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NewsICBs pay trust £23m after contract dispute
Six integrated care boards in the West Midlands have reached a settlement with an ambulance trust to compensate for delays handing over patients to emergency departments.
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News‘High risk’ patients waiting years for struggling service
Several reviews are under way of a hospital’s struggling ophthalmology service, after it reported backlogs of hundreds of patients at high risk of harm.
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NewsICB restricts autism, ADHD and weight loss services
An integrated care board has put new restrictions on referrals for several community services, arguing that “health benefits must be maximised from the resources available”.
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NewsResident doctor charged with sexual assaults of 38 patients
A former resident doctor has been charged with sexually assaulting 38 patients who were in his care.
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NewsPatients denied transport in ICB funding dispute
Eligible patients are no longer being offered transport to hospital because of a trust’s payment dispute with its commissioner.
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NewsHigh-risk estates bill doubles in a year
The estimated cost of fixing urgent, high-risk problems for mental health and learning disabilities buildings has more than doubled in a year, new data reveals.
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NewsTwo in five trusts share chair or CEO
Nearly two in five trusts in England now share a chair and/or chief executive — despite some high-profile partnerships being scaled back — HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsTrust picks US patient record supplier
One of the seven NHS trusts still relying on paper records has selected a provider for its electronic patient record.
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NewsTwo trusts removed from maternity probe
Two trusts have been removed from the health and social care secretary’s “rapid” national investigation into maternity services, a month after they were included.
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NewsNational director’s trust expanding subco despite opposition
A trust led by an NHS England director is planning to move about 400 staff to a subsidiary company, despite union opposition and a national U-turn on subcos.
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NewsHospital removed 1,000 patients from waiting list 'retrospectively'
A hospital trust has removed more than 1,000 patients from its waiting list by retrospectively applying referral criteria, which local GPs have said is disruptive and unsafe.
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NewsFormer NHSE director to chair health alliance
Former NHS England chair Richard Meddings has been appointed to the same post at Birmingham Health Partners, an alliance of six of the city’s NHS trusts, two of its universities and the local health innovation network.
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News‘Serious concern’ over trust’s ‘financial control’ sparks NHSE intervention
One of England’s largest hospital trusts has been issued with enforcement undertakings after “failing to demonstrate effective control over expenditure”.
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News‘Unacceptable’ cuts to bank and agency rates must be reversed, says BMA
Doctors are threatening action against coordinated moves in two areas to cut rates for extra-contractual work.
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News‘Lack of curiosity’ contributed to stillbirths, review finds
An area with high stillbirth rates has found there were “significant” gaps in maternity care in more than one in five cases, in a newly published review.
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NewsTrust confirms death of its ‘remarkable’ chair
Tributes have been paid to a “remarkable” hospital trust chair following the announcement of his death.
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NewsHospitals falling far short of national quality target
The NHS fell well short of its goal to offer the best standard of acute stroke treatment to 10 per cent of patients last year, with some units carrying out the procedure only once a week.
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NewsEnglish trusts resist Welsh waiting time policy
Multiple English hospitals are refusing a Welsh health board’s request to delay operations for up to two years.
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NewsICB cluster chairs revealed
All “clustered” integrated care boards have appointed a chair, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLeadership improves at ‘toxic’ trust
One of England’s largest trusts previously criticised for its “toxic” environment has made significant improvements to its culture, inspectors have said.