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NewsMackey demands sign-off on disruptive tech deployments
NHS England’s chief executive is requiring personal sign-off before allowing new major hospital IT systems to be switched on, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMaternity units disrupted for nine months by IT fault
An IT fault has prevented several major maternity units in South London from properly storing foetal heart monitoring records for more than nine months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust pays millions to settle dispute with property firm
A hospital trust has paid up to £34m to settle a long-standing property dispute with an asset management company registered in Guernsey.
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NewsHospitals lose income as Gulf state slashes referrals
London private patient units have seen their income dented over the past year as Kuwait reduces the number of patients it refers abroad for treatment.
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HSJ LocalTrust targets £10m lost from overseas patients
A hospital trust is beginning a “concerted effort” to collect unpaid debts from overseas patients amid the current NHS “financial crisis”.
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NewsCEO blames IT system for diagnostics slump
A chief executive has blamed his trust’s electronic patient record for the collapse of its diagnostic performance.
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News‘Serious risk of imminent breakdown’ for maternity units, admits NHSE
Many maternity and newborn units are at “serious risk of imminent breakdown”, regularly hit by leaks and floods, and too cramped to provide the necessary care, an official NHS England report admits.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE director resigns, claiming politicians wanted ‘change at the top’
Claire Murdoch, NHS England’s national mental health director for the last nine years, has today resigned “with immediate effect”.
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HSJ LocalHospitals ‘turn off’ waiting list help for neighbours
A major acute provider has said other trusts have “turned off” their assistance in driving down elective backlogs – meaning progress on long waits is “not as quick as it could be”.
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NewsFirst ICB mergers approved
Seven new integrated care board footprints will come into effect next spring, the government has announced.
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News‘Blizzard’ of NHSE asks is ‘deluging’ trusts, warns chair
Trusts are battling a “blizzard” of new tasks from the centre as officials are “making it up as they go along” in the wake of the 10-Year Health Plan, a chair has complained.
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NewsCash-poor trust told financial plan is ‘unachievable’
A cash-poor trust has been told its plan to double the savings it delivered in the past two years is “unachievable”.
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NewsA&E staff can see 13% more patients with AI, says study
The largest trial yet of ambient voice technology in the NHS has concluded it could save nearly £1bn worth of staff time across England’s emergency departments.
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NewsICB cluster chairs revealed
All “clustered” integrated care boards have appointed a chair, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust warned over A&E and maternity failings
A major acute trust has been served warning notices to urgently improve its maternity and emergency care services after making “insufficient” progress.
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NewsSupplier facing strikes says its staff get ‘more stability’ than in the NHS
A major NHS supplier facing strikes next week has argued its staff enjoy “significantly better working environments” than the NHS as well as more job “stability”.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: New green plans lay bare the steep challenge ahead
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsRevealed: The areas where a quarter of primary care estate needs replacement
Five integrated care systems claim that more than a quarter of their primary care premises are not fit for purpose, HSJ research has revealed.
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NewsFormer CEO returns home as trust chair
The chair of a trust whose specialist services have been the subject of intense scrutiny and national debate in recent years has stepped down, as it prepares to merge with a neighbour.
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NewsNHS manager facing bribery charge found dead
An NHS manager at a prestigious London teaching hospital was found dead by police after bribery charges were brought against him.