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NewsTerror attack funding doesn’t meet trusts’ ask
NHS England has outlined spending worth about £34m to make ambulance services better able to respond to terror attacks – but the settlement appears to fall well short of ambulance trusts’ asks.
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NewsSuspension of subco ‘costing trust £30m’
A trust says it now faces a £30m financial gap after plans to outsource more workers to its wholly owned subsidiary company were put on hold pending national guidance from NHS England.
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News1,000 staff set for compulsory redundancy
A total of 1,000 jobs are set to go at commissioning support units after ministers approved a long-delayed case for redundancy, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust faces ‘unpalatable’ cuts or potential leadership changes
A trust has said it must consider “unpalatable” options to achieve its financial plan this year after it was warned that a failure to break even would trigger a “formal leadership review”.
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NewsNHSE warns ICBs over staffing and capability gaps
NHS England criticised staffing and capacity issues at several integrated care boards, a year after instructing them to cut their staffing by half.
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NewsDeeper financial cuts would impact patient safety, warns trust
A trust has all but conceded it cannot meet its financial plan this year, as finding the required savings would most likely be “at the expense of patient safety”.
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NewsTwo trusts taken to High Court over late payments
Two NHS trusts are facing “six-figure claims” in the High Court in a dispute over alleged late payment to suppliers, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs where majority use private dentist
More people have access to a private dentist than an NHS one in nine integrated care board areas – mostly driven by poor NHS provision, according to new figures.
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NewsSix ‘neighbourhoods’ seek investors to ‘derisk’ expansion
Six “neighbourhood health” projects are being pump-primed by government to secure millions of pounds of private investment.
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NewsGrasp ‘politically unpopular’ mergers or face more deaths
Politically unpopular and “very difficult” decisions are required to tackle rising maternal death rates and improve safety, a leading academic has warned.
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NewsMany maternity units have ‘structural difficulties’, PM admits
The prime minister has admitted “structural difficulties” similar to those faced by a rural maternity unit recently forced to close over staff shortages are widespread across the NHS.
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NewsEnd of life care waits help push delayed discharges to record levels
Hospital discharge delays hit their highest level on record in July.
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News‘Golden hellos’ offered in bid to reopen unit
A trust is offering “golden hellos” to obstetric consultants to plug gaps at a rural maternity unit, where it suspended births this week, after a recruitment round failed last month.
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NewsLack of doctors closes maternity unit
A rural maternity unit is closing this week, despite local opposition, blaming a lack of doctors.
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NewsCouncil privatises NHS-run care service
Private providers are set to take over the running of some adult social care services currently carried out by an NHS trust in the South West.
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NewsHospital running out of space for bodies after rise in deaths
A trust warned it was running out of mortuary space and not meeting new standards, following national concerns about post-death care in the NHS.
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NewsGroup model was ‘difficult’, says merged trust CEO
The chief executive of a recently merged trust has said clinicians and managers found it “difficult” to work under the previous group model.
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NewsICB CEO temporarily steps down after three months
The interim chief executive of an integrated care board cluster has temporarily stepped down after just three months in the role.
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News‘Systemic failures’ contributed to teenager’s death
Longstanding issues with leadership and clinical oversight across two trusts contributed to failures surrounding the death of a teenager, two independent reviews have found.
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News‘Intolerable harm’ being caused by ICB restructure
Six unions have accused two integrated care boards of failing in their statutory duties and causing “intolerable” harm through their restructure.