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NewsUPDATED: Government confirms £1.5bn uplift for capital budget
The government will increase the capital budget by £1.5bn this year, to pay for hospital maintenance and eradicating dormitory-style wards in the mental health sector, the prime minister has announced.
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NHS services face new tenders amid covid cost pressure
Ministers have been warned that councils are tendering NHS service contracts — meaning nurses could be put out of work in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic — in a letter seen by HSJ.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The cargo cult of NHS test and trace
Andy Cowper on NHS’ famously failed test and trace app and the politics of the “Covid-19 Blame Olympics”.
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Restoration delayed as trusts wait for covid cash
There is growing frustration from local leaders over delays in accessing covid-19 capital funds — despite government assurances the NHS would get “whatever it needs”.
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NewsTrusts to buy Serco out of joint venture after losing major contract
Two foundation trusts are set to buy an outsourcing company out of a multimillion pound pathology partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRich-list biotech entrepreneur got £25m PPE contract
Details have emerged of what appears to be one of the largest contracts for personal protective equipment awarded during the height of the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsExclusive: Independent hospital group cuts staff hours and salaries
A major independent health provider is cutting the hours and pay of its staff, although it has moved to protect the workforce at many of its hospitals in what was described as a ‘very last-minute reprieve’.
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NewsGovernment spent at least £5m on drug championed by Trump
The Department for Health and Social Care paid at least £3.15m on a bulk order of hydroxychloroquine tablets in April for clinical trials, after reportedly spending £2m on the drug in March.
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NewsTrust whose CEO quit over underfunding admits it has ‘no credible plans’
Directors of a hospital trust whose former chief executive resigned because it was “underfunded and unsustainable” have admitted there are “no credible plans” to close its £26m underlying deficit.
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NewsCurrent cash envelope not enough to deal with covid aftermath, says CEO
Mental health funding provided by the government’s five-year settlement will not be enough to deal with an expected surge in demand after the coronavirus pandemic, according to a trust chief executive.
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NewsNew shortage of protective masks as supply 'goes off a cliff'
Approximately a third of acute trusts are running low on crucial protective masks going into the weekend, sources have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving hospital chief to retire amid ill health and investigation into trust finances
The chief executive of one of the largest trusts in the country has announced he is retiring following a period of ill health.
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NewsRevealed: Government spent more than £200m on Nightingale hospitals
The government has spent more than £200m on setting up and running England’s Nightingale temporary hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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Covid aftercare piles pressure on ‘understaffed’ community services
The aftercare of covid-19 patients will have significant financial implications for ‘understaffed’ community services, NHS England has been warned.
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NewsExclusive: Senior doctors warned of service failings before 12 deaths
Senior doctors repeatedly raised concerns over safety and staffing problems at a mental health trust before a cluster of 12 deaths, an HSJ investigation has found.
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News‘Primary’ PPE portal relegated to ‘emergency top-up route’
A government portal to supply personal protective equipment to primary and social care providers has now been branded as “emergency only” - despite originally being intended to fill “the bulk” of demand.
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NewsCommissioners pull the plug on £240m contract
A commissioner and county council have pulled the plug on a £240m community services contract, meaning hundreds of staff face being transferred to another organisation mid-pandemic.
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NewsTrust leaders urge ‘rapid return’ to local decision making
Trust leaders are keen to regain control over more decisions as NHS England prepares to set out the next steps on managing the covid-19 response, the chief executive of NHS Providers has said.
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NewsExclusive: PPE demand set to balloon as lockdown relaxed
Demand for personal protective equipment in London is expected to increase dramatically as the coronavirus lockdown is eased, according to internal modelling.
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NewsHospitals blocked from ordering more than 150 critical care products directly
Hospitals have been blocked from ordering dozens of critical care products through normal channels because of an “exceptional increase in national demand.”