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HSJ Local‘Missed opportunities’ in management of troubled service, review finds
Several ‘missed opportunities’ by local commissioners to tackle problems within a troubled autism service have been identified by an independent review.
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NewsRaft of covid service changes not being reversed
Significant changes to a range of services, including A&E, stroke and maternity, made amid the covid-19 crisis are set to remain into next year, an HSJ analysis of key projects has found.
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NewsSystems told to pick single executive to oversee hospital discharges
All health and care systems will be expected to name a new discharge executive and co-ordinator, under updated national guidance.
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NewsExtra funding confirmed for learning disability nurse apprenticeships
Health Education England is set to give employers additional funding for learning disability nursing funding in a bid to increase the sector’s dwindling workforce numbers.
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NewsCounty hopes for £400m in spending review for massive service change
Leaders in the south east are hopeful they will secure funding for a delayed £400m acute reconfiguration from the comprehensive spending review this autumn.
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NewsCovid could scupper female opportunity in NHS, warns senior trust chief
The covid pandemic’s impact represents a ‘’real risk to opportunity’ for the female workforce, a senior trust boss who also chairs a women’s leaders’ network has warned.
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Revealed: New cash penalties and incentives for waiting list challenge
New financial penalties and incentives for elective activity will be decided solely by system-level performance, prompting concerns from local leaders.
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NewsTrenholm: ‘CQC inspections will no longer be big, disruptive events’
The ‘effectiveness’ and ‘responsiveness’ of providers are set to be downplayed during the winter as part of more ‘streamlined’ inspections from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCQC chief sceptical about need for ‘patient safety commissioner’
CQC chief executive Ian Trenholm has said he is sceptical about the need to appoint an NHS patient safety commissioner, one of the key recommendations of the recently published Cumberlege review.
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NewsDelayed defibrillation led to second death despite revised guidance
Incidents of delayed defibrillation continued at an ambulance trust three years after it pledged to make changes to the way cardiac arrests were handled.
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NewsUnpublished report reveals ‘exit block’ turned A&E into ‘a ward’
Previously unpublished reports newly obtained by HSJ reveal issues including a “significant safety risk”, warring surgeons, and patients suffering sight loss due to delays and missed diagnoses.
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HSJ LocalTrust warned after CQC’s ‘serious concerns’ for patients
Safety inspectors have ordered a mental health trust to make immediate improvements after visiting two inpatient wards where three patients died inside six months.
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News‘Insane secretiveness’ undermined ‘limp’ People Plan, claims one of its authors
One of the authors of the NHS People Plan has slammed NHS England’s “insane secretiveness” in the lead-up to its publication, claiming the document was “limp” on diversity and ignored the immediate staffing challenges facing the NHS.
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News£1.4bn procurement launched for community and discharge services
NHS trusts in Yorkshire and the Midlands have signalled a need for external help for discharge and community services through a new £1.4bn procurement framework, amid the health service’s response to covid-19.
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NewsHancock extends emergency patient data sharing rules
Matt Hancock has extended four national data sharing orders which allow GPs and NHS organisations to share confidential patient information, as part of the ongoing response to the covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsNHS to aim for net zero carbon ‘well before’ government deadline
The NHS should be able to achieve net zero carbon emissions much earlier than the target set by the UK government, according to the expert in charge of setting out the NHS’s route to environmental sustainability.
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NewsHancock says new ‘standalone’ body could take PHE’s remaining functions
A new public health agency could be formed to take on the health improvement and prevention functions of the soon-to-be-defunct Public Health England, the health secretary said today.
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NewsRegion puts £80m of waiting list catch-up out to tender
Managers in London anticipate spending £80m with private hospitals over the next four months to catch up with the region’s waiting list backlog, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalMaternity service ‘inadequate’ after six babies starved of oxygen
Maternity services at an Essex hospital have been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, after babies were starved of oxygen and put at risk of permanent brain damage.
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NewsExclusive: Many public health responsibilities to return to the NHS
There is a ‘central working hypothesis’ that many of the functions of the abolished Public Health England will return to the NHS next year, according to very senior sources close to the proposed changes.