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Bed pressures exacerbate radiology safety risks says HSIB
Patients with undiagnosed cancer are being discharged from hospital before crucial radiology scans are completed because of demands to free up hospital beds, it has emerged.
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Carter sets out £500m emergency care efficiency opportunity
The NHS could deliver around £500m of annual savings by squeezing out unwarranted variation in ambulance performance, operations and procurement, a major review published today concluded.
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Trust set to terminate PFI deal for part-built hospital
The PFI contract for the partly-built new Royal Liverpool Hospital is set to be terminated after the Treasury confirmed it would provide funding support.
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Exclusive: Leaked report cites concerns over 'arrogant' consultants
An external investigation has dismissed claims that executive directors bullied the medical consultants at a troubled acute trust – and instead cited concerns that some of the consultant body were “covering up poor clinical practices”.
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Warnings over major cancer target overhaul
A major change to the measurement of cancer performance will produce misleading results and perverse incentives for some providers, several trust leaders have told HSJ.
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UPDATED: Hospital board decides against emergency proposal to suspend cancer ops
A hospital has decided against rolling out emergency proposals discussed today to suspending cancer and urgent operations but it could postpone routine operations because of significant staff shortages.
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Merger with larger trust is 'off the table', says DGH chief
A merger with Nottingham University Hospitals is “off the table”, the chief executive of Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has told HSJ, describing the relationship between the trusts as one of equals.
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Virgin Care set to lose children's service contract to NHS consortium
Virgin Care is likely to lose a children’s contract worth hundreds of millions of pounds as commissioners are set to name an NHS consortium as preferred bidders.
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Government announces £10,000 “golden hello” for NHS district nurses
The government will offer “golden hellos” to nurses who want to train as a district nurse in an attempt to boost workforce numbers, the minister for care has announced.
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DHSC fails to approve tech funding loan for 15 months
An acute trust has been forced to look for new funding to pay for its electronic patient record system after the Department of Health and Social Care has still not signed off a loan after more than 15 months.
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Hospital chief exec fired after 12 years in post
A long serving hospital chief executive has been dismissed following a disciplinary hearing, HSJ has learned.
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Labour plans safe staffing amendments to healthcare safety bill
Labour proposes amendments to Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch bill Shadow health secretary attacks Matt Hancock’s promotion of GP at Hand Jonathan Ashworth raises prospect of legally enforced staffing ratios Labour have threatened to table amendments to the government’s Healthcare Safety Bill if ministers fail to take action ...
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Majority of pathology networks yet to agree new model
More than half of the 29 proposed pathology networks comprising acute and specialist NHS trusts have yet to agree on a model to reconfigure their laboratory services, eight months after the initial deadline passed.
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More CAMHS beds commissioned in the south east
Twelve more child and adolescent mental health beds have been commissioned from a private provider in the south east of England to avoid sending youngsters out of area.
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Exclusive: GP chief inspector to leave CQC
The chief inspector of general practice for the Care Quality Commission is set to step down from his post in March, HSJ has learned.
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Trusts push ahead with staff transfers despite 'pause' on subsidiaries
Two NHS trusts are planning to continue with developments of their subsidiary companies – saying a national “pause” does not apply to them.
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Barking trust brings in ex-British Airways boss
An NHS trust with severe financial challenges has appointed a former British Airways boss as its chief financial officer.
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NHS wins landmark legal battle against drug companies
The NHS has today won a landmark legal battle against two international pharmaceutical giants which could save the health service hundreds of millions of pounds a year.
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Third board executive leaves major teaching trust in three months
The chief executive of Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust has written to staff to say its chief information and digital officer has left the trust.
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Former chief facing fraud charges died by suicide - inquest
A former acute trust chief executive who faced fraud charges killed himself, an inquest has heard.