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Exclusive: Shelford Group trust chief executive resigns
The chief executive of a Shelford Group hospital trust has resigned, HSJ can reveal.
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Controversial private GP services removed from NHS app library
Two online private health providers have been dropped from NHS app library, with NHS England deciding it was no longer appropriate to promote non-NHS services.
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Speed up mental health improvement, warns report ordered by PM
Promised commitments to improve children and young people’s mental health services must be delivered more quickly or patients will suffer “unnecessary distress”, a report ordered by Theresa May has warned.
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Exclusive: New demand on government for easier overseas recruitment
Mental health leaders have urged the government to add child and adolescent psychiatrists to its shortage occupation list to make it easier to hire them from overseas, HSJ can reveal.
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A&E performance hits all time low after 'most pressured month ever'
Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target dipped again in February to 85 per cent – its worst since records began – according to official data published this morning.
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Large hospital trust cancelled 'significant number' of cancer operations
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has admitted a “significant number” of cancer operations were cancelled in early January due to winter pressure.
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Official review tells Hunt to knock back hospital downgrade
An independent review has recommended Jeremy Hunt knocks back an NHS decision to downgrade a general hospital’s maternity services.
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Trust declares highest A&E alert level for three days in a row
A district general hospital is under “extreme pressure” in accident and emergency and has declared the highest level of alert for three days, HSJ can reveal.
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Trust chair stays on as NHS Improvement mulls successor
The acting chair of a troubled trust has extended his tenure despite NHS Improvement identifying his preferred successor in January.
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CQC praises rapid turnaround of 'inadequate' service
A children’s mental health service previously rated inadequate has been turned around in less than year with the Care Quality Commission now judging it as good.
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New chief executive of Newcastle Hospitals revealed
Dame Jackie Daniel has been appointed as chief executive of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust, it was announced today.
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Hunt tells PM: Deserving NHS chiefs are missing out on honours
Jeremy Hunt has written to the prime minister calling for an overhaul of the honours system to help reward leaders who take on challenged NHS trusts, HSJ has been told.
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CCGs drop children's mental health restriction after national 'advice'
Commissioners have backtracked on decisions not to accept out of area children who are in care of its under pressure mental health service.
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Chief nurse wants law change to protect job titles
The law could be changed to ensure the job title “nurse” is protected in the same way as “registered nurse”.
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Exemplar trust checking backlog of 85,000 'on hold' patient records
One of the NHS’s global digital exemplar trusts is reviewing 85,000 patients records after they were mistakenly left “on hold”, potentially leading to treatment delays.
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NHS leaders warn of 'significant risks' of blocking reconfiguration
Health leaders in the North East have warned councillors of the “significant risk” to protecting patient safety if they seek to block a reconfiguration of “vulnerable” acute services.
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Staff survey: Violent attacks on staff increase
The percentage of NHS staff who say they have experienced violent attacks from patients, relatives and the public is at a five year high, according to the NHS staff survey results published today.
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Trust chief resigns over 'close personal relationship' with deputy
The chief executive of an outstanding rated trust has resigned and his deputy has been suspended following the discovery of a “close personal relationship”.
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Exclusive: Two patients attacked and killed on acute hospital ward
An NHS trust has been accused of a “cover up” over the killing of two patients in an attack on a hospital ward by a patient with paranoid schizophrenia, and whose antipsychotic medication had been stopped despite warnings.
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Dozens of violent incidents on hospital ward before fatal attack
The hospital ward where two elderly patients were attacked and fatally injured by a fellow patient was the scene of dozens of violent incidents before the attack, a report leaked to HSJ reveals.