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HSJ LocalPatients died after chest x-rays went unreported
Two patients died and a third suffered “significant harm” after x-rays went unreported by radiologists resulting in missed opportunities to diagnose lung cancer.
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NewsCompetition regulator warns over care home market
The care home market is not sustainable without additional public funding, the competition regulator has said.
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HSJ LocalLeader steps aside at legal directions CCG
The accountable officer of a clinical commissioning group under NHS England legal directions is to step aside to take a new role in the local “accountable care partnership”.
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NHS England: Waiting targets will be missed without cuts to other services
NHS England has warned that elective waiting time standards “will not be fully funded and met” next year unless there are cuts to services such as mental health, cancer and primary care.
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NewsNHSI and NHS England plan closer collaboration
NHS Improvement and NHS England are to explore closer working including the prospect of occasional joint board meetings, the new chair of NHSI has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust 'not convinced' CCGs should shelve new hospital plan
A foundation trust chief has said the provider is “naturally disappointed” that commissioners look set to ditch plans for a new acute hospital.
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NewsTrusts to keep heart surgery but must fulfil 'ambitious' promises
Three hospital trusts will no longer lose their congenital heart disease surgery despite the services facing the threat of closure for over a year, NHS England announced on Thursday.
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NewsNurse staffing levels will determine NHS winter capacity
Nurse staffing levels will be the “determining factor” for NHS trusts in opening extra capacity to cope with winter pressures.
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HSJ LocalNational bodies step in as health economy's financial risk grows
The East Sussex health economy has a “system risk” of £80m with its clinical commissioning groups and the main acute provider likely to miss their control totals and the financial deterioration likely to “one of the most significant in the South East.”
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News'Real risk of deaths' without national level e-prescribing changes
A national electronic prescribing system used in the treatment of millions of people needs to make changes to prevent patient deaths, a coroner has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 30.11.17: NHS England debates Budget, heart surgery and prescribing
Live coverage of NHS England’s board meeting – the last one of the year and first since the budget
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NewsCQC flags up 'deep concerns' with independent rehab providers
People with drug and alcohol addiction are being put at risk of harm at many independent residential rehabilitation units, a new report has warned.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for 'outstanding' hospital trust revealed
Frimley Health Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive to take over from Sir Andrew Morris, the longest serving chief executive in the NHS.
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NewsCCGs in line for £500m deficit, NHS England warns
NHS England has warned clinical commissioning groups are likely to report a combined in-year deficit of more than £500m, despite making “unprecedented” levels of efficiency savings.
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HSJ LocalHospital sent patient data to USA by mistake
Patient data held by a hospital trust was erroneously sent to and stored on a company’s server in USA, amid problems with a new electronic patient record system.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital boss appointed NHS Improvement chief executive
NHS Improvement has appointed the boss of a leading hospital trust as its chief executive, and will pay him a salary of £287,000, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust faces £48m repair bill for PFI hospital
A trust faces a £48m repair bill to make one of its hospitals safe because of loopholes in the drafting of its private finance initiative contract, Department of Health documents reveal.
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NewsNHS England accepts deficit forecasts for 14 CCGs
NHS England has accepted revised financial forecasts from 14 clinical commissioning groups, its mid-year report shows.
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HSJ LocalCyberattack costs trust £9.5m in lost income
The WannaCry cyberattack in May cost one NHS trust £9.5m in lost income, its latest board report reveals.
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NewsSir Mike Richards among new additions to DH board
Former chief inspector of hospitals Sir Mike Richards has been appointed as a non-executive director on the Department of Health board alongside four other senior figures.