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News‘Stupid’ and ‘wrong’ for NHS to compete for overseas nurses, claims health minister
A new health minister has said NHS efforts to compete to attract overseas nurses are ‘stupid’, despite the approach being government policy.
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NewsConsultants pass no confidence motion in chief executive
Consultants at a specialist trust which is exploring a merger with its larger neighbour have passed a vote of no confidence in its chief executive – and the planned interim chair has had to step down on health grounds.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why NHS services are collapsing
On this week’s podcast, we discuss the knock-on impact covid has had on staffing and services, after medical consultants at a major acute trust warned its leadership that specialist staff shortages are causing services to become unsafe.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Devastated’ doctors warn trust CEO of ‘extremely unsafe situation’
Consultants at a major tertiary centre have written to their chief executive, warning services are in ‘an extremely unsafe situation’ and calling for elective work to be diverted elsewhere.
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NewsICS admits 14 of its major services are ‘fragile and challenged’
Fourteen of an integrated care system’s major services — which account for the ‘majority of [its] planned care’ — have been described as ‘fragile and challenged’.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Urgent and Emergency Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER:H4All: High Intensity User ServiceThe High Intensity User service was launched to reduce the unnecessary attendances and admittances to Hillingdon A&E of the top 50 patients, which incurred an annual cost of £7m.The team deliver a holistic model of support that utilises health coaching, integrative counselling and social prescribing for ...
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NewsExclusive: Hospital rebuild more than two years behind schedule
One of England’s biggest hospital redevelopment schemes is more than two years behind schedule.
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NewsTrust boards take next step to merge despite governors’ objections
Two foundation trusts in the South East have taken the next steps towards a merger.
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NewsFT in row over ‘bullying behaviour’ ahead of possible merger
The board of one of England’s smallest trusts is expected to approve the next steps to merge with its neighbour this week, despite some of its council of governors vehemently opposing the move.
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NewsTrust’s board and governors clash over potential merger
The governors and board of one of England’s smallest trusts are at loggerheads over a possible merger with a megatrust neighbour.
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NewsInterim chair appointed as trust mulls merger
A specialist provider contemplating a merger with its mega-trust neighbour has appointed an interim chair.
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NewsCoastal trust hires two London hospital chiefs
The interim chief executive of a London hospital is to take up the post of managing director at a large coastal trust.
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NewsMedical leader made chief exec at trust hard hit by covid
The medical director of a successful foundation trust is being brought in to run Medway Foundation Trust for 18 months.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: What the PM’s new health team means for the NHS
Boris Johnson has appointed a new health adviser, well known to NHS health policy circles. Samantha Jones – former NHS England director and hospital chief – is to leave the private sector and move into the civil service.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust’s takeover of neighbour gets the go-ahead
The takeover of a hospital trust by its ‘outstanding’ neighbour has been backed by both boards, and is likely to go ahead within weeks.
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NewsWatchdog forced to hand over NHS staff names in safety failure cases
A national safety watchdog has been forced to release almost 100 pieces of evidence, including from NHS staff, after being ordered to by courts.
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NewsHospital hosts others’ surgeons so cancer ops can go ahead
A specialist trust has freed up 29 theatre sessions a week so cancer surgery from nearby providers can continue during the covid pandemic.
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NewsCovid infections caught in hospital up by half in a week
Covid-19 infections likely to have been caught in hospital have increased by almost half in a week, with several trusts seeing significant rises, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCovid infections caught in hospital rise by a third in one week
The number of people likely to have caught covid-19 in NHS hospitals in England has risen by more than a third in the last week.
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Exclusive: NHS pleas for covid upgrade funds went unmet ahead of second wave
Local NHS requests for hundreds of millions of pounds of government funding to help deal with covid pressures have gone unanswered throughout the pandemic, an HSJ investigation has found.