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Trust accidentally reveals personal details of 2,800 staff
WORKFORCE: South Central Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has apologised after thousands of its staff’s personal data, including nationality, sexual orientation and salary details, was published on the organisation’s website.
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Manchester trusts launch cardiac joint venture
STRUCTURE: Two Manchester trusts have launched an ambitious bid to create a combined cardiac service to compete on the international stage.
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Financially challenged areas among biggest losers from care claims clawback
Some of the most financially challenged health economies were among the biggest contributors to an £800m pot established to settle continuing healthcare claims that was clawed back by the Treasury, an HSJ investigation has found.
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TDA struggles to replace resigned chairs
The NHS Trust Development Authority has become concerned at the number of chairs that have resigned from the 99 trust boards it oversees, after 17 left their posts in 2013-14.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge challenges critical CQC report
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust
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23 May issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue HSJ reveals that several hospital trusts applied for emergency loans last year to pay bills after suppliers threatend legal action. Plus:The friends ...
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Third of community trust staff report abuse from patients
WORKFORCE: A third of staff employed by Gloucestershire Care Services Trust have experienced harassment, bullying or abuse from patients and their relatives, a survey reveals.
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18 week waits, March 2014: explore the maps
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England, showing the pressures and one-year-waits, with links to all the detail by organisation and specialty
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NHS England shakes up top team as junior directors leave
The NHS England top team is to be shaken up amid a string of departures of less senior directors from the organisation.
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Co-commissioning plan could ease pressure on A&E, report author claims
NHS England’s primary care co-commissioning plan could help ease pressure on accident and emergency services, a researcher behind a new College of Emergency Medicine study has claimed.
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BMA votes against primary care co-commissioning
GPs representatives have voted that clinical commissioning groups should not commission GP services.
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Jeremy Hunt calls for better incident reporting
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has used a keynote speech at the Patient Safety Congress to call for increased reporting of concerns about the safety and quality of patient care.
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Providers fail to report waiting times data
The NHS has missed its target for starting patient treatment within 18 weeks of admission for the second consecutive month, the latest official figures show.
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Patients miss out on innovative treatments
Patients are being denied access to some innovative treatments because of a “lack of pace” and hierarchical decision making by NHS England, it has been claimed.
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Councils warn over delays to better care fund
The government’s additional assessments of areas’ better care fund plans could undermine the £3.8bn programme by leaving them with too little time to make changes to services, councils have warned.
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Nursing workforce grows to highest level in a decade
The NHS is continuing to recruit hundreds of extra qualified nurses a month with numbers at their highest for a decade, the latest workforce data shows.
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NHS management spend 'far leaner' than in other systems, says Stevens
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has praised the work NHS staff have done to “keep the show on the road” and improve efficiency in the face of financial constraints.
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One in six councils without a director of public health
Some one in six local authorites are yet to appoint a permanent director of public health, more than a year since they took control of the service.
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Commissioners step in as care home drug supplier folds
NHS England has urged commissioners to help ensure care home residents receive an unbroken supply of medicines after a company supplying pharmacy services to hundreds of homes across the UK abruptly closed down.
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Joint pathology hub proposed for north west London trusts
STRUCTURE: Four trusts in North West London are considering forming a joint pathology hub that will follow the hub and spoke model recommended by the Carter Review.