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PodcastHSJ podcast: ICSs - 1 Trusts - nil
Significant tensions between a mental health trust and an ICS have prompted the trust’s chief executive to resign.
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NewsBehan made full member of NHS England board
Former Care Quality Commission chief Sir David Behan has been appointed as a full member of NHS England’s board.
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NewsNew approach to safety incidents will see fewer investigations
Major reforms have been set out on how NHS organisations should respond to patient safety incidents, with the aim of ensuring better engagement with patients and families.
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NewsCovid redeployment ‘wrong’ and ‘will never be repeated’
Redeployment of community staff to other services – meaning visits for babies and parents were missed – was the “wrong decision” and would “never be repeated”, a provider has stated.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Tories tinker while the NHS is on fire
The NHS needs “fewer layers of management” – this remark, made by Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss, is one of the first significant comments made about the NHS by either candidate this summer.
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NewsExit payments above £95k to require ministerial sign-off
Severance payments above £95,000 will require ministerial approval under new proposals unveiled by the government.
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NewsCEO of national NHS agency resigns ahead of CQC report
NHS Blood and Transplant’s chief executive has resigned ahead of the release of a Care Quality Commission report into the agency’s leadership.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: No time to waste
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsMultiple reporting systems undermine patient safety, says watchdog
A single system to report patient safety concerns would “keep people safer”, a newly appointed NHS watchdog has told HSJ.
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CommentThe scandal of 10,000 NHS SOSR dismissals
Narinder Kapur emphasises on the need for an urgent inquiry, into how many of the 10,000 NHS SOSR dismissals were on the basis of ‘Kangaroo Courts’, and how many involved vulnerable groups such as whistleblowers and minority ethnic staff
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HSJ LocalTrust to expand its accommodation amid rocketing property prices
One of the NHS’s biggest trusts is planning to significantly boost its staff accommodation amid concerns a shortage of affordable housing in its catchment area is having a “significant impact on recruitment”.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The A&E target conundrum continues
This week, we revisit the thorny subject of accident and emergency standards, following calls for a new six-hour target to be introduced.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Leaders’ ‘moral’ duty on the cost of living crisis
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsPrivate provider says its ‘robust nursing pipeline’ can benefit NHS
A large private provider says it is finding it harder than ever to fill its staffing vacancies, but is optimistic that its investment in nursing apprenticeships and overseas recruitment can help expand NHS-commissioned capacity.
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News‘Short-sighted’ NHSE contract change ‘risks reducing GP access’
A national GP contract change by NHS England risks reducing out-of-hours access over winter, unless commissioners commit to budget cuts elsewhere.
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HSJ LocalFresh allegations of whistleblower mismanagement at ‘witch hunt’ trust
Fresh concerns have been raised about the treatment of whistleblowers by managers at a trust recently embroiled in a high-profile bullying scandal, the hospital’s workforce director has disclosed.
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NewsExclusive: Delays to pension payments after surge in retirements
The body which handles NHS pensions is struggling to process applications on time after a 50 per cent increase in retirements from the service.
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NewsNHSE awards extra ambulance capacity contract
NHS England has awarded a contract for additional ambulance service capacity nationally to help cope with high demand and handover delays, with the capacity available from today.
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HSJ PartnersClinician empowerment is the key to transforming eye care services
Dr Peter Morgan-Warren, BMBCh MA(Oxon) PhD FRCOphth, Therapy Area Head for Ophthalmology at Bayer plc., discusses how involving clinicians in local policy decisions is crucial to improving eye care for patients across the country
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Daily InsightThe Primer: Another Sunak solution
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.