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HSJ LocalTeaching trust declares 'black alert' after bank holiday pressures
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has been forced to declare more black alerts after facing growing demand and capacity pressures this week.
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NewsUpdated: Minister 'misinformed' over learning disability mortality report
The care minister has admitted misleading MPs over whether the Department of Health and Social Care was told a review into the deaths of people with learning disabilities was due to be published.
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NewsLast minute cancelled operations hits highest rate since 2005
The proportion of last minute cancelled operations in the NHS hit the highest rate in over a decade in the last quarter of 2017-18 – and rocketed 20 per cent on the same period in the previous year.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust boasts £76m surplus after asset sales and STF bonus
A teaching trust in central London has been awarded bonus payments of £35m after the sale of two assets, including its stake in a radiology joint venture, helped boost its reported surplus.
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NewsRevealed: New money for 15 trusts to trial flexible working
Fifteen NHS trusts have been selected by the Department of Health and Social Care to receive funding for pilot projects to enable flexible working.
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News'Golden hellos' offered to postgrad nurses to fill staffing gaps
Some postgraduate nurses will be offered £10,000 by the government to tackle staff shortages in specific areas of nursing.
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HSJ LocalTrust wins £4m integrated urgent care contract
A provider and a site have been chosen for a new urgent care service in the North East, after two procurement processes and an abandoned legal challenge.
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HSJ LocalPatient attack investigation deadline extended
NHS England has been given more time to submit an independent investigation into the killing of two men by another patient on a hospital ward.
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HSJ LocalGPs warn trust paperless switch could 'compromise patient care'
Patient care could be “compromised” by trusts’ plans to implement paperless referrals, GPs in the south east have warned.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust to outsource electives to tackle emergency demand
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust plans to outsource 4 per cent of its elective care workload to ensure it has capacity for emergency demand.
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HSJ LocalFormer hospital chief executive charged with fraud dies suddenly
A former hospital trust chief executive charged with fraud has died suddenly.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt seeks 'full health and social care integration' under new 10 year plan
Jeremy Hunt has revealed his top priorities for the forthcoming “long term plan” for the NHS, and said it will represent one of the “big moments in NHS history”.
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NewsHealth secretary backs dedicated NHS and care staff visa
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will raise the prospect of creating a dedicated immigration visa category for health and social care staff with the new home secretary, he has revealed to HSJ.
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HSJ LocalOver 1,000 staff to transfer to trust subsidiary company
Around 1,100 staff at a teaching trust, including many employed by Serco, are to transfer into a new NHS owned company this summer.
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NewsNHS Improvement tells trusts to 'upgrade' workforce plans
NHS Improvement has called on trusts to strengthen their workforce plans, after a review found all of them could be “more robust”.
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NewsStaff fear speaking up over child abuse in NHS
Unwillingness to challenge senior staff and fears over how managers respond is stopping NHS staff raising concerns about child abuse perpetrated out by their colleagues, a public inquiry has been told.
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NewsNew NHS purchasing chief predicts 'most difficult year'
The new managing director of a major NHS purchasing body believes this year will be the most difficult for procurement staff working to deliver savings for the health service.
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NewsRoyal college backs Hunt bid to improve private sector safety
The Royal College of Surgeons has backed the health and social care secretary’s bid to improve patient safety in private sector hospitals.
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NewsCygnet mental health hospital makes 'significant improvements'
A private children’s and adolescent mental health unit that was heavily criticised by the Care Quality Commission has been praised for making “significant improvements.”
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HSJ LocalTrust sells two sites to housing quango in £20m deal
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has completed a £20m sale of two of its sites to a housing quango, which plans to build 326 new homes on the land.