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NewsInconsistent leadership undermining safety of maternity services, says CQC
Inconsistent leadership and poor teamworking, lack of risk oversight and a failure to engage with women’s needs are among the issues continuing to affect the safety of some hospital maternity services, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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NewsCovid hospital occupancy sees biggest drop since April
The NHS in England has seen the biggest weekly fall in covid bed occupancy for more than five months.
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NewsDaily Insight: Whither the private interests?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsWinners of HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021 revealed
Last night’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards celebrated the innovative work of frontline NHS teams in a year when the challenge and necessity of keeping the public safe had never been greater.
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NewsRevealed: What each ICS could pay its chief executive
HSJ has mapped what has been revealed so far on who will lead England’s 42 integrated care systems leadership, including how much each CEO could be paid.
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NewsTroubled trust appoints new chair
A mental health trust which is in NHS England’s ‘recovery support programme’ has appointed a new chair.
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NewsService rated ‘good’ despite ‘weaknesses in culture’
A trust’s maternity services were rated ‘good’ despite an independent report finding ‘weaknesses in the culture’ and ‘defensive and fractious’ behaviours, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGovernment moves to keep ‘private interests’ out of key ICS boards
People with ‘significant interests’ in private healthcare will be barred from sitting on the key NHS boards at the top of integrated care systems, under new government proposals.
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NewsThe Primer: Appeasing the hawks
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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NewsUPDATE: Four new ministers join DHSC
Four new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsDaily Insight: The first U-turn of many?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsJavid may drop power to block unpopular service change
Sajid Javid is considering scrapping or watering down plans to give him power over local service changes, in response to concerns from the service, but is expected to plough on with other controversial proposals in the Health and Care Bill, HSJ has learned.
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NewsThree deaths and ‘severe harm’ at trust with treatment delays
At least three people died and more came to ‘severe harm’ after treatment delays across three specialties at one hospital trust, new reports have revealed.
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NewsTrust’s ‘new hospital’ bid replaced with upgraded unit
The government has downgraded an acute trust’s hospital redevelopment plan, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsDaily Insight: Losing out in the long-term?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTriple award success for HSJ team
The HSJ team took home a trio of awards at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards 2021 today.
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NewsICS admits 14 of its major services are ‘fragile and challenged’
Fourteen of an integrated care system’s major services — which account for the ‘majority of [its] planned care’ — have been described as ‘fragile and challenged’.
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NewsMajor survey reveals ‘best and worst’ A&Es for patient satisfaction
A survey of almost 50,000 patients by the Care Quality Commission found people’s experiences of emergency departments improved in 2020, compared to the last time the poll was conducted in 2018.
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News‘Everything up for grabs’ as NHS reviews ‘long-term plan’ goals
NHS England is reviewing the commitments to improve services made in its long-term plan, with senior officials believing many of them cannot be met under last week’s funding settlement and after the damage of the pandemic, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDaily Insight: When culture, not covid, is to blame
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.