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Integrated trusts aim for first-of-its-kind merger
Two trusts are planning a merger which would create England’s first provider of primary, acute, community and mental health care services.
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Hancock delays decision on controversial reconfiguration for 14 months
The health secretary has yet to make a decision on a contested reconfiguration plan, despite having received official advice on it nearly 14 months ago and the local NHS warning delays would lead to “avoidable death”.
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Exclusive: NHS planning to start covid vaccination of under 50s by end of January
The NHS’ current plan for the covid vaccine rollout — dependent on the arrival of supplies — would see the whole adult population able to begin receiving it before the end of January, according to leaked documents seen by HSJ.
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Covid deaths rise in the Humber while admissions surge in Lincolnshire
Covid deaths in hospitals are rising quickly in the Humber, Coast and Vale health system and the neighbouring Lincolnshire system, NHS data shows.
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Gov warned integrated care systems could join ‘long list’ of failed re-orgs
Integrated care systems could fail without carefully crafted backing in law, NHS Confederation has said.
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NHS going into winter with 5,500 fewer beds than last year
The NHS is going into this winter with 5,500 fewer general acute beds than last year, NHS England data has revealed.
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Patients eight times more likely to die following major surgery at outlier hospitals
Death rates for a major emergency abdominal surgery are almost eight times higher at some outlier hospitals compared with top performers, a national report has found.
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Exclusive: NHS setting up dozens of mass covid vaccination centres and seeking 40,000 staff
The health service is setting up more than 40 mass vaccination centres, and working on recruiting tens of thousands of staff for the huge covid-19 vaccination effort, HSJ has learned.
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NHSE explores procuring single HR and payroll system for entire service
A single tech platform for administrative data could be put in place across the entire NHS in a bid to improve the health service’s management and analytics.
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Maternity unit rated ‘inadequate’ as trust faces scrutiny over horrific stillbirth
An Essex maternity department has been served with further warnings by the Care Quality Commission and again rated “inadequate”.
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Hunt accuses HMT of blocking publication of crucial workforce projections
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has accused the Treasury of preventing the Department of Health and Social Care from publishing future workforce projections submitted by the NHS.
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Revealed: Nearly 10,000 year-long waiters at major acute trust
Nearly 10,000 patients have been waiting more than a year for treatment at a major London trust, with a further 10,000 waiting between nine and 12 months, leaked data shows.
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HSJ Awards shortlist revealed
Finalists for the HSJ Awards 2020 have been announced, as celebrations for the event’s 40th anniversary prepare to go online.
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Troubled trust on PM’s patch confirms new chief
A troubled trust has announced it will make its interim chief executive permanent, after her predecessor’s departure in the wake of a staff coronavirus outbreak.
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Top teaching trust blames surge in long A&E waits on covid measures
A top teaching hospital has blamed covid measures for a dramatic rise in the number of trolley waits in its accident and emergency department.
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Confusion over hospital’s ‘critical incident’
A hospital trust struggling under an influx of covid patients has denied it declared a critical incident after confusion about how it had responded to extreme pressure over the last few days.
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Trusts across region create staff bank to cut agency costs
Eighteen trusts in the North West will establish a major ‘staff bank’, using new technology to pool junior doctors across the region.
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Exclusive: Patients harmed amid ‘internecine squabbles’ and cover-up claims
Several patients were harmed after acute trust leaders failed to act on multiple concerns being raised about a surgeon, documents obtained by HSJ suggest.
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CQC to inspect hospitals on food standards after patient deaths
Hospital food standards are set to be put on a statutory footing, with trusts held to account by the Care Quality Commission, according to the chair of a government-commissioned review.
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Exclusive: Major delays for new NHS England covid service
A key expansion of services for patients recovering from coronavirus has been delayed by several months, HSJ has learned.