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CQC warns trust over 'bullying' culture
A struggling trust in the West Midlands was threatened with enforcement action over the staffing levels and culture in its maternity service, HSJ has learned.
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'Normal birth' campaign abandoned by royal college
The Royal College of Midwives has dropped its controversial “normal birth” campaign and removed advice for midwives from its website amid concerns it could have been “misleading”.
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Providers chosen for first comprehensive MCP contract
Four trusts in partnership with GPs are on course to win a multibillion pound new care model contract.
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Leader stepping down at poorly rated STP
The leader of one of the most poorly rated STPs is expected to step down and be replaced.
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Trusts could be fined millions for poor cybersecurity
The Department of Health could fine trusts up to £17m for failing to keep services running after a cyberattack or hardware failure, under new government proposals.
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Trust chief tells staff poor performance 'simply cannot continue'
The chief executive of one of the largest acute trusts in England has warned its 12,000 staff that its poor emergency care performance “simply cannot continue”.
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Hospital downgrade approved despite pending appeals to Jeremy Hunt
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has approved controversial plans to downgrade maternity and intensive care units at the Horton General Hospital – despite Jeremy Hunt considering appeals against the plans.
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NHS Improvement chief role 'not for the fainthearted', says job ad
NHS Improvement has put out an advert to recruit a leader with the “resilience and strength of character” to take over as its chief executive when Jim Mackey leaves later this year.
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'Full stretch' NHS's stuttering winter preparations spark concerns
Pressure is mounting on NHS bosses to intervene ahead of winter, as official data suggests the system failed to make headway against key performance measures in the first quarter of 2017-18.
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CCG and council to create £105m joint executive board
A clinical commissioning group and local authority will set up a joint board with executive powers in a bid further integrate health and social care commissioning.
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Keith McNeil resigns from NHS England role
The NHS’s first national chief clinical information officer Keith McNeil is leaving after just 13 months in the role.
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Exclusive: Private hospital firm takes NHS to court over rogue surgeon
An NHS trust that employed breast surgeon Ian Paterson is being taken to court by a private provider, which claims the health service has a legal responsibility to compensate private patients.
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Revealed: 'Distress' as over 1,000 neurology patients left waiting
More than 1,000 patients have been left waiting for follow up appointments because of capacity problems at a struggling specialist service.
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CQC ratings will include financial efficiency from 2018
Acute trusts’ overall Care Quality Commission ratings are due to take into account their financial efficiency from next year, despite concerns, NHS Improvement has said.
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Cladding to be removed from new cancer centre following fire tests
One of the most prestigious teaching hospital trusts in London has said it will need to remove cladding from its new cancer centre after fire safety checks following the Grenfell fire disaster.
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NHS England rebuff GIRFT surgery recommendations
NHS England has rebuffed an attempt by efficiency leaders to ensure commissioners follow national guidance over the provision of bariatric surgery.
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A&E night closure will not face investigation
The overnight closure of Grantham and District Hospital’s A&E will not face a full investigation by the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.
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Exclusive: DH commits millions in funding to expand nurse training
Ministers have committed to a minimum £16m additional funding for new clinical placements for thousands of nursing students at NHS trusts, the Department of Health has told HSJ.
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Trust plans new PFI deal to fund controversial hospital shake up
A foundation trust is proposing procuring a new private finance initiative to fund its controversial “hot” and “cold” site hospital reconfiguration plans.
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NHS England defeated in court again over 'life changing' drug
A High Court judge has rebuked NHS England for denying a life changing drug to a seven year old boy in the face of “overwhelming” clinical evidence.