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Covid inquiry will examine NHS ‘capacity and resilience’
The NHS’ ‘preparedness, initial capacity and the ability to increase capacity, and resilience’ will be among the areas examined by the UK covid-19 public inquiry, the government announced today.
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‘Lack of respect’ for children at ‘inadequate’ hospital
Staff failed to provide kind and compassionate care and did not treat children with respect at a private hospital downgraded from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’, a report by health inspectors has revealed.
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NHS England to replace cancer targets
The two-week wait cancer target should be scrapped and replaced with a different measure, as part of an overhaul of cancer standards, NHS England has said.
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Government’s £750m bill for storing PPE revealed
Ministers spent £755.8m storing personal protective equipment over the first year and a half of the pandemic, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: ‘Angry’ NHSE pressures prestigious trust to make ‘public apology’
NHS England is trying to force a prestigious cancer trust to publicly apologise to a group of whistleblowers, after being ‘shocked’ by the way it responded to a review into their concerns.
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Health secretary warned of funding ‘challenge’ to A&E overhaul
The health secretary has been told that a long-delayed A&E revamp at the NHS’ only inadequate-rated trust remains ‘challenging’, with the need to meet a wide range of requirements proving ‘difficult to resolve’.
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NHS employers told: ‘Comply in full’ with tax rules for ‘locum and agency staff’
NHS England has told trusts and commissioners to ‘comply in full’ with regulations which mean deducting tax and national insurance from the payments made to some contractors, despite the ‘substantial administrative implications’ this will create.
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Javid: No increase in NHS funding to address workforce needs
Any investment to increase NHS staffing levels recommended by the forthcoming long-term workforce plan will need to be funded from within the service’s existing budget, Sajid Javid revealed today.
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Gap between best and worst cancer performers widens
The gap between the best and worst-performing health systems for cancer has widened during the pandemic, HSJ analysis shows.
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NHS must remove Russian firms from its supply chain ASAP
NHS trusts must exit any contracts they have with Russian and Belarussian suppliers ‘as soon as practically possible’, Sajid Javid has instructed.
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Covid hospital admissions start to rise again
The number of covid positive patients admitted to English hospitals has started to rise again after falling for nearly two months.
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Director sacked for harassing trainees loses wrongful dismissal case
A senior medic sacked after sexually harassing two trainees has lost his employment tribunal claim.
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The regions lagging in drive to recruit 50k nurses revealed
The South East has made the most progress on increasing registered nurse staffing since autumn 2019, while the North East and Yorkshire has made the least, according to figures published by the government.
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NHSE challenged to prove new A&E targets are improving outcomes
Four expert bodies have called on NHS England to reveal whether the planned new emergency care targets being trialled by 14 trusts have resulted in ‘improved outcomes’.
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New chief executive for Midlands trust
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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ICS appoints chief executive after second try
A senior Whitehall official is set to be the new chief executive of Greater Manchester’s health system, HSJ has learned.
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NHSE left without permanent equality director as joint lead quits
NHS England’s joint director of equality and inclusion is stepping down, HSJ understands.
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Trusts routinely bank income as ‘savings’, contrary to NHSE claim
Financial data obtained by HSJ shows trusts have routinely used additional income received from NHS commissioners to boost their reported ‘cost improvements’ – despite regulators claiming this did not happen.
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Former charity director made trust CEO
The acting chief executive of a mental health trust has been given the job on a permanent basis.
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Javid backs report calling for GPs to be ‘directly employed’ by the NHS
Sajid Javid has backed a think tank report which calls for a radical restructuring of NHS GP services, including scrapping the General Medical Services contract within a decade.