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NewsHunt's special adviser hired as delivery director at troubled trust
Jeremy Hunt’s special adviser joins troubled trust as executive director Chair wants to put the trust “on a secure financial footing” Trust also apppoints new acting chief financial officer One of Jeremy Hunt’s special advisers has been appointed as an executive director at a struggling London trust.
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NewsNew safety checks for trust workforce plans in development
Nursing directors to develop new tools and safeguards around workforce reforms NHS Improvement wants to ensure trusts follow proper governance processes Two nursing directors have been asked by NHS Improvement to lead work developing new safeguards to protect care quality when trusts make significant changes to their workforce.
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NewsTop cardiac surgeon set to leave under-threat children’s heart unit
Clinical lead for paediatric cardiac surgery set to leave hospital trust Trust already faces closure of its congenital heart disease services Trust says it will still have necessary surgical cover A trust whose children’s heart unit faces closure looks set to lose its clinical lead for paediatric cardiac ...
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NewsIR35 tax rules will not be applied to locums retrospectively
HMRC and NHS Improvement say there will be no retrospective action following IR35 tax changes Locums say they are being taxed without receiving employment rights NHS Improvement asks trusts to complete operational pressure situation reports Locum doctors and temporary NHS staff hit by new tax rules will not ...
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NewsSuccessor to Mike Richards expected to be chosen in June
The Care Quality Commission will likely agree a successor to Sir Mike Richards in early June, a “confidential” document seen by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ LocalNHS in London failing on race equality standards
Race equality standards report finds London is worst performing region despite high number of BME staff BME employees in London twice as likely to face disciplinary action White staff more likely to be appointed from a shortlist than BME staff in the capital The London NHS region has ...
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HSJ LocalGP practices merge into single organisation as part of FT
Four GP practices merge into one organisation that is part of Southern Health Foundation Trust Move is part of new multispecialty community provider care model and driven by GP recruitment problems Majority of 2017-18 Hampshire vanguard funding to be invested in Fareham and Gosport Four GP practices have ...
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NewsExclusive: Regulators crack down on NHS areas 'living off bailouts'
National leaders have set out new measures to control spending in health economies deemed to be “living off bailouts”, which may result in some contracts having to be revisited for the current financial year.
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News'Amazon style' NHS procurement platform delayed
New “Amazon style” online marketplace still being developed Platform was supposed to go live this month but now pushed to autumn The implementation of a new platform intended to save millions of pounds from procurement spending has been delayed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDalton reacts to hospital chain criticism
Influential trust chief defends hospital chain model following criticism by new UCLH boss Sir David Dalton says the model should not be “dismissed” or confused with trust mergers The chief executive running one of the NHS’s most advanced hospital chains has responded to claims made by another trust ...
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health seeks to fill five board level jobs
The largest mental health and community services trust in the country is advertising five board level jobs following a string of resignations.
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News18 week waits, February 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for February 2017
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NewsUpdated: 10 areas named for continuing healthcare improvement regime
NHS England letter reveals continuing healthcare improvement plan to “address… reducing growth in CHC expenditure” Charities have expressed concern that any aim to cut spending would have “hugely detrimental impact” on people eligible for CHC NHS England confirms 10 regional sites to take part in improvement programme Analysis by ...
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LeaderFour reasons why a 2017 general election could be good news for the NHS
Viewed over a three to five-year timeframe, the decision by Theresa May to call a snap election on 8 June could prove to be a net positive for the NHS.
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NewsWhat does the 2017 general election mean for the NHS?
Yet more delay and frustration of change is the main immediate consequence for the NHS of the general election announced by Theresa May this morning.
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NewsMapped: The health economies with the biggest overspends and underspends
National leaders are still debating how to judge a region’s financial performance.
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NewsRevealed: The STP areas most likely to be targeted for service closures
NHS England says some areas have been “living off bailouts arbitrarily taken from other parts of the country” Some STP areas will be told to make “difficult choices” to scale back unaffordable services HSJ has collated official figures to show which areas are likely to come under closest scrutiny ...
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider beats GP federation to NHS contract
Commissioners in north London have awarded an extended primary care services contract to a private provider over the GP federation that was already providing the service, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCCGs face mounting 'aftercare' costs for mental health patients
The average cost per CCG of providing “aftercare” for mental health patients following their discharge has risen by 50 per cent since 2013-14 HSJ investigation finds 78 CCGs did not record how many patients they had on aftercare packages despite legal duty to monitor it The data found 41 ...
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NewsRevealed: CQC inspects 40 providers after whistleblower concerns
Whisteblowing complaints to the CQC resulted in 15 NHS and 25 independent providers having an inspection instigated or bought forward Twenty per cent of private providers and 9 per cent of NHS providers subject to a complaint had an inspection unexpectedly scheduled Between 1 April 2016 and 17 February ...