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NewsRevealed: New A&E scorecard to launch 'as early as June'
System leaders want new measure to factor in issues such as acuity and patient experience as well as waiting times HSJ understands many of the details are still to be finalised Four hour waiting target will remain the priority A new accident and emergency scorecard to rate hospitals’ ...
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HSJ LocalPotentially 'life threatening' gaps in care, independent review warns
Review finds Bristol community mental health services had gaps in care that “may well have been life threatening” Introduction of “system leadership” care model linked to disruption of care Review of 26 suicides or attempts finds “collective failings” of care in several cases Disruptions linked to a new ...
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HSJ LocalStruggling A&E to remain shut overnight
United Lincolnshire Hospitals extends Grantham A&E overnight closure for at least three more months Trust insists it plans to fully reopen A&E when “safe” to do so Independent Reconfiguration Panel due to announce if it will investigate trust’s decision The overnight closure of a struggling emergency unit has ...
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HSJ LocalTrust busts locum cap after overspending on GPs
A community trust has breached its agency spending cap for 2016-17 by more than £300,000 following staff shortages in its GP out of hours’ service.
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HSJ LocalVirgin Care submits inaccurate data for children's wheelchair waits
Waiting times for children in need of a wheelchair have been inaccurately reported by Virgin Care.
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NewsWhistleblower court case applies across workforce, says charity
Public Concern at Work says Court of Appeal case extends whistleblower protections across the workforce Charity intervened in junior doctor’s case that ended last week Health Education England could be properly deemed an employer, judges said A decision by the Court of Appeal to introduce a new interpretation ...
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HSJ LocalFormer trust chief parachuted in as improvement director at two trusts
Mark Hackett appointed as improvement director at Torbay and South Devon and East Kent FTs East Kent FT is in financial special measures Torbay and South Devon FT needs to make savings equal to 6 per cent of its income Former trust chief executive Mark Hackett has been ...
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HSJ LocalTrust reconfigures specialist services ahead of GIRFT shake-up
An acute trust has shifted vascular services nine miles as part of a £13.2m plan to establish a new cardiovascular institute in the East Midlands.
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HSJ LocalStruggling trust needs £200m to replace unfit estate
Trust submits a £200m estates plan to NHS Improvement to prop up crumbling 1970s estate Staff were left without IT facilities last summer after electrical switch malfunctioned Six buildings to be demolished because they are not fit for purpose A struggling teaching trust has submitted a £200m estates ...
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NewsNew alliance to fight NHS's corner during Brexit talks
Alliance of NHS organisations to speak up for the health service to be announced within the month NHS Confederation behind the plan, which will not argue for or against Brexit The group will aim to ensure issues affecting NHS are recognised by government An alliance of NHS organisations ...
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NewsPM pledges to scrap Mental Health Act in major reform package
Prime minister Theresa May has pledged to scrap the “flawed” Mental Health Act and replace it with new legislation if the Conservatives are re-elected.
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NewsAnalysis: Eight out of 10 inadequate GP practices improve after re-inspection
80 per cent of GP practices rated inadequate have had their CQC rating upgraded following a second inspection 80 inadequate practices upgraded to good 18 practices had their rating downgraded after re-inspection Eight out of 10 GP practices rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission have improved following ...
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NewsJunior doctors get new whistleblowing protection after HEE loses court case
Court of Appeal judgement says Parliament cannot have intended to exclude junior doctors from whistleblowing protection Ruling effectively means Health Education England could be deemed an employer by employment tribunals Dr Chris Day’s case will be reconsidered at employment tribunal stage Junior doctors have been granted new whistleblowing ...
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HSJ LocalInadequate trust to outsource treatments for three years to clear backlog
Special measures trust looks to outsource ophthalmology work after CQC concerns Inspectors criticised “lack of management oversight of recurrent backlogs” at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Trust says three-year contract is “short term solution” as it works to increase capacity A trust in special measures is outsourcing ophthalmology work ...
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NewsRevealed: Trusts selected to run new mother and baby service
NHS England has told four trusts they are the preferred providers of four new mother and baby units The successful bidders were notified last month, but final contracts are still being negotiated The MBUs are part of a £40m investment in inpatient perinatal care The preferred providers of ...
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HSJ LocalLeading south coast trust misses finance target by £8m
Western Sussex Hospitals FT reports £8m deterioration in its finances Trust cites “four unresolved challenges” with CCG as part of the reason CCG launches review into activity coding “to ensure the CCG is appropriately charged for services” A trust which is rated outstanding and is in relative financial ...
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HSJ LocalTrust's private unit ranked lowest for patient satisfaction
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital FT’s private unit lowest rated on patient satisfaction Great Ormond Street highest ranked of NHS-run private units A prestigious London foundation trust has the lowest rating for patient satisfaction, new data on private healthcare reveals.
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NewsExclusive: Social care £2bn won't get NHS through winter, ministers warned
Budget pledge to ease pressure on NHS by injecting cash into social care will fail, health chiefs warn Extra cash will largely plug existing social care budget gaps rather than supporting NHS discharges Tory source rejected that funding would not help NHS, stating cash was contingent on councils showing ...
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NewsRaids on capital budget to continue until 2020, DH confirms
Health minister confirms capital to revenue transfers will stop in 2019-20, with the size being reduced each year HSJ previously reported that £1bn would be transferred this year, followed by £500m in 2018-19 and £250m in 2019-20 NAO previously raised concerns about repeated raids on the capital budget ...
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HSJ LocalLargest CCG given updated legal directions as finances sink
Fresh legal directions given to troubled NEW Devon CCG Deadline for submission of 2017-18 operating plan is Friday CCG’s cumulative deficit now stands at £120.5m The largest clinical commissioning group in the country has been given fresh legal directions over its financial management, amid a worsening of ...