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HSJ LocalSandwiches withdrawn from trust with cash flow problems
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has asked some external suppliers to accept later payments, which has prompted a sandwich firm to withdraw its products Trust has a cash shortfall of more than £8m, so will seek to delay payments until next year The DH introduced new restrictions on cash ...
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NewsExclusive: Doctors' views used to expose failing services
NHS Improvement looking at trusts in lowest quintile of GMC’s doctors in training survey Regulator also believes concerns expressed by HEE can identify “trusts teetering on the brink of lasting A&E performance failure” See the most recent survey results NHS Improvement will use the satisfaction rates of junior ...
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NewsNurses reveal strain of working on understaffed wards
Patients have been left waiting for medications, unwashed or had vital observations delayed because hospital wards do not have enough nurses, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNew owner for HSJ announced
Wilmington plc has reached an agreement to acquire HSJ from Ascential plc, its owner since 1997.
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HSJ LocalWalk-in centres closed in urgent care shake up
Two walk-in centres in Bury are set to close as commissioners seek to redirect the resources into a wider urgent care plan.
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HSJ LocalMP demands trust explains Sir Leonard Fenwick extended leave
A Newcastle MP has called on his local acute foundation trust to be more transparent and give a “reasonable explanation” as to why its chief executive, Sir Leonard Fenwick, is on extended leave.
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NewsMapped: Cost of backlog hospital repairs facing every STP area
HSJ analysis reveals extent of backlog maintenance issues in each health economy High levels of outstanding repairs and refurbishment work are likely to be one indicator of where services need to be reconfigured and centralised But many areas will struggle to address the problems due to continuing high levels ...
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NewsSTPs could be put in charge of collecting patient data
STPs could be put in charge of collecting patient data at regional level Patients will be able to control how their data is used, NHS England document says DH funded project has already implemented regional data banks in northern cities Accountable care organisations and STP footprints could be ...
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Prestigious teaching trust exits special measures
CQC recommends Cambridge University Hospitals exits special measures after being rated good in latest inspection CQC praises the trust for improving staffing levels and governance Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has left special measures after it was rated good in its last inspection.
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HSJ LocalCommunity trust to restrict GP referrals due to 'severe pressure'
Leeds Community Healthcare Trust has told GPs it is restricting referrals for two types of routine procedure The trust says it is facing “severe pressure” Leeds Teaching Hospital also facing “unprecedented pressure”, according to CCG letter A major community trust has told local GPs it will be restricting ...
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NewsDepartment of Health director resigns
A Department of Health director who led programmes on efficiency and procurement has announced his resignation.
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HSJ LocalCCGs to impose temporary ban on prescribing expensive treatments
CCGs agree 18 month moratorium on individual funding requests as part of £1m savings package Greater Huddersfield and North Kirklees CCGs have approved the proposal, which is expected to save £750,000. Plans to stop prescribing products such as gluten free foods are expected to save a further £283,000 a ...
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HSJ LocalSuccessful scheme to keep high risk patients out of hospital extended
CCG hopes to expand project to reduce high risk patients’ need to go to hospital across STP area Vale of York CCG running a trial with Swedish firm Health Navigator to provide “proactive health coaching” to most at risk patients Two year, £600,000 contract is expected to save £1.4m ...
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to axe fifth of its community nursing team
Homerton University Hospital Trust is set to cut 20 per cent of its community nurses following CCG budget reductions Funding will be lost as early as March, trust papers reveal Experts call the move “logically unsustainable” and a potential risk to the quality of care An east London ...
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NewsExclusive: STPs forecast NHS will employ thousands fewer staff
The NHS’s unpublished proposals for dealing with extreme funding pressure suggest it will employ thousands fewer nurses and other staff in the next few years, and treat tens of thousands fewer emergency patients in hospital.
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NewsDepartment of Health to cut over 500 jobs
More than 500 civil servants working for the Department of Health are to leave their jobs under a major Whitehall cost cutting drive, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEmergency care demand must fall for three years under STP plans
The health service will have to reduce the number of patients admitted to hospital as an emergency for three years running, according to official proposals for how it can survive despite its funding constraints.
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NewsSTPs: Community and primary care grow fastest as acute spend held down
Community and primary care would see the fastest increases in funding, at the expense of slow growth in mental health and general acute spending falling in real terms, under detailed STP forecasts analysed by HSJ.
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News18 week waits, November 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for November 2016
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Trust IT systems back online after virus attack
Barts Health Trust is battling a backlog of pathology tests after a computer virus disrupted the trust’s IT services at three major London hospitals.