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Trusts and unions make 'urgent' call on staffing
The main representative bodies for both healthcare staff and employers have, in a highly unusual move, declared “urgent” joint priorities for workforce.
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Merger set to create region’s first mega trust
Two trusts have announced plans for a full merger creating a mega trust with a turnover of more than £1bn a year — the first in their region.
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New firm to be brought in to ‘harden’ covid testing system
A new external provider is being sought to “harden” the management of covid-19 home testing, to make it “fully resilient, scalable and automated”, in a £7m national deal.
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NHSE: Hospitals should ‘repurpose’ half non-clinical space for ‘surge capacity’
The NHS should halve its non-clinical space to free up extra capacity ahead of winter and further potential waves of covid-19, according to NHS England/Improvement’s estates chief.
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Stevens: NHS must gear up for huge vaccination programmes
The health service needs to prepare for its largest-ever flu immunisation season, and potentially to run a covid-19 vaccination programme in the autumn/winter, Sir Simon Stevens has said.
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Patients endangered by ‘hazardous’ use of PPE
The ‘hazardous’ use of personal protective equipment required because of covid-19 is contributing to the spread of secondary infections in intensive care units and other hospital settings, a leading expert has told HSJ.
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Inquiry lead: Royal colleges should be more open on care reviews
The leader of the Morecambe Bay inquiry has spoken of his disappointment that some of the recommendations have not led to changes, and said royal colleges could inform regulators when they are commissioned to carry out care quality reviews.
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Location picked for new PM-backed hospital
The location of a new specialist emergency care hospital, which is part of a £500m project and one of six hospital rebuilds pledged by the prime minister, has been agreed by local leaders.
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‘We have to aim for an oversupply of nurses’ says RCN chief
The NHS must no longer seek to train ‘the bare minimum’ of nurses, Royal College of Nursing chief executive Donna Kinnair has told HSJ.
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Unions call on government for ‘early’ NHS pay rise
Healthcare unions representing over one million NHS workers have written to the government calling for a boost in pay before the end of the year.
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Revealed: £350m for first three months of Nightingale hospitals
Nearly £350m was earmarked by NHS England/Improvement for spending on England’s Nightingale hospitals, according to newly published contracts.
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Cases continue to rise in North and Midlands
ealth economies in the North and Midlands are seeing rising or persistently high covid-19 case rates while a health system in the South West is showing a notable increase in cases.
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Ex-Capita director appointed chief of NHS support company
An NHS efficiency company has appointed a new managing director.
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Ex-NHS Scotland chief joins mental health trust as advisor
A former NHS Scotland chief executive has joined a mental health trust’s board as an advisor.
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Exclusive: PPE spend to hit £14bn by the end of the year
The Treasury is preparing for spending on personal protective equipment for the health system to hit up to £14bn this financial year, HSJ understands — representing more than 10 per cent of the pre-covid NHS budget.
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Trust CEO slams 'cruel and ineffective' government policy
The chief executive of a London trust has criticised the government over the reinstatement of its “cruel and ineffective” benefits policy.
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Covid contributing little to areas with highest excess death rates
Death rates across England dipped below the five-year average in the middle of June, for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
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Exclusive: People with rare conditions 'deprioritised' by trusts during pandemic
People with rare conditions have been “deprioritised” during the coronavirus pandemic, a report has shown, with one in five patients claiming the interruption to their care has been “life threatening”.
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‘Urgent’ reviews launched by NHSE as death rates double
NHS England and NHS Improvement have ordered urgent reviews into the deaths of people with a learning disability and autism during the pandemic, HSJ has learned.
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Teaching trust’s top nurse leaves after 15 years
A major teaching hospital trust’s chief nurse has stepped down after 15 years.