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NewsNational chiefs: Ventilators will follow ‘most immediate need’
National and regional NHS chiefs will seek to share out scarce ventilators to ”areas with the most immediate need, on a fair share basis relative to patient ventilation need, they have told hospital chiefs, who are increasingly concerned about what they will receive and when.
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NHS to free up 30,000 beds for coronavirus
The NHS is targeting freeing up 30,000 beds by postponing all non-urgent elective operations and discharging all inpatients who are “medically fit to leave”.
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Named: The trusts receiving new cash for scanners
The trusts in line to receive £200m for upgrading cancer screening equipment from the government have been announced.
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Exclusive: Clinical waste building up outside hospitals
Clinical waste is piling up outside hospitals, HSJ can reveal, amid fallout from the crisis which exploded in the sector last year.
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Trusts bemoan cost pressures from clinical waste switch
Several NHS trusts are grappling with extra costs and relying on temporary containers for clinical waste storage, after a forced change of supplier following last year’s stockpiling scandal.
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Exclusive: NHS England told to act on internal review to end 'avoidable harm'
Spinal patients have been exposed to “avoidable harm” due to “wholly unacceptable” delays in their treatment, according to an unpublished NHS England report.
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Exclusive: Major incident as hospital waste collections halted
More than 20 NHS trusts must store clinical waste, including human remains, at their premises for up to a fortnight after their scandal-hit contractor stopped collecting waste last week, prompting a major incident.
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Trusts move clinical waste contracts to new provider after stockpiling scandal
Fifteen NHS trusts have transferred their clinical waste management contracts to another provider, after it emerged a key supplier to the NHS was stockpiling human body parts and other dangerous waste.
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CQC gaffe prompts re-inspection of NHS trust
The Care Quality Commission has been forced to apologise to an NHS trust after inspectors used data for another provider as part of its inspection report.
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HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Changing Culture
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The best and worst performing trusts on patient experience
Of the five NHS trusts underperforming for overall patient experience, two are in CQC special measures Five trusts are outliers for poor experience of community support after hospital discharge Five NHS trusts have been identified by the Care Quality Commission as having significantly poor overall patient ...
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New tariff would mean revenue cuts for specialist providers
Three providers would see their overall revenue reduced by more than 2 per cent next year The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital FT faces an estimated £4.5m reduction to its revenue Specialist Orthopaedic Alliance “exceptionally concerned” by the proposals A number of specialist NHS trusts are “exceptionally ...
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Revealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust
Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every ...
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Special measures CCG placed in NHS England 'directions'
Shropshire CCG placed in NHS England “directions” David Evans, accountable officer of Telford and Wrekin CCG, to lead both groups CCGs will remain separate but Mr Evans authorised to develop “joint management team” for both organisations Shropshire CCG forecast £10.9m deficit and has been in special ...
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Special measures CCG appoints first GP chair
Shropshire CCG appoints first clinical chair Challenged commissioner also begins process to recruit substantive accountable officer Organisation was first CCG to be placed in special measures following financial problems WORKFORCE: Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed Julian Povey as its chair.
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Specialist care vanguard may design new 'experimental tariffs'
Vanguard trusts looking at creating new tariffs for orthopaedics Alliance could also “accredit” care at other trusts Sign up to receive the What’s New in Care Models newsletter every week An alliance of specialist trusts could develop new “experimental tariffs” to encourage acute providers to ...
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Thousands of patients adrift on specialist trust waiting lists
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt FT has identified 14,500 follow-up patients beyond their due date More than 1,200 planned patients had no date or a date that had been missed Monitor to appoint improvement director to oversee recovery plan PATIENT SAFETY: Thousands of patients at ...
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First CCG is placed in special measures
Shropshire CCG placed in special measures Group will have to agree new 2015-16 forecast financial outturn No legal directions placed on CCG PERFORMANCE: Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first CCG placed in special measures by NHS England.
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Staff felt 'failure was not an option' at specialist trust
“Inhibited” culture among trust leadership, independent review into referral to treatment waiting times finds Staff said they felt “failure was not an option” Monitor’s investigation into patients waiting too long for treatment is ongoing PERFORMANCE: A “pressurised” culture at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic ...
