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NewsVascular surgery must be centralised, government report says
Getting It Right First Time report says vascular surgery services need to be centralised Large variation in access to stroke-preventing surgery Sets minimum staff and procedure numbers for surgery hubs England’s vascular surgery services are “not configured to meet clinical need” and are resulting in unnecessarily long waits ...
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NewsTrust chair criticises 'failure' to act on service change
A departing chair has said his trust has been held back over the past 20 years because of the local system’s failure to take action to improve services.
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NewsNHS England rejects 'implausible' CQC recommendations
NHS England has branded one of the Care Quality Commission’s key suggestions for tackling the problem of locked rehabilitation for mental health patients as “implausible”.
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NewsCCG lead and GP join NHS England as primary care directors
NHS England has appointed a former clinical commissioning group leader as its deputy director of primary care.
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NewsCQC condemns 'alarming trend' of long stays in 'locked rehab'
The care watchdog has called on government and national officials to draw up a plan to address the “alarming trend” of patients being locked in rehabilitation units miles from home.
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NewsControversial ‘CareBnB’ firm returns to launch new trial
The company developing a controversial “Airbnb for social care” model allowing homeowners to rent spare rooms to recuperating hospital patients is bidding to launch a new trial in Cambridge.
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NewsKing's Fund chief executive announces departure
Chris Ham has announced he will leave the King’s Fund at the end of 2018.
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NewsNHS England shifts stance on sharing patient records over WhatsApp
NHS England has opened the door to sharing patients’ medical records via instant messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, after previously stating it was not permitted.
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HSJ Local'Incredible' CQC upgrade is endorsement of hospital group model
Sir David Dalton says a troubled hospital trust in Greater Manchester has made “incredible” improvements, despite receiving only a “fraction” of the financial support offered to struggling trusts in the south east.
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NewsNHS must honour new single patient opt-out from May
Every NHS patient in England will be given the option to opt-out of sharing their health records for research or planning from May, coinciding with new European privacy rules.
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NewsVirgin agrees contract extension in Surrey
Virgin Care is to continue providing adult community services in one corner of Surrey after winning a contract extension.
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NewsNHSI efficiency director to quit
The director responsible for helping NHS trusts deliver £1bn of productivity savings is leaving NHS Improvement, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsChildren ‘at risk’ as STP ignores guidance on gluten free foods
Children, pensioners and low income families may be at risk because an STP is ignoring government guidance on commissioning gluten free foods, a senior health leader has warned.
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NewsNHS accused of inflating bank rates under pressure from regulator
Agencies accuse trusts of upping rates paid to bank workers to reduce agency spend Recruitment and Employment Confederation says move may be “anticompetitive” News comes as NHS Improvement data shows £400m year on year bank spend increase, and predicts £843m overspend in 2017-18 Agencies supplying temporary staff to ...
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NewsAcute-led community services deal brings 'great potential for integration'
A clinical commissioning group has welcomed the “really good potential for integrated care” after a partnership led by its local hospital trust was the only bidder for its community health services contract.
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NewsBirmingham trusts plan new partnership to fix CAMHS
Child mental health services in Birmingham and Solihull are set to be redesigned for the second time in two years, in another bid to remove unnecessary fragmentation in the system.
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NewsNHSI pathology proposals agreed by less than half of trusts
Less than half of areas have so far fully agreed to NHS Improvement’s plans to set up a regional pathology network, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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NewsMedicines rules for nursing associates ‘not sufficient’
The Royal College of Nurses has branded guidance published by Health Education England for the administration of medicines by nursing associates as “not sufficient”.
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NewsTrust criticised after five falls deaths in frailty unit
An acute trust has been heavily criticised by a coroner after five patients died following falls in the same frailty unit within four months.
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NewsIn full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.