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Gender pay gaps revealed at NHS arm's length bodies
The gender pay gaps at the NHS arm’s length bodies have been revealed in new data published by the government.
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Safety warning over oxygen cylinder deaths
A “persistent” problem with the design and use of oxygen cylinders could be behind hundreds of patient safety incidents, including six deaths, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has found.
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Chief 'increasingly concerned' over hospital build hit by Carillion collapse
The chief executive of an acute trust is growing increasingly concerned about the length of time it is taking to resume building on a “key” new PF2 hospital, following the demise of Carillion.
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Royal college to review trust’s specialist service after never events
The Royal College of Surgeons has been asked to review a trust’s specialist service following never events and concerns over staff culture.
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Dame Julie Moore dismisses further hospital takeover
Dame Julie Moore has dismissed suggestions of another takeover of a neighbouring trust but says the boundaries between acute providers are “blurring” across Birmingham and Solihull.
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Milestone trust merger delayed until summer
A merger to create the biggest mental health and community trust in the country has been delayed.
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Rising property costs force sale of major private provider
Majority shareholder in BMI Healthcare announces it is exiting UK market Netcare says rent deal with landlord is “unaffordable” Company has a turnover of roughly £370m from NHS-funded work The majority shareholder in one of England’s biggest private hospital groups has pulled out, citing unsustainable rent rises.
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Associates set for at least half the training hours of registered nurses
Nursing associates must receive at least half the hours of training expected of registered nurses, under newly published regulatory draft standards.
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NHS consortium withholds money from major IT firm
A consortium of NHS trusts is withholding money from GE Healthcare because a multimillion pound imaging system is still not working properly.
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Data errors barely affected national A&E performance, NHS England claims
NHS England has insisted the national headline figure for accident and emergency performance was not significantly altered by inaccuracies in trusts’ data returns this winter.
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CSU director leaves recovering commissioning group
A commissioning support unit managing director has stepped down as interim chief executive of a recovering clinical commissioning group.
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Harding: 'Joint venture' with NHS England may not lead to redundancies
The chair of NHS Improvement has said her organisation’s coming together with NHS England was a “joint venture”, not a merger.
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Demand for NHS patient data more than doubles
Demand for NHS patient data has more than doubled in a year, as NHS Digital develops new ways to share and link information for planning and research.
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Managers who 'cross moral line' will be barred, warns NHS Improvement chair
NHS Improvement chair Baroness Harding has called for a much “firmer” fit and proper person test and pledged the regulator would stop “recycling” senior NHS managers who cross “a moral line”.
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Stevens: Health inequalities will be addressed in new NHS plan
Simon Stevens has said addressing health inequality should be addressed in the upcoming long term plan for health and care.
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Patient Safety Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Patient Safety Awards 2018 has been unveiled.
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Trust pump-primes new care model team
A trust is investing more than £1m to pump-prime a new community team for young mental health patients.
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Revealed: Hospitals cancelled more than 500 cancer operations over winter
More than 500 cancer operations were cancelled by hospital trusts in England due to winter pressures, HSJ can reveal.
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Trust in legal battle to end £321m PFI contract
An attempt by a large mental health trust to terminate its private finance initiative contract due to building defects at its main hospital has resulted in a legal dispute over money it is owed, HSJ has learned.
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Details of NHS privately financed estates plan revealed
NHS trusts could agree major property deals with private firms from June 2019 under partnership plans being considered by the government, HSJ has learned.