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ICS medical director appointed executive lead
The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System has appointed medical director Andy Haynes as its executive lead.
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Calls to expand flexible working options following year-long trial
Policymakers are being called on to expand nurses’ flexible working options after a year-long trial involving more than 200 nurses showed evidence it would improve work-life balance.
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Corbyn vows to create state-run drug company and seize patent rights
Jeremy Corbyn says a Labour government would create a state-run pharmaceutical company to make generic versions of drugs the NHS cannot afford.
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Labour: ‘No chance’ of government passing NHSE’s legislation
The government “has got no chance of getting” NHS legislation – as proposed by NHS England – through Parliament, the shadow health secretary has said.
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New money to strengthen PCN nursing leadership
The chief nurse of England Ruth May has announced new plans to strengthen nursing leadership in the NHS in a keynote speech today.
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Teaching trust flagged as cancer outlier two years in a row
A teaching hospital has redesigned part of its cancer service after being flagged as an outlier in two national clinical audits.
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Special measures trust looking for ‘partner’ for failing services
An integrated trust in special measures is looking to “partner” with another NHS organisation for mental health services, amid a wider move for reconfiguration.
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Coroners warn city’s patients at risk from communication failure
Patients experiencing a mental health crisis in Birmingham are at risk as the police, mental health trust and the city council are not working together or communicating, coroners have warned.
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New workplace perks help FT halve £21m agency spend
A foundation trust has halved its multimillion-pound agency staff spend after introducing a series of workforce benefits.
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Departing CEO received £53k overtime payment
A chief executive who sent a shock resignation letter to staff earlier this month received overtime pay of around £53,000 last year.
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Virgin Care and NHS partner win £85m contract
Virgin Care and an NHS provider have won an £85m joint community services project.
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Woman’s sepsis death linked to 111 after red flags not recognised
A 73-year-old woman died after the NHS 111 helpline failed to recognise her symptoms as a sign of sepsis, in the latest death linked to the Pathways system.
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Bullying fears and lack of openness hit safety watchdog’s staff relations
Staff working at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch are “scared to speak out” and fear losing their jobs, while others are critical of poor communication and hierarchical management, its first staff survey has revealed.
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Exclusive: Trust will need ‘mutual aid’ in no-deal Brexit scenario
South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has warned it will need “mutual aid” from other NHS providers and is highly likely to move to the highest emergency response category, REAP level 4, if there is a no-deal Brexit in October, HSJ has learned.
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Three CCGs appoint joint chief
Three Leicestershire clinical commissioning groups have, for the first time, appointed a joint chief executive who will also lead the local sustainability and transformation partnership.
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Senior MP wants lawyers investigated for role in whistleblower case
A senior MP wants regulators to investigate a leading law firm in relation to its conduct during a series of legal challenges by a junior doctor between 2014 and 2018.
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Troubled trust no longer rated ‘inadequate’
One of the NHS’ most troubled trusts has moved out of the “inadequate” Care Quality Commission rating.
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GPs reject merger ‘driven by NHS England’
GPs have voted against proposals to merge six clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire, after being told the plans were “driven by NHS England”, HSJ has learned.
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Trusts delay ‘integrated care’ merger until 2020
Health chiefs have pushed back a merger which would create one of England’s first acute, mental health and community services trusts.
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Safety alerts to be reformed to reduce trust burden
All safety alerts issued by national bodies are to be standardised under a single template in an effort to eradicate confusion and reduce the burden on NHS organisations.