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NewsCall for better end of life care training
NHS hospitals risk repeating mistakes during end of life care if they ask staff to rely on formal processes rather than focusing on patient outcomes, HSJ has been told.
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NewsRoyal college warning over staffing 'pressure' on maternity wards
A second medical royal college has told HSJ it is concerned over the extent of gaps in rotas for junior doctors, with some maternity wards having a vacancy rate of 15-20 per cent.
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NewsHSJ Live 24.09.15: NHS England board: Overall NHS budget balance at risk
Rolling coverage of NHS England’s board meeting
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NewsHEE chief: Removing our budget ringfence would hit frontline care
Removing Health Education England from the protected NHS budget would result in cuts to frontline NHS services, its chief executive has warned.
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NewsProbe launched into first C difficile increase in eight years
The public health watchdog has launched an investigation after the number of C difficile incidents in the English NHS rose last year for the first time since 2007.
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NewsIntroduce new A&E targets, royal college president says
Accident and emergency departments should be judged by two new targets alongside the four hour target, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s trainee posts suspended after concerns going back six years
WORKFORCE: A hospital trust has had its trainee anaesthetists withdrawn by Health Education England after concerns about the quality of training going back to 2009, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalWolverhampton trust drops foundation status bid
STRUCTURE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust will no longer pursue a bid for foundation trust status, HSJ has been told.
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NewsGrowth of nurse workforce slows as 'NHS finances bite'
The growth rate in NHS nurse numbers in England has halved this year compared to last year, with experts claiming the slowdown could mark a return to trusts prioritising budgets over safe staffing.
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HSJ LocalFT secures £30m to upgrade IT system and A&E
FINANCE: A North West trust has secured capital funding of £30m to upgrade its IT system and estate.
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HSJ LocalElite Shelford Group trust put into special measures
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been placed in special measures after being given an overall rating of ‘inadequate’ by inspectors.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Probe launched into whistleblower allegations at London CCG
PERFORMANCE: An independent investigation is underway into allegations raised by a whistleblower about a financially challenged London clinical commissioning group, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalEast Sussex slated for special measures after second damning CQC report
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has been recommended for special measures after its second Care Quality Commission inspection in a year found that staff “remained afraid to speak out”.
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HSJ LocalSafety concerns over community trust’s urgent care service
PERFORMANCE: Inspectors have raised safety concerns over the quality of the urgent care service provided by Gloucestershire Care Services Trust.
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HSJ LocalCottage hospital beds in North Staffordshire could be cut
ACUTE CARE: A three month consultation has been launched into the future of community hospital beds in North Staffordshire after wards were closed in 2014 amid concerns over staffing levels.
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NewsRevealed: Winners of the Value in Healthcare Awards 2015
Chosen from a record breaking number of entries
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NewsExclusive: Baby's death case with 'echoes of Morecambe Bay' to be re-examined
The avoidable death of a baby girl six years ago is to be re-examined after an independent national review warned the case had parallels with the Morecambe Bay care scandal.
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HSJ LocalFormer SHA chief to lead North Cumbria 'success regime'
WORKFORCE: Sir Neil McKay has been appointed chair of the North Cumbria success regime, the NHS Trust Development Authority has announced.
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NewsGPs in small practices earn more than those in large ones
The average incomes of GPs working in single hander practices are slightly more than 8 per cent higher than those of their counterparts working in large practices, figures show.