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NewsSeven trusts inexplicably removed from ‘40 new hospitals’ pledge
Seven trusts were removed from a list used to choose the ‘40 new hospitals’ with no documentation to explain why, a watchdog has found.
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NewsMaternity unit refutes suggestion it breached safety standards
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal insists it has been providing immediate anaesthetic cover for obstetric emergencies, contrary to an NHS England report suggesting it had not and had been potentially breaching safety standards.
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NewsBand 7 and 8 pay is ‘disincentive’ to promotion, government advisers warn
Narrow gaps between Agenda for Change pay bandings are discouraging senior NHS staff from going for promotions, with some losing money if they move up a band, the government’s independent pay review body has warned.
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NewsSecond consultants strike announced
A second two day walk-out by NHS consultants will take place on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 August, unless the ongoing dispute is settled before then, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in May 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsEmbattled firm blames ‘onerous’ NHS contracts
A private firm which ceased running four NHS urgent treatment centres earlier this year has claimed it was due to “onerous” terms and expectations in the face of rising demand.
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News‘Shocking’ A&E with ‘police everywhere you look’ must be solved, says director
A former national director has expressed her shock at visiting an accident and emergency department struggling with record numbers of mental health patients accompanied by police officers, and warned the issue needs an “absolute solution” from the area’s mental health trusts.
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NewsSenior managers get 5pc pay rise to recognise ‘strained environment’
Senior NHS managers will receive a 5 per cent pay rise, after the independent review body called for an uplift to ‘take account of the enormous demands that are being made of NHS leadership’.
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NewsDHSC ordered to fund pay rise with ‘reprioritisation and greater efficiency’
The Department of Health and Social Care will be asked to make another round of savings and reprioritise existing budgets to fund a pay rise for doctors, the government has confirmed.
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NewsNew panel will oversee NHS competition regime, DHSC decides
The government will set up an independent panel to oversee disputes arising from decisions made under a new provider selection regime, it said today.
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NewsChief executive of financially challenged trust stands down
The chief executive of the largest trust in one of the most financially challenged and poorest performing areas of the country has resigned.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE cuts elective targets and admits PM’s waiting list pledge under threat
Stop with this we are giving TrustsNHS England has reduced its elective activity target for the service because of the impact of junior doctors’ strike, and acknowledged the service may not hit the prime minister’s pledge to reduce waiting lists before the next general election if the industrial action continues.
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NewsTrust withheld key details of deaths, review finds
An ambulance service has pledged to overhaul how it makes disclosures to coroners after a review found that details of care failings were withheld in a number of cases.
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NewsNational rollout for triage scheme which cut ambulance journeys
A scheme in which ‘category 2’ 999 calls are validated by clinicians will be extended nationally after reducing journeys by 4 per cent in a pilot, with no adverse incidents, NHS England has told HSJ.
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NewsBullying and safety concerns raised by ‘outstanding’ hospital’s juniors
An inspection of an ‘outstanding’ hospital has revealed concerns about unsafe staffing, as well as bullying and undermining behaviour.
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NewsPrivate income boost set to cover £16.5m gap in trust’s finance plan
Great Ormond Street is planning to increase its private income by more than half this financial year to plug half of a projected £32.5m gap in its finances.
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NewsNHS England comms chief to join TikTok
NHS England communications director James Lyons will leave this summer, HSJ understands.
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News‘Big four’ consultancy gets £9m deal to fix NHS procurement systems
The national procurement and logistics agency has signed a £9m contract with Deloitte to replace the ageing, complex and inflexible systems trusts use to order products.
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NewsBarclay: I’m fighting doctors’ pay demands for the sake of NHS staff
The government is resisting what it believes are inflationary pay demands from junior doctors for the sake of NHS staff, health and social care secretary Steve Barclay has told HSJ.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust names interim chief
East London Foundation Trust has named an interim chief executive, following the departure of her predecessor to lead its neighbour.