Hayley Kirton.
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CommentNHS must stop treating data analysis as a 'clerical' role
Recognising data analysts as vital technical experts, not clerical staff, is essential for the NHS’s data-driven future and improved patient care, writes Andrew Barraclough and Dr Marc Farr
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HSJ LocalFormer regulator chief drafted in to tackle poor performance at ICS
A former regulator who created a ‘failure regime’ for trusts has been drafted in to address performance problems in a high-profile integrated care system.
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NewsA&E handover delays ‘still getting worse at some hospitals’
Ambulance chiefs say handover delays have got worse at some trusts in recent months, despite the picture improving nationally since last winter.
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NewsTrusts admit ‘severe’ harm to children
Children have suffered severe harm at two further hospital trusts as a result of failures in paediatric audiology, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTop CEOs among HSJ Partnership Award judges
Top provider chief executives are among the judges for this year’s HSJ Partnership Awards.
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NewsNHS has more capital but regime for investing ‘not that efficient’, admits DHSC boss
The way in which capital funding is distributed and spent across the NHS is inefficient and too heavily ringfenced, a senior Department of Health and Social Care official has suggested.
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CommentThe tragic demise of the Learning from Deaths Programme
Seven years ago, a critical review of the healthcare system’s response to patient deaths revealed systemic challenges. Despite initial reforms, unresolved issues persist, raising concerns about transparency and accountability
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NewsNHSE appoints new director of elective and cancer
NHS England has appointed a new director of electives, cancer and diagnostics, and a new communications director.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The never-ending strike
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ PartnersThe future of learning in the health sector
Innovation and adaptability are key to the success of learning and development in healthcare. Professor Debbie Porteous shares how their dynamic approach to professional development is meeting the changing needs and requirements of the sector
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HSJ LocalTrust ‘led with integrity’ in face of maternity scandal, says CQC
A trust facing a police investigation into one of the NHS’s largest ever maternity scandals is no longer rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission in its well-led and maternity domains.