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Penalties for missed activity leave services ‘underfunded’
A proposed new national payment system could affect trusts’ ability to deliver safe patient care if it does not recognise ‘legitimate variation’, NHS Providers has warned.
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CommentHow I led the turnaround of a special measures trust
Caroline Shaw shares her thoughts on why turning round a special measures hospital has been the hardest but most rewarding role of her career to date and why she’s adamant the NHS should put our brightest and best CEOs in challenged hospitals.
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NewsDHSC rebukes NHS staff for misusing procurement system
The government has rebuked NHS staff for misusing its e-procurement system Atamis to ‘test supplier experience’.
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NewsTrust drops £310m ‘centre of excellence’ construction deal
A trust has scrapped a plan to build eight operating theatres in partnership with a devices supplier, part of a deal worth up to £310m, because of the ‘impact of covid’.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Trusts set ‘enablers’ for merger
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Mackey’s blunt message
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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Restoring ‘much needed’ service undermined by lack of funding
Lack of funding and workforce will undermine recovery of a ‘cost effective’ and ‘much needed’ contraceptive service, despite government’s pledges to better support women’s and reproductive health, it has been warned.
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Doctors’ bonus pay talks collapse after two years
Medical trade unions have voted to reject proposed reforms to bonus payments for senior doctors, after two years of negotiations broke down.
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NewsNHSE to spend up to £42m on management consultants for elective recovery
NHS England will fund integrated care systems to spend up to £42m on management consultancy help with their elective recovery plans this year, it has confirmed.
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News‘Galling’ move to claw back £28m of overpayments to GPs
NHS England is seeking legal advice on whether it can claw back £28m of “overpayments” that were made to GPs.
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NewsNHS spend on private healthcare rose 27 per cent in a year
NHS commissioners’ spending on private healthcare increased 27 per cent to more than £18bn in 2020-21, with pandemic effects causing it to rise faster than spend on NHS trusts and general practice.
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NewsDHSC made ‘irregular’ payments worth £1.3bn, reveals Treasury
The Treasury has flagged ‘irregular’ spending by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS worth £1.3bn, including £150m on a consultancy contract it did not approve.
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CommentLevelling up must include action on variation in GP services
Unless urgent action is taken, failure to provide general practice according to people’s needs will likely widen disparities further, write Becks Fisher and Lucinda Allen
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NewsCap on legal costs for negligence cases to save £600m
The government is pushing ahead with long-standing plans for a new cap on legal costs for lower value clinical negligence cases, which it predicts could save £600m spread over the next 10 years.
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NewsMore than 100 trusts bid for ‘massively oversubscribed’ New Hospitals programme
Nearly two thirds of NHS trusts in England have submitted bids to the government’s ‘massively oversubscribed’ hospital building programme, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMore doctors to get bonuses under government’s new scheme
The government has announced reforms to the “clinical excellence awards” bonus scheme for senior doctors, in an effort to make the process more inclusive.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: ‘Chicken and egg situation’ at trust’s ED
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsSupply chain problems and EU exit delay key tech and building projects
The impact of Brexit and continuing disruption to global supply chains have been cited by several trusts as causing delays or issues for crucial capital projects.
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CommentDrowning in surgical tape: doctors cost NHS millions, says study
Major new report highlights concern that vital management funding is wasted on unproductive patient care, writes Julian Patterson
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NewsAmbulance company takes CCG to court over ‘biased’ procurement
An independent ambulance company is taking a clinical commissioning group to court over how it awarded a patient transport contract to a rival.