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NewsNHS ‘preparing’ for contractors’ tax status row
NHS England and Improvement are reviewing contractors’ tax statuses, and say they are “prepared for every possible outcome”, after NHS Digital was hit with a £4.3m IR35-related bill.
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NewsSTP and ICS plans still being ‘refined’ as deadline pushed back
Finalisation and publication of five-year system plans – setting out how each area will implement the NHS long-term plan – will be delayed by at least a month, officials have told HSJ.
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NewsLong-serving hospital chief takes over national agency
A former long-serving NHS chief executive has taken over the NHS Leadership Academy as interim lead.
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NewsLabour plans second fastest funding growth in NHS’ history
Labour has pledged to increase NHS England’s budget by an average 3.9 per cent per year in real terms over the next four years if it forms the next government.
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HSJ LocalMerging trusts target £20m annual savings
NHS chiefs in Somerset say a merger between the county’s main acute and community and mental health trusts will deliver annual recurrent savings of nearly £20m.
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NewsPensions crisis ‘washing away’ medical students boost, says top doctor
The NHS pensions crisis has almost “washed away” the benefit from the government expanding medical trainee numbers and opening new medical schools, one of the UK’s top doctors has warned.
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NewsTrust and NHSI investigating weekend death rates gap
An acute trust is investigating a “significant” gap between mortality rates for patients admitted at weekends and those admitted during the week – which it says could be partly due to lack of “wrap around” services in the community on Saturdays and Sundays.
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FT considered selling on bad debt from private patients
Directors at a foundation trust considered selling on its bad debts from private and overseas patients for collection, board papers reveal.
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NewsTrusts defy demand for £168 TV licence for each ward
Two NHS trusts are defying a private company which is approaching NHS organisations asking them to buy an additional fee to use TVs on wards.
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NewsExclusive: Three patients died after radiology failings at teaching hospital
Radiology failings at a teaching hospital led to eight patients coming to severe harm, with three dying, a hospital trust has admitted.
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News‘Cost of living’ main reason why student nurses drop out
The lack of national funding to support the living costs of registered student nurses is the main factor behind the drop out rate from courses, a nursing education expert and leading academic has warned.
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NewsConservatives pledge primary care funding boost
The Conservative party has promised to invest £2.4bn over four years from 2021-22 to increase the numbers of doctors and other clinicians working in primary care.
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HSJ LocalFour-way CCG merger planned for April
Four clinical commissioning groups in Lincolnshire have announced plans to merge in April, amid a wave of similar decisions around the country.
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NewsRegulators call for overhaul of professional misconduct rules
NHS England is working to develop a single framework for all professional regulators when dealing with a conduct complaint.
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NewsENT surgery readmissions “much higher than reported”
Ear, nose and throat surgery in the NHS suffers from “significant unwarranted variation” in outcomes, a new study has found.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Takeover will create largest mental health trust
A mental health trust in the north west is set to become the largest in England through the acquisition of a neighbouring provider.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts told to take ‘extraordinary’ action to tackle pensions crisis ahead of winter
Trusts have been instructed by NHS regulators to urgently offer consultants additional payments that are high enough to persuade them to do extra shifts many are now declining because of pension-related tax bills.
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NewsHSJ’s acute trust of the year succeeds due to stellar staff satisfaction
The winner of the acute trust of the year category at this year’s HSJ Awards has the most satisfied staff in the country.
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NewsThirteen regions yet to agree pathology model
Thirteen out of 29 regions have yet to formally commit to new pathology models, the latest update has revealed, although senior chiefs have declared the major efficiency scheme remains on track.