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Exclusive: Private provider’s contract suspended pending safety review
An independent provider’s NHS contract has been suspended, and a harm review is to be carried out on patients who have faced a long wait.
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Ministers consider flu vaccine for extra 10 million people
The government is considering plans to extend flu vaccinations to all over 50s for this winter, HSJ understands.
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Restoration delayed as trusts wait for covid cash
There is growing frustration from local leaders over delays in accessing covid-19 capital funds — despite government assurances the NHS would get “whatever it needs”.
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CCG chief seconded to NHS England
The chief officer of the clinical commissioning group at the heart of a first-wave integrated care system is leaving to work for NHS England and Improvement.
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NHS planning for second covid peak more than double the size
Health services in at least one of the NHS’s seven regions are preparing to cope with a second peak of coronavirus demand more than twice the size as the first.
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Officials put £5bn estimate on coronavirus testing cost
The government is estimating it will spend £5bn on testing for covid-19, according to a Public Health England notice.
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Decision to end shielding for 2 million at ‘high risk’ confirmed
The government has confirmed the “shielding” programme for 2 million people at high risk from coronavirus will finish at the end of July, as revealed by HSJ last week.
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Incoming HEE chief: ‘White leaders under pressure’ to prove black lives matter
The NHS must directly confront the issue of “white privilege”, take responsibility for the fact that some from a minority ethnic background believe the service contains “racist” organisations, and stop looking for reasons not to tackle discrimination, leading NHS figures have told HSJ.
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The Royal Mint joins growing list of PPE suppliers
The Department of Health and Social Care spent at least £488.8m buying personal protective equipment in April and May, newly published documents reveal.
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Exclusive: NHS England considers ‘mandated’ system-level waiting lists
NHS trusts could be asked to create shared waiting lists for elective care under plans being considered by national leaders.
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Ocado boss hired to get contact tracing app back on track
The government has recruited an Ocado boss to help get the covid-19 contact tracing app ‘back on track’ as it abandons its original operating model.
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Revealed: Three regions overtake London on ‘excess’ deaths
Three regions have now overtaken London on the rate of “excess deaths” since the start of the coronavirus pandemic – suggesting increased attention and financial support should be given to these areas.
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Trusts to buy Serco out of joint venture after losing major contract
Two foundation trusts are set to buy an outsourcing company out of a multimillion pound pathology partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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Student nurses could get cash support as Hancock disputes ‘wrong’ pay claims
The government is in discussions over providing financial support to some student nurses whose clinical placements have been delayed by the covid-19 outbreak, HSJ understands.
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CQC plan to restart inspections needed like ‘hole in head’, says Confed
The Care Quality Commission has issued a plan for re-starting routine inspections — but has been warned by the NHS Confederation that the health service needs this ‘like a hole in the head’.
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Trust unfairly dismissed staff member after ‘hatchet job’
A trust chief executive ‘inexplicably’ became involved in the case of a member of staff which ended in their dismissal after a ‘hatchet job’ disciplinary process, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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‘Independent review of NHS’ ahead of second wave
There should be independent reviews of the NHS’ readiness for a potential second major outbreak of coronavirus in the UK, senior doctors are arguing.
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Former ICS leader joins firm supporting vulnerable patients
The former leader of one of the first integrated care systems has joined a firm which is using data and coaching to support vulnerable people during the covid-19 outbreak.
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Revealed: People Plan’s proposal to tackle local workforce crisis
Regional ‘people boards’ are to be recommended for all regions in England by the unpublished People Plan for the NHS.
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Government releases BAME report it denied existed
The government today published the second part of its covid-19 risk review — despite two weeks ago implying it did not exist when HSJ revealed it had been suppressed.