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NewsCQC is considering 31 NHS prosecutions, new chief reveals
The Care Quality Commission is actively considering more than 31 prosecutions of NHS organisations and has hired 11 ex-military and civil police officers to review evidence.
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NewsArtificial intelligence to help CQC spot care failures
Artificial intelligence will help the Care Quality Commission to identify care failures and help target inspections where the risk is highest, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMental health trust announces new chief executive
A large mental health trust has announced the appointment of a new chief executive.
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NewsPolice close corporate manslaughter probe into trust
A mental health trust will not face charges of corporate manslaughter, the police have said following a probe into the deaths of 25 patients.
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NewsExclusive: Half of land proceeds go into revenue, despite reinvestment pledge
More than half of the money raised from NHS land sales last year was diverted into day to day spending budgets, despite a government commitment for the proceeds to be reinvested into new estates’ projects.
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NewsHealth ombudsman seeks regulatory powers
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is to seek regulatory powers to help deliver a consistent NHS complaints service, as a new report says the watchdog is “in recovery” after a period of crisis.
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NewsLocal health systems to be measured on new performance metrics
New metrics are under development to measure local health systems against the ambitions of the NHS long-term plan.
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NewsSpecial measures ambulance trust chief to leave
The chief executive who has led one of England’s most challenged ambulance trusts over the last 18 months is to leave.
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NewsKing’s Fund chief: Regulators poised for 'huge mistake' on integration
National leaders are threatening to make a “huge mistake” in the NHS long-term plan by imposing a national blueprint for integrated care systems, the King’s Fund chief executive has said.
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NewsRegulators 'refuse to back' research investment at deficit trust
A London teaching hospital has found itself unable to “secure regulator support” for a new research institute because of its financial problems, a board report reveals.
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NewsRegulators to reveal new management structure next week
NHS regulators are set to unveil their proposals for a new merged structure for hundreds of senior managers next week after a one week delay, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England pledges to minimise report delays
NHS England has said it is “working to ensure delays are minimised” around the publication of national clinical audits amid “significant concerns” raised by royal colleges.
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust to be placed into ‘special measures’
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is set to be placed into “special measures” by NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFire service to ferry winter hospital patients home
A local fire service has stepped in to help a struggling hospital trust ferry patients home as part of its winter plans.
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NewsPatients 'at risk' as NHS England delays clinical reports
Patients are being put at risk because NHS England is delaying the publication of national clinical audits, HSJ has been told.
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NewsAmbulance trust to stay in special measures
An ambulance trust is to stay in special measures after the Care Quality Commission said it was too early to judge if improvements were embedded or sustainable.
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NewsSacked trust chief executive lodges appeal
A chief executive sacked in September has lodged an appeal against his dismissal.
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NewsFit and proper person test used as ‘sword against managers’
Fit and proper person regulations are increasingly being used “merely as a sword against managers”, according to the head of the Managers in Partnership trade union.
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NewsNHS blocked from accessing apprenticeship levy funds
Government rules are blocking NHS trusts from accessing the apprenticeship levy funds, an NHS Improvement director has said.
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HSJ LocalNHSE chief’s concerns over struggling trust laid bare in leaked minutes
A senior system leader’s concerns about the “significant problems” facing a struggling ambulance trust are laid bare in meeting minutes obtained by HSJ.