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Leader
What 2018 will bring for NHS patients, staff and leaders
The NHS has known grimmer years than the one in which it will mark its 70th birthday, but probably not one that will feel as tough.
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Review of the year: The best HSJ Expert Briefings
Over Christmas and new year, we are bringing you a round-up of some of HSJ’s highlights from 2017. Today we look at our Expert Briefing newsletters.
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HSJ Local
Four deaths linked to ambulance delays
A coroner is probing four deaths – including one of a month old baby – which all occurred this year and all involved delayed responses from an ambulance trust in special measures.
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Review of the year: Best of the 2017 awards and power lists
Over Christmas and new year, we are bringing you a round-up of some of HSJ’s highlights from 2017. Today we look at the HSJ award programmes and our lists of the most influential people in the English health sector.
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Review of the year: HSJ's most read stories of 2017
Over Christmas and new year, we are bringing you a round-up of some of HSJ’s highlights from 2017. Today we look at the most read stories on hsj.co.uk from the last 12 months.
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HSJ Local
Chief of £700m trust with 'outstanding' leadership to leave UK
The chief executive of a £700m-income acute trust has announced she is leaving for a new job in Canada.
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HSJ Local
Hospital trust begins search to replace sacked chief executive
A headhunting company has been hired to find a new leader for one of the country’s largest teaching hospitals after its previous chief executive was sacked.
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Revealed: 25 trusts 'likely' to get funding for safety technology
Funding for 25 NHS trusts to introduce barcoding technology to improve patient safety and efficiency could be announced early next year.
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Commissioners could face judicial reviews over IVF 'discrimination'
Clinical commissioning groups that require same sex couples to self-fund intrauterine insemination before they can be considered for IVF funding have been warned they could face judicial reviews.
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Procurement body recruiting new director ahead of major project
A new managing director is being sought by a body tasked with delivering millions of pounds worth of procurement savings to the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Trust directors blew the whistle over chief executive
A leaked document obtained by HSJ has revealed senior executives at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust blew the whistle to NHS Improvement over serious concerns relating to trust chief executive David Allison and chair Michael Carr.
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HSJ Local
Troubled CCG sacked finance staff for 'approving unauthorised pay rises'
A clinical commissioning group sacked two accountants after they were found to have signed off unauthorised pay increases.
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Warning over reform of local authority public health funding
Confirmation that the public health grant will be funded through retained business rates could be a “double edged sword”, the chief executive of the Association of Directors of Public Health has said.
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Judicial review against national ACO contract given green light
A judicial review against NHS England over its draft national accountable care contract has been given permission to proceed, HSJ has learned.
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Trusts allowed to cancel elective work until mid-January
NHS England has told under pressure hospitals they can cancel non-urgent elective procedures to free up beds for patients coming through accident and emergency.
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Hospital introduces 'safety net' following pregnant patient's death
A London hospital plans to introduce a new cardiology clinic to its maternity department following the death of a mother and baby, a coroner’s court has heard.
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HSJ Local
More than 23,000 patients impacted by eye appointments backlog
A teaching trust is struggling to see a massive backlog of ophthalmology patients waiting for follow up appointments.
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NHSI: Nearly all trusts paying for price comparison tool
Almost all trusts in England have started paying for a software which aims to identify savings opportunities in procurement, NHS Improvement has said.
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Babylon withdraws CQC legal challenge
Digital health provider Babylon Health Services has withdrawn a legal challenge against a Care Quality Commission report and will have to pay £11,000 in costs to the regulator.
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HSJ Local
Long-serving hospital chief quits with 'immediate effect'
The chief executive of Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, David Allison, has left the post with immediate effect, HSJ has learned.