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HSJ LocalNorfolk trusts sign joint sustainability agreement
STRUCTURE: Norfolk’s three hospital trusts and its community trust have signed a memorandum of understanding to try to ensure services in the county remain sustainable.
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NewsNHS ordered to use fines to boost DH bottom line
All fines for breaches of performance targets must now be used to improve provider or commissioner bottom lines, national bodies have decreed Commissioners will not be able to use money from fines to address causes of poor performance Move is intended to help Department of Health avoid blowing its ...
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NewsExclusive: NICE experts called for minimum staff ratios in leaked guidance
Guidelines for A&E safe staffing, leaked to HSJ, recommended minimum nurse/patient ratios Documents suggest lower nursing numbers linked to poor patient outcomes Ratio recommendations were made despite government resistance Read the guidance Suppressed NICE safe staffing guidance for hospital emergency departments called for the NHS to implement minimum ...
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NewsNICE leak: A&Es could be understaffed 'half of the time'
Leaked NICE document suggests current NHS practices for estimating demand are inadequate Guidance says trusts should overstaff departments against historical trends Overcrowding in UK emergency departments is “common” and linked to poor outcomes Read the guideline NHS accident and emergency departments in England may be understaffed as much ...
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HSJ LocalMaidstone trial: Trust should have spotted ‘red flags’, court told
PATIENT SAFETY: An expert witness was “horrified” by failings in the care of a mother at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust, and said warnings should already have been made about the doctor at fault.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Improvement executive team structure revealed
NHS Improvement agrees executive team structure for after Monitor-TDA meger Eleven executives will report directly to Jim Mackey Posts are open to applicants from the regulators’ senior teams and affected NHS England staff NHS Improvement expected announce appointments by mid-February NHS Improvement has agreed the structure of the ...
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NewsQuarter of CCGs’ BCF contributions to shrink
Nearly a quarter of clinical commissioning groups will be allowed to contribute less to the better care fund next year than the minimum requirement in 2015-16, NHS England has confirmed.
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HSJ LocalTrust remains in special measures after 15 months
Wye Valley Trust must remain in special measures, CQC says Acute and community provider was put in the regime in October 2014 Regulator says significant concerns must be addressed as “matter of urgency” PERFORMANCE: An acute trust that was placed in special measures in October 2014 must remain ...
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NewsSafe staffing leak: How we got here
HSJ has today published the final safe nurse staffing guidance for accident and emergency departments produced by NICE. We have covered this important story since the beginning. Here we recap the main events to get you up to speed.
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HSJ LocalMonitor to probe A&E with patients 'queuing in corridors'
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust’s accident and emergency performance.
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NewsWatch on demand: Making the most of simple technology in the NHS
Ian Dalton speaks at HSJ webinar on how the NHS can best use technology
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NewsBMA suspends strike action
The British Medical Association has announced that it has suspended next week’s planned industrial action by junior doctors.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for major London FT
WORKFORCE: Amanda Pritchard has been appointed to the top job at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust
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HSJ LocalMaidstone trial: Anaesthetist previously made 'basic failings', court hears
The first corporate manslaughter prosecution of an NHS trust continues at Inner London Crown Court Trial follows death of Frances Cappuccini after she gave birth by emergency caesarean section in October 2012 at Pembury Hospital Anaesthetist was allowed to continue working after “inadequacies” were found in his care of ...
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NewsAgency bill predicted to hit £4bn this year
NHS provider trusts will spend £4bn on bank and agency staff in 2015-16, national NHS leaders told MPs yesterday.
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HSJ LocalA&E shake-up needs £490m 'external funding support'
Huddersfield to lose emergency services despite being twice the size of Halifax Plan will ensure full use of PFI buildings at Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax CCGs say plan will maintain high quality services using the resources available STRUCTURE: Commissioners may consult on plans to reconfigure acute services ...
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NewsStevens: £800m contract probe findings within eight weeks
Inquiry into collapse of £800m older people’s services contract “very important moment for NHS” Simon Stevens commits to “a quick, targeted, thorough piece of work that everyone else will learn from” Health minister says it is “a matter of extreme concern” that contract lasted eight months An NHS ...
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HSJ LocalAcute care vanguard awarded nearly £1m transformation funding
East Midlands vanguard project awarded £960,000 from NHS England Consortium of seven trusts shares radiology patient images Money needs to be spent by end of 2015-16 FINANCE: A consortium of seven East Midlands acute trusts has been awarded £960,000 to support its work as a vanguard site developing ...
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NewsExclusive: Government 'downgrades' independence of patient champion body
HSJ investigation establishes Healthwatch England’s role and independence have been “downgraded” Healthwatch England’s chair and chief executive have left in recent months - the chief executive will be replaced with a “national director” Its leaders will report to the CQC instead of directly to DH Norman Lamb says patient ...
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NewsNICE releases safe staffing evidence reviews to HSJ
NICE non-executive directors conclude publishing evidence reviews is in the public interest Sir Andrew Dillon had argued publishing the reviews could disrupt the management of the NHS Guidelines for A&E nurse staffing have not been published The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has today released to ...