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Exclusive: New call for NHS to take public health budgets back from councils
The NHS should be handed back the commissioning of clinical public health services currently dealt with by local authorities, it has been argued today.
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Exclusive: Covid admissions falling faster among older people, likely due to vaccine
The coronavirus vaccine appears to be having a significant impact on hospitalisations among the elderly, nearly three months into the vaccination campaign, according to analysis of NHS data.
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Exclusive: Key NHS long-term plan target to be missed ‘due to covid’
The NHS is set to miss a major national target to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements within mental health by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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PropCo sues GPs in landmark legal battle
A government-owned NHS estates company is counter-suing five GP practices for £1.3m in a case that could indirectly affect more than 800 GPs.
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Covid hospital patients, but not new admissions, falling much faster than last spring
The number of covid positive hospital patients in England is falling much faster than in the spring, but not due to a quicker drop in new admissions, HSJ analysis shows.
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Tribunal ‘astonished’ by trust’s handling of legitimate race discrimination concerns
A children’s nurse who raised legitimate concerns over racial discrimination at a major London trust was suspended and victimised by her managers for doing so, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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Government’s pick for national data guardian revealed
The government has announced its ‘preferred’ candidate for national data guardian following the death of Dame Fiona Caldicott.
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‘Rapid’ assessment launched to help NHS organisations pick new tech
NHSX has launched a ‘simpler and faster’’ technology assessment process to help healthcare providers pick digital tools that meet NHS standards.
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Exclusive: Sharp drop in patient goodwill towards NHS since autumn
Patient positivity about NHS hospital services suffered a sharp drop during the autumn, and satisfaction with access is now well below pre-pandemic levels, according to analysis exclusively shared with HSJ.
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Housebound people being missed for vaccination, NHS warned
People who need to receive their covid vaccinations at home are missing out because their eligibility is not being recognised by GPs, experts have warned.
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Tributes paid to ‘exceptional’ national A&E leader ‘who will be remembered forever’
NHS leaders and former colleagues have paid emotional tributes to Clifford Mann, the national clinical adviser for accident and emergency care, who passed away on Saturday.
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Staff seeking second vaccination early threatened with ‘regulatory action’
Staff at one of England’s largest hospital trusts have been threatened with disciplinary and regulatory action if they attempt to get their second covid-19 vaccine dose early, HSJ has learned.
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‘Retrograde’ white paper rule will spark ‘18 months of arguments over ICS boundaries’
The shape of nearly 20 integrated care systems is up for debate under government reform plans, which one councillor has called a ‘retrograde step’ that will lead to ‘18 months of arguments on where the red line is drawn’, it has emerged.
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Regulator steps in after staff claim trust ignored concerns
Staff at a Midlands hospital trust told regulators they had repeatedly raised safety concerns internally without action being taken.
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Retirees, long journeys and more day cases will aid elective return, say doctors
Hospitals may take until the summer to begin carrying out ‘normal’ levels of planned surgery and this is likely to require some patients being transferred to areas with greater capacity, doctors have said.
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High covid vaccine uptake in nearly all CCGs
There has been very high uptake of the covid vaccine among those aged 70 and over in nearly all parts of England, new figures from NHS England suggest.
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Trust investigating its new chief exec’s qualifications
A review has been launched into the qualifications of the incoming chief executive of a mental health trust.
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Ex-Confed chief to lead scandal-hit trust
The former chief executive of the NHS Confederation has been appointed chair of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.
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Ten ICUs where ‘super surge’ occupancy remains stubbornly high
Critical care occupancy remains stubbornly high at 10 trusts which still have around double the number of patients they had capacity for last winter, HSJ can reveal.
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Funding ‘cliff-edge’ threatens to ‘distress’ families and hamper NHS recovery
Government plans to cut off funding for hospital discharge at the end of March will slow down the NHS recovery of planned care, and threatens ‘’distress’ for families asked to quickly take over patients’ care.