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HSJ LocalNursing assistant guilty of claiming pay for bogus shifts
A mental health trust has introduced a new rostering system after a nursing assistant claimed for more than £7,600 for bank shifts he did not work.
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NewsNational IT chief points to tougher line on cyber security
Trusts will likely face stricter cyber security standards after the WannaCry attack, while there may be additional funding to help improve resilience in some areas, a national NHS IT chief has said.
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NewsChair and chief to leave reconfiguration row CCG
The two senior leaders of one of the largest clinical commissioning groups are leaving the roles, they have announced.
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HSJ LocalTrust reveals why it sacked its chief executive
A hospital trust in the north west has disclosed brief details of the “gross misconduct” which resulted in its chief executive being sacked.
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First trust prosecuted by CQC pleads guilty to safety failures
Southern Health pleaded guilty to failing to provide safe care and treatment Patient broke their neck after climbing onto roof The trust had done “nothing sufficient to prevent” incident despite warning signs Southern Health Foundation Trust has pleaded guilty to a causing a patient life-altering injuries through safety ...
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NewsCMA launches investigation into major trusts merger
Competition regulators have launched a formal inquiry into a long-mooted merger which would form one of the largest acute trusts in the country.
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NewsExclusive: Regulator takes action to tackle workforce crisis
NHS Improvement launches nationwide staff retention programme Leaver rates for all clinical staff groups are rising, adding to the NHS’s workforce crisis Forty trusts initially targeted for support More than 30 NHS trusts are to be given targeted support from NHS Improvement to help stem the rising tide ...
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HSJ LocalServices set for closure rated 'outstanding'
Specialist mental health services which are due to be closed by NHS England have been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsRevealed: 37 trusts targeted to keep staff in the NHS
As part of NHS Improvement’s efforts to reduce the numbers of staff leaving the health service 37 trusts have been chosen to receive targeted support from the regulator.
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NewsExclusive: NHS property firm takes on 'prestigious' new headquarters
NHS Property Services has signed a rent deal for new offices in the City of London The deal was signed in January and staff have moved from temporary offices nearby The company is introducing market rents for its NHS tenants NHS Property Services has signed a five year ...
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NewsSocial care overspend doubles, say directors
“Difficult decisions” are required over further cuts to adult social care services despite extra funding, a survey of 151 councils has found.
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NewsCouncils lose confidence in integration savings
Confidence among directors of adult social care that integration with health will deliver significant savings has plummeted while more than three quarters reported NHS partners were seeking to reduce contributions to social care or continuing health care, a major survey has found.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief and STP lead steps down to focus on national role
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust
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Trust cut thousands of patients from waiting lists in 'unsafe' practice
Kettering trust excluded at least 26,000 potential patients from waiting list using “unsafe” data filtering “solely intended” to omit long waits Damning report found RTT performance data has been “fundamentally flawed” since 2006 Trust denies fraud but admits senior managers “failed to act appropriately” A Midlands trust has ...
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NewsExclusive: 'No way' NHS should ask for extra funding before tackling waste
The surgeon leading the national programme to reduce clinical variation in the NHS says there is “no way” he would ask for extra funding until the service improves efficiency and quality of care.
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NewsSome STPs 'still squabbling about invoices' says Swindells
NHS organisations in a “significant number of STPs… are still squabbling about last year’s invoices”, one of the NHS’s most senior national directors has said.
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NewsExclusive: Legal change 'needed for STP next steps'
Legal change is needed for sustainability and transformation partnerships to be successful, a leading think tank has said.
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NewsBriggs: NHS must stop 'leaking' money to private sector
Professor Tim Briggs says NHS must “drag back” private sector work More than 30 clinical projects to reduce unwarranted variation will report by December 2018 Professor Chris Ham calls Getting It Right First Time “a promising intervention” Professor Tim Briggs has said the NHS must stop “leaking” £1.4bn ...
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NewsInternational gang sentenced for targeting NHS in money laundering scam
NHS trusts targeted by international money laundering gang Gang forged letters to 22 organisations pretending to be development contractors NHS Protect forensic computing unit helps secure conviction NHS trusts lost millions of pounds after they were targeted by an organised crime gang scamming public bodies as part of ...
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HSJ LocalAll A&Es to stay open under proposals for troubled health economy
Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust; Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust; Plymouth Hospitals Trust; Northern Devon Healthcare Trust