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NewsNHS needs at least extra £4bn for digital upgrade, says tech chief
The NHS needs “at least” another £4.2bn to fully replace or upgrade its IT systems, NHS England’s chief information officer has warned.
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NewsNew quango warns £560m NHS fraud going undetected
The new NHS Counter Fraud Authority believes the health service is losing more than half a billion pounds in likely but uncorroborated fraud.
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NewsLargest trusts could pay £1m annual fee to CQC
The largest trusts in the NHS face paying more than £1m pounds a year to the Care Quality Commission under new fee proposals from the regulator.
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NewsLatest Carter review identifies nearly £200m in back-office savings
Findings from Lord Carter’s efficiency review into mental and community health services has identified almost £200m of potential savings through scaling up trusts’ corporate services.
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NewsNHS Improvement knocks back multimillion pound reconfiguration
NHS Improvement’s board has halted a £500m reconfiguration programme in north west London after concerns about activity projections.
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NewsCQC admits providers sometimes identify its whistleblowers
The CQC has admitted providers can sometimes “fairly easily” identify whistleblowers who have raised concerns with it.
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NewsFormer chief of several trusts to lead advanced STP
A former trust chief executive has been appointed leader of a sustainability and transformation partnership covering two counties in the South West.
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NewsUpdated: Trust worst hit by cyberattack calls for funding clarity
Trusts need more clarity about future cybersecurity funding after the WannaCry attack, Barts Health Trust’s top digital doctor has said.
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HSJ LocalNHS England director to take over at special measures trust
An NHS England director has been appointed as the new chief executive of Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust.
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NewsTeaching trust pulls out of trouble-hit vanguard IT project
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has pulled out of the £30m East Midlands Radiology consortium amid mounting concerns for patient safety and repeated system failures.
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NewsSTPs given targets for GP recruitment
Every sustainability and transformation partnership area has been set a target for the number of GPs it needs to recruit by 2020 by NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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NewsStevens: Higher pay needed to help recruitment in unpopular regions
NHS staff should be paid more to work in unpopular areas of the country to maintain “equitable access” to healthcare, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsGovernment reveals plan to cut number of regulators
The Department of Health has revealed its long awaited plans to reform professional regulation, which could see the number of organisations cut.
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HSJ LocalPatient sleeps on chair for a week as trust runs out of beds
A mental health inpatient was left to sleep on chair for a week in a unit intended to keep people for no more than 12 hours.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs finally abolished after decade of scandal
The hospital trust at the centre of one of the worst care scandals in the NHS’s history will finally be dissolved tomorrow after three years as a shell organisation costing taxpayers £2.5m.
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NewsThird Cygnet hospital criticised by CQC
A third young people’s mental health service run by Cygnet Health Care has been heavily criticised by the Care Quality Commission – which ordered admissions to be suspended unless it specifically approved them.
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HSJ LocalTrust reveals detail of investigation following nurse's death
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed Verita to carry out an investigation into its disciplinary processes following the suicide of a nurse.
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NewsExclusive: More than 50 trusts yet to carry out post-Grenfell fire checks
More than 50 NHS trusts have confirmed they have not had a fire service inspection since the Grenfell Tower disaster – despite all providers being ordered to arrange them just days after the fire.
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HSJ LocalCCGs to share chief officer
A single chief officer has been appointed across neighbouring clinical commissioning groups in West Yorkshire.
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NewsNew investigation into Vasco-Knight finances
A new inquiry has been ordered into the family finances of a former NHS executive who pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this year, in an attempt to force her to repay over £11,000.