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News£600m of NHS contracts not yet agreed for next year
£14.4bn of £15bn specialised services contracts agreed but only half have been signed Two trusts considering arbitration over £7m deal and another 10 trusts have not agreed contracts Providers pushing for £13m over the budget NHS England has agreed £14.4bn worth of the £15bn specialised commissioning contracts for ...
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NewsGovernment seeks areas to 'graduate' from BCF this year
Several areas will “graduate” from the better care fund to more advanced models of integration Framework being published soon will invite applications Only a handful of areas expected to be chosen to pilot the changes Several areas will “graduate” from the better care fund to more advanced models ...
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HSJ LocalNew scheme to plug A&E gaps with doctors from India
Scheme would see NHS trusts contribute £16,000 towards training costs for each recruit as well as paying salary Trusts have agreed to host 20 doctors this year but local leaders believe there is potential scheme to be significantly expanded A&E departments under severe strain in recent weeks and medical ...
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NewsMore than 30 trusts do not have a whistleblower guardian
33 trusts yet to appoint a freedom to speak up guardian National guardian Henrietta Hughes says she will alert national bodies if progress is not made She says: “NHS still has distance to go to create a universally open and honest culture” More than 30 hospital trusts are ...
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HSJ LocalTrust shortlists firms for strategic estates partnership
A mental health and community services trust has named the shortlisted bidders to run its strategic estates partnership.
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NewsSimon Stevens hits back after apparent criticism from Number 10
NHS England chief executive gave evidence to MPs’ committee following a report in The Times that suggested senior aides to the prime minister were briefing against him Simon Stevens says: “I think it would be stretching it to say the NHS has got more than it asked for” Mr ...
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NewsExclusive: Prime minister launches review of care and integration policy
The prime minister has begun a review of policy on social care funding, delivery and integration with health, amid huge concern about failure in the sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCatch up: NHS England chief faces MPs' questions
Live coverage of the Commons public accounts committee hearing on NHS finances
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NewsNew NHS Confederation chief executive revealed
Niall Dickson, former chief of the General Medical Council, has been appointed as chief executive of NHS Confederation.
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HSJ LocalSenior medical leader no longer at trust after suspension
One of England’s most senior clinical leaders has left the NHS after a conflict between his department and another one in his trust
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HSJ LocalOutstanding CCG leader to run struggling neighbour
The leader of an outstanding clinical commissioning group is to become the chief officer of its struggling neighbour.
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NewsExclusive: Peter Homa to step down as Nottingham chief executive
One of the NHS’s most experienced and well regarded chief executives will retire later this year, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalPolice investigate 'tampered' saline bags at hospital trust
Police are investigating whether saline bags at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust have been tampered with.
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NewsNHS like a 'rabbit in headlights', says national safety director
Mike Durkin says “grown up” conversations between managers and clinicians are not always happening as hospitals come under intense pressure He says staff are still afraid to raise safety concerns Comments come as many accident and emergency departments have been overwhelmed since Christmas One of the NHS’s most ...
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HSJ LocalCCGs reveal appointments to shared executive team
Warwickshire North and Coventry and Rugby clinical commissioning groups have announced the make-up of their shared executive team, following directions from NHS England last year.
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HSJ LocalFlagship specialist trust rated 'requires improvement'
PERFORMANCE: The high profile specialist provider Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust has been given a “requires improvement” rating by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: NHS England warned of bed 'crisis' 10 days before patient trolley deaths
NHS England convened “risk summit” with ‘crisis’ trust more than a week before patient trolley deaths The summit was called to address concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission following an earlier inspection Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust declared a bed “crisis” and admitted patients were waiting too long in ...
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NewsDH rules out action to increase A&E funding before 2020
News follows “early discussions” with senior medics about plans supported by an “emergency care transformation fund” Government source tells HSJ it will not be acting to increase emergency care funding before the next election Royal College of Emergency Medicine says it will be “developing plans over coming months” ...
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NewsIT director and contractor jailed over corrupt payments
A hospital trust’s director of IT and a contractor he received kickbacks from have been jailed.
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News'Last resort' contract talks spiked in 2016-17
The number of “last resort” arbitrations in contract disputes between commissioners and providers for 2016-17 contracts was almost double that of the previous year, HSJ can reveal.