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NewsNew alliance to fight NHS's corner during Brexit talks
Alliance of NHS organisations to speak up for the health service to be announced within the month NHS Confederation behind the plan, which will not argue for or against Brexit The group will aim to ensure issues affecting NHS are recognised by government An alliance of NHS organisations ...
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NewsPM pledges to scrap Mental Health Act in major reform package
Prime minister Theresa May has pledged to scrap the “flawed” Mental Health Act and replace it with new legislation if the Conservatives are re-elected.
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NewsAnalysis: Eight out of 10 inadequate GP practices improve after re-inspection
80 per cent of GP practices rated inadequate have had their CQC rating upgraded following a second inspection 80 inadequate practices upgraded to good 18 practices had their rating downgraded after re-inspection Eight out of 10 GP practices rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission have improved following ...
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NewsJunior doctors get new whistleblowing protection after HEE loses court case
Court of Appeal judgement says Parliament cannot have intended to exclude junior doctors from whistleblowing protection Ruling effectively means Health Education England could be deemed an employer by employment tribunals Dr Chris Day’s case will be reconsidered at employment tribunal stage Junior doctors have been granted new whistleblowing ...
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HSJ LocalInadequate trust to outsource treatments for three years to clear backlog
Special measures trust looks to outsource ophthalmology work after CQC concerns Inspectors criticised “lack of management oversight of recurrent backlogs” at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Trust says three-year contract is “short term solution” as it works to increase capacity A trust in special measures is outsourcing ophthalmology work ...
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NewsRevealed: Trusts selected to run new mother and baby service
NHS England has told four trusts they are the preferred providers of four new mother and baby units The successful bidders were notified last month, but final contracts are still being negotiated The MBUs are part of a £40m investment in inpatient perinatal care The preferred providers of ...
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HSJ LocalLeading south coast trust misses finance target by £8m
Western Sussex Hospitals FT reports £8m deterioration in its finances Trust cites “four unresolved challenges” with CCG as part of the reason CCG launches review into activity coding “to ensure the CCG is appropriately charged for services” A trust which is rated outstanding and is in relative financial ...
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HSJ LocalTrust's private unit ranked lowest for patient satisfaction
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital FT’s private unit lowest rated on patient satisfaction Great Ormond Street highest ranked of NHS-run private units A prestigious London foundation trust has the lowest rating for patient satisfaction, new data on private healthcare reveals.
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NewsExclusive: Social care £2bn won't get NHS through winter, ministers warned
Budget pledge to ease pressure on NHS by injecting cash into social care will fail, health chiefs warn Extra cash will largely plug existing social care budget gaps rather than supporting NHS discharges Tory source rejected that funding would not help NHS, stating cash was contingent on councils showing ...
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NewsRaids on capital budget to continue until 2020, DH confirms
Health minister confirms capital to revenue transfers will stop in 2019-20, with the size being reduced each year HSJ previously reported that £1bn would be transferred this year, followed by £500m in 2018-19 and £250m in 2019-20 NAO previously raised concerns about repeated raids on the capital budget ...
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HSJ LocalLargest CCG given updated legal directions as finances sink
Fresh legal directions given to troubled NEW Devon CCG Deadline for submission of 2017-18 operating plan is Friday CCG’s cumulative deficit now stands at £120.5m The largest clinical commissioning group in the country has been given fresh legal directions over its financial management, amid a worsening of ...
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NewsNHSI director to review 140 trusts' progress on cutting variation
Professor Tim Briggs leading review to check progress in orthopaedic surgery 140 trusts to be revisited and data will be rerun Next Getting It Right First Time review into general surgery expected in the summer The leading surgeon heading a national programme to reduce unwarranted variation in NHS ...
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HSJ LocalNew merger trust sets out five year savings plan
New Essex mental health provider must deliver £43m of savings over next five years Essex Partnership University FT focusing on back office shake-up ahead of major service reconfiguration Trust has a £8.6m control total for 2017-18 Essex’s new mental health provider trust must deliver £43m of savings over ...
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HSJ LocalIndependent hospital improves training in wake of patient death failures
Staff at independent mental health unit given extra training in dealing with emergencies Extra training comes after coroner wrote to the firm outlining failures linked to the death of a patient Inquest found James O’Brien died of natural causes, but the jury said the emergency response from hospital staff ...
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NewsExclusive: Regulators predict 5 million waiting list if NHS 'does nothing'
“Do nothing” scenario predicts elective waiting list would grow to 5 million and backlog to 800,000 Programme to improve surgeons’ productivity is expected to lessen the deterioration National waiting target for elective care has been deprioritised by national bodies The backlog of patients waiting more than 18 weeks ...
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NewsRevealed: NHS quango to cut more than 300 posts
Health Education England to cut 315 posts Education and training body estimates savings in pay costs of at least £10m 112 full-time equivalent roles could be cut from Midland’s and East region More than 300 posts are set to be cut by Health Education England as part of ...
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HSJ LocalMajor trust sells £50m of land to charity arm
Royal Free Charity bought current operational site at Chase Farm Hospital for £50m This helped Royal Free London FT end 2016-17 with a £15m surplus, after it was previously forecasting a £39m deficit Charity intends to develop housing for key workers on the site Trust says the deal was ...
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NewsRegulators developing protocol for 'safe service closures'
NHS England “should have stepped in” before mental health hospital closed with six days’ notice New national protocol agreed for sudden closures of services Quality surveillance groups to be made aware of “single items” of concern A national protocol for sudden service closure is being produced after NHS ...
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NewsTime wasting over data arguments 'outrageous', says NHS England director
A senior NHS technology leader says artificial intelligence and other transformational technologies are a “pipe dream” in the NHS until the quality of its data improves.
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NewsScheme to protect thousands of vulnerable children delayed again
Child protection information sharing target pushed back to March 2019 Figures suggest tens of thousands of vulnerable children still not visible to health services Only a third of local authorities and 14 per cent of healthcare organisations use the system NHS Digital blames “overly ambitious target”, lack of funding ...