All articles by James Illman – Page 38
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NewsStevens: Junior doctor strikes risk harm to patients
NHS England chief executive warns “no good will come of strikes” and patients’ safety cannot be guaranteed NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has waded into the junior doctors’ strike row, warning that “no good for patients” will come from the proposed strikes and that patient safety cannot ...
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NewsWachter tells ministers: Discard 'unrealistic' 2020 IT target
Ministers urged to ditch “unrealistic” paperless NHS by 2020 target Wachter review warns significantly more money required to achieve a digital NHS Wachter tells HSJ he recognised political issue in calling for more funding but that Jeremy Hunt had been “extremely supportive” of review Review sets out a roadmap ...
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NewsPatient data consent model 'to be launched in March'
Draft plan includes targets for key projects including the use and sharing of confidential patient data It said patient consent model will be developed by March 2017 Patients should get access to wi-fi across NHS estate by March 2019, it said NHS Digital said plans were published in error ...
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke chair: Ditching Circle management structure key to turnaround
Replacing management structure put in by private firm which previously ran trust was key to turning around performance, says chair Alan Burns praises efforts of staff across Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust Reduction in trust’s A&E opening hours not the way forward, he says INTERVIEW: Replacing the management structure ...
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HSJ LocalFormer franchise trust to exit special measures
Hospital run for three years by private company taken out of special measures after it was handed back to full NHS control last year CQC rates Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust good overall Emergency department rated requires improvement PERFORMANCE: The district general hospital run for three years by a ...
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NewsIntegrated care a 'main priority' for Greater Manchester, says Burnham
Andy Burnham says handing the running of social care services to the NHS would be a “main priority” if he becomes Greater Manchester mayor Former health secretary says the fact the region had a health and social care devolution deal was the “clinching factor” as to why he stood ...
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HSJ LocalTrust plans night time A&E closure after reaching 'crisis point'
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust to make a decision on temporary reduction of opening hours of Grantham A&E department Trust says services have reached “crisis point” and “patients may be put at risk if we don’t act” Royal College of Emergency Medicine says trust was in an “increasingly common situation” ...
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NewsControversial Ofsted style CCG ratings delayed
Publication of Ofsted style ratings of CCG performance in six clinical priority areas delayed Plans to use outstanding to inadequate scale dropped in favour of less definitive labels, HSJ understands NHS England says delay due to scheduling issues Publication of Ofsted style ratings ranking clinical commissioning groups’ performance ...
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HSJ LocalMerger trust predicts it needs £650m bailout
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals trying to secure £25m a year support package to help finance PFI deal Trust estimates it needs £650m of central financial support up until 2042 Received £20.8m of central support in 2016-17 but still forecasts a £20.2m deficit FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation ...
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust’s problems 'worse than I thought', says new chief
Colchester “doesn’t feel like an organisation that has control of its day to day functioning”, says new chief executive Nick Hulme says he expects merger with Ipswich over the next 18 months to two years Merger timetable slowed considerably because of extent of care quality and performance issues ...
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke and Peterborough to draw up 2017 merger plan
Cambridgeshire trusts confirm they will draw up full business case to merge by next April Full business case will be considered by both boards in September The move follows outline business case in May STRUCTURE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust and Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust have confirmed ...
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NewsHunt takes lead on mental health as part of DH shake up
Jeremy Hunt will take the lead on mental health issues in addition to overall health policy as part of the shake-up of Department of Health ministerial portfolios.
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NewsUpdated: Strategic Projects Team closed after 'real concerns' emerge
Controversial advisory team “closed down” Move follows SPT being cited in recent critical official reports on collapse of £750m Cambridgeshire contract SPT has been involved in a number of controversial contracts since it was established to advise of the franchising of Hinchingbrooke Hospital in 2009 The NHS’s East ...
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NewsMay shakes up DH ministerial team
Junior defence minister Philip Dunne appointed minister of state for health Nicola Blackwood and David Mowat appointed parliamentary under-secretaries of state at Department of Health Life sciences minister George Freeman to chair new prime minister’s policy board Theresa May has implemented a substantial restructure of the Department of ...
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NewsNAO: Major contract collapse reveals 'significant risks' to patients
National Audit Office delivers withering verdict on organisations involved in collapse of £750m Cambridgeshire contract NHS regulation system means patient welfare can “fall between the cracks”, says senior MP There were “important gaps” in the advice provided by the Strategic Projects Team The NHS’s fragmented regulation system is ...
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NewsSTPs offer private sector 'enormous opportunity'
STPs offer “enormous amount of opportunity” to private sector and charities, says NHS England director Public-private sector partnerships through STPs could help NHS solve issues it could not solve by itself, Michael Macdonnell says Cites estates management and new care models as areas that could benefit from external assistance ...
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NewsHSJ expert view: Big hires mark new chapter in digital policy
NHS England made three big appointments as part of restructure of senior tech team These include controversial ex-Addenbrooke’s chief executive as chief clinical information officer Also follows arrival of Matthew Swindells as national director of operations and information Signals that ducking the digitalisation challenge will no longer wash ...
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NewsEx-hospital chief hired to top NHS England role
Former Addenbrooke’s chief Keith McNeil will become NHS England’s first chief clinical information officer Will Smart, currently chief information officer at the Royal Free Hospital, will become the new NHS chief information officer Appointments are part of a substantial restructure of NHS England’s senior technology team NHS England ...
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NewsNHS England closing Care.data
NHS England is closing the much-criticised Care.data programme, ministers have announced.
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NewsGovernment advised to keep tight controls on CCG data access
HSJ understands Caldicott will recommend patients should be allowed to opt out of their identifiable data being used by commissioners – apart from for validating invoices and other limited circumstances It will call on ministers to “consider” the Care.data programme It will set out options for how to allow ...