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NewsUp to 1.5m opt out of Care.data, new data suggests
HSCIC publishes fresh data on people opting out of Care.data Data reveals wide variety in opt out rates across country Campaigners say it is further evidence of botched Care.data rollout Up to 1.5 million people have registered to opt out of the controversial Care.data programme, requesting their records ...
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HSJ LocalFears for community hospital after bed closures
WORKFORCE: A community hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation beds have been temporarily closed because of staffing problems, which has prompted fears about its future.
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NewsProcurement roles should be 'top of the office', says former finance boss
Former finance chief calls for radical shift in culture and influence of NHS procurement teams Lorraine Bewes says there are too many procurement departments Carter review estimates £750m could be saved by reducing variation in the prices paid for thousands of items Delivering the required savings in non-clinical ...
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HSJ LocalTrust to review patient homicides following manslaughter case
LEGAL: An independent review will examine the cases of patients at Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust who went on to kill after a patient was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
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NewsExclusive: Southern Health could be split up, sources say
Southern Health Foundation Trust could be broken up or another inquiry ordered Health secretary was due to consider the options for the trust’s future Future of Southern Health’s leadership unclear The trust at the centre of a care quality row could be broken up, HSJ understands. This is ...
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NewsProblems at Southern Health 'not a one off'
NHS England’s national clinical director for learning disability says problems identified at Southern Health not confined to one provider Dominic Slowie says failure to properly investigate and learn from the deaths of people with learning disabilities reflect “societal attitude” NHS England has launched the world’s first national review of ...
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LeaderThe Carter review is not motoring, it is stuck in the garage
HSJ makes no apology for returning to the question of how the NHS is expected to deliver the punishing efficiency targets it has been handed for this parliament. There is no greater challenge and failure to deliver poses no greater threat for the health service.
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HSJ LocalNHS England to close 'poor value for money' GP practice
PRIMARY CARE: NHS England has said it is “difficult to justify the continued existence” of a GP practice in south London as its patient list too small to be financially viable.
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HSJ LocalTrust reports dozens of 12 hour trolley waits in single month
Official data for March shows there were 137 “trolley waits” of at least 12 hours at Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust Trust says a new internal system had skewed the numbers, so the true number of 12 hour breaches was around 70 – still the highest in England There have ...
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NewsJunior doctors contract talks extended
Acas talks extended to Wednesday 18 May after “real progress” this week Sir Brendan Barber, chair of Acas, says negotiations have been positive and constructive Both sides have agreed to suspend contract imposition and industrial action Talks to resolve the junior doctors contract dispute have been extended until ...
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NewsOut of hours provider to go into administration
An out of hours provider has been forced to end provision of services across the East Midlands after it announced it intends to file for administration.
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News'Transformational' drugs to get fast tracked to NHS
Accelerated access review will recommend small number of “transformational” drugs and devices fast tracked into NHS each year Richard Barker says arrival of new products needed to be “wired into the NHS budgeting process” Simon Stevens says pharmaceutical price regulation scheme, NICE appraisals and NHS England commissioning not “interacting ...
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NewsExclusive: Departing boss blames leadership for tech woes
Outgoing information centre chair reveals frustrations Criticises the impact of Tim Kelsey, former NHS England tech leader New NHS England technology officer will add to “multi-headed hydra” of decision makers Says HSCIC has been transformed from “weak link to a fundamental asset” Muddled leadership, competing agendas and a ...
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NewsNHS warned it is not taking hacking threat seriously enough
There is a lack of understanding about cyber security at board level, Kingsley Manning warns Cyber attacks are “a fundamental threat to the operations of hospitals” System overall is “well ahead of the game” NHS organisations are not taking the threat of cyber attacks seriously enough, the Health ...
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HSJ LocalKirkup outlines 'lamentable' NMC failures to health secretary
REGULATION: The Morecambe Bay inquiry chair has written to health secretary setting out what he described as the “lamentable failure” of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust's handling of whistleblower 'significantly flawed'
WORKFORCE: A hospital trust’s handling of a whistleblower who raised concerns over the way mortality rates were recorded was “significantly flawed”, an independent review has found.
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NewsWorst A&E performance since targets began
A&E performance for full A&E departments worst since targets were introduced Attendances up by a quarter, admissions up by more than half Thinktank warns performance could deteriorate further if more funding not found The English NHS has recorded its worst yearly results for four hour waits in accident ...
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NewsElective waiting list reaches nine year high
NHS England admits elective waiting list could be as high 3.7m people Service appears to have breached 92 per cent waiting time target for 2015-16 March saw highest number of patients waiting more than a year since December 2012 The number of patients waiting for an elective procedure ...
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News'Meltdown' of £330m outsource contract disrupts primary care
£330m primary care support services contract relied on major cost reductions NHS England outsourced primary care support to Capita last summer GPs, pharmacists and optometrists complain about new centralised services Practices unpaid, vital stationary and medical equipment not being delivered Vital primary care support services are in “meltdown” ...
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HSJ LocalDH tells nursing watchdog to review treatment of bereaved families
Department of Health says NMC must review treatment of patients and bereaved families Professional Standards Authority has criticised “deficient” handling of hearings into two Morecambe Bay midwives The government says issues from the case will inform plans to reform professional regulation REGULATION: The Department of Health has told ...