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NewsTrust income tied to adoption of new early warning system
NHS hospitals will have a proportion of their income tied to the adoption of a new national early warning score, which could help save thousands of lives, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNew non-executives join CQC board
Three new non-executive board members have been appointed to the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsExclusive: Pioneering NHS ACO contract set back
The procurement to establish a pioneering “accountable care organisation” model in the NHS has been further delayed, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Second cardiologist accused of sexual misconduct at Wirral
A cardiologist at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has been suspended pending investigation into allegations of misconduct of a sexual nature, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalNew company to take 'aggressive' approach to foundation trust estate
A London foundation trust has established a subsidiary company to rationalise its estate and encourage a more commercial approach to generating revenue and capital receipts from its 125 sites.
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HSJ LocalTrust stuck with unexpected £5m patient transport bill
A hospital trust was left with an unexpected £5.6m bill for non-emergency patient transport after commissioners underestimated the cost, a report has revealed.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts performing worst against race equality target
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust was the worst trust in England for racial bias in its formal disciplinary process last financial year.
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HSJ LocalJobs withdrawn from former trust chief amid investigations
Former Wirral University Teaching Hospital chief executive David Allison has had his offer of a secondment with NHS Improvement withdrawn.
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HSJ LocalDeficit trust borrowing £95m to cover overspend
A £539m turnover trust will need to borrow £95.5m in 2017-18 to achieve its financial targets, it has revealed.
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NewsData reveals lack of progress in reducing race discrimination in NHS
The NHS has seen a slight improvement in how black and minority ethnic staff are treated compared to white colleagues since 2016 but the latest data stills shows there is “much, much more work to do”.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Cardiologist at troubled trust dismissed after sexual harassment allegation
A consultant cardiologist at Wirral University Hospital Foundation Trust was dismissed for gross misconduct after allegations he had sexually harassed three junior doctors, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHSIB chief rejects plan for trusts to investigate themselves
The chief investigator of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has rejected the government’s plan to allow NHS trusts to use its powers to investigate themselves.
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NewsFirst baby death investigation reports released within weeks
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch’s first draft investigation reports into avoidable baby deaths and harm could be available to trusts within eight weeks, the chief investigator has said.
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HSJ LocalStruggling CCG's deficit spirals for second year running
A struggling clinical commissioning group has seen its forecast deficit spiral for the second year in a row, more than quadrupling to £20m for 2017-18.
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HSJ LocalCCG given ultimatum to join regional committee
A clinical commissioning group has three months to decide if it will join the region’s strategic joint committee of CCGs.
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NewsRegulator to rate GP app providers from this year
The Care Quality Commission has been given powers to rate providers of GP apps to “bring increased transparency” about their quality and safety.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief executive to retire in March
The chief executive of an acute and community trust is to retire at the end of March.
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NewsUpdated: National chiefs order emergency measures as winter pressure cranks up
National NHS officials today ordered an extended moratorium on non-urgent hospital operations, and other significant measures to try to deal with “sustained pressure” on the emergency care system.
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HSJ LocalFormer NHSI director to be chief executive of struggling trust
A former director for NHS Improvement has been appointed as chief executive of a trust in special measures.
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NewsTrust chiefs recognised in new year's honours
The chief executive of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is among the senior NHS figures named in the new year’s honours list.