All articles by James Illman – Page 32
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Teaching trust inspected following 'bullying' whistleblowing claims
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been rated requires improvement following an inspection prompted by whistleblowers’ allegations including bullying.
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'Full stretch' NHS's stuttering winter preparations spark concerns
Pressure is mounting on NHS bosses to intervene ahead of winter, as official data suggests the system failed to make headway against key performance measures in the first quarter of 2017-18.
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Keith McNeil resigns from NHS England role
The NHS’s first national chief clinical information officer Keith McNeil is leaving after just 13 months in the role.
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A&E night closure will not face investigation
The overnight closure of Grantham and District Hospital’s A&E will not face a full investigation by the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.
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'Serious concerns' over new bed occupancy target ahead of winter
Leading clinicians have raised serious patient safety and efficiency concerns about a new 92 per cent bed occupancy benchmark for trusts.
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NHS leader to replace council chief as STP boss
One of the council chiefs leading a sustainability and transformation partnership is to stand down and hand the role to a local NHS service leader.
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Major hospital estates project reviewed over 'value for money' concerns
Hinchingbrooke Hospital’s ambitious £150m “health campus” plans have been put under review.
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Special measures trust extends overnight A&E closure
Grantham and District Hospital’s emergency department will remain closed overnight for at least another three months, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has announced.
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Another trust warns A&E could close overnight
The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford could be forced to “temporarily” shut its accident and emergency department overnight because of staffing shortages, the trust’s chief operating officer has warned.
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Financially challenged CCG must not get 'distracted', says outgoing chief
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group, one of England’s largest commissioners, must not get “distracted” by designing new structures following its improved rating, its outgoing chief officer has warned.
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Exclusive: Former health secretary 'excited' to bring India lessons to NHS
Former health secretary Patricia Hewitt has pledged to use her experience of working with the Indian healthcare system to help develop the Norfolk and Waveney STP.
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Local leaders row back on A&E downgrade plans
NHS leaders in Essex have dropped plans for a “blanket” redirection of all blue light ambulances from two of the area’s hospitals to Basildon following a backlash from residents and clinicians.
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No 'magic bullets' for A&E, improvement chiefs warn
The NHS’s more challenged hospitals could take around 18 months to return to 95 per cent on the four hour accident and emergency standard, improvement leaders have warned.
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Trusts could face sanctions if they fail to comply with new A&E standards
Hospitals must meet best practice standards around improving patient flow this financial year or they could face sanctions, as system leaders try to avert another A&E winter crisis.
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Hospitals given new bed occupancy target as NHS braces for winter
NHS bosses have set out a range of new targets for providers and commissioners, amid concerns about the system’s performance against the four hour target and the upcoming winter.
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Exclusive: Trust accused of putting patients at risk with 'fixation' on targets
East of England Ambulance Trust faces accusations of putting patient safety at risk over the last 18 months because of a “fixation” with hitting response time targets.
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Mackey 'surprised' by NHS fragility and pledges action ahead of winter
Jim Mackey has admitted regulators were “surprised” by the fragility of the NHS system and how much central support trusts needed last winter – as system leaders attempt to finalise new measures to mitigate similar problems this year.
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Exclusive: NHS needs 5,000 more beds, warn leading A&E doctors
The NHS needs at least 5,000 more beds to achieve safe bed occupancy levels and hit the four hour waiting time target, according to a report by senior medics shared exclusively with HSJ.
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Ministers consider funding cuts for delayed discharges laggards
Poorly performing councils could see 2018-19 social care funding cut, says Jeremy Hunt Hunt names 12 most ‘challenged’ councils which face a CQC review Social care chiefs slam late ‘changes to guidance which undermine collective effort required’ Minsters are “considering” cutting funding for councils performing poorly against new ...
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Capped expenditure area CCG warns finances 'could deteriorate'
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG