All News articles – Page 249
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Director leaves NHSX four months after unit created
An NHSX director has left his role just four months after the new digital unit was officially launched.
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MPs: DHSC and regulators ‘failed miserably’ over quango
MPs have accused three national bodies of “failing miserably” to end long-standing problems with an NHS property company and its tenants.
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Revealed: The NHS trusts acting as PCN "bankers"
Four NHS trusts have established a foothold in primary care networks, HSJ can reveal.
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Revealed: 40 per cent of PCNs flout NHSE guidance on size
Two in five primary care networks fall outside the recommended population thresholds set by NHS England to help maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of the new structures, HSJ analysis shows.
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Daily Insight: Does it really need to be said?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Say ‘no’ to racist patients - Hancock tells NHS staff
Patients who ask to be treated by a white doctor should be told ’no’, health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has told NHS staff.
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Teaching hospital chair to also run neighbouring trust
The chair of one of England’s biggest teaching hospital trusts will also chair its smaller neighbour from next April.
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Trust faces 48-hour strike over subsidiary company plans
Several hundred support staff at Frimley Health Foundation Trust are expected to strike for 48 hours this month, as controversy continues over its proposed subsidiary company.
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Nurse sacked because of past whistleblowing activity
A large mental health provider unfairly dismissed a nurse with a record of whistleblowing because it feared he was seeking to highlight care failures, a tribunal has ruled.
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PM asks Hancock to investigate ‘removal’ of trust directors
The prime minister has asked Matt Hancock to investigate the “removal” of two non-exec directors from the board of a specialist hospital trust.
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NHSE to investigate ‘back of a fag packet’ procurement
NHS England has agreed to investigate concerns raised by an MP about a clinical commissioning group’s procurement of children’s autism services following a request from the health and social care secretary.
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Hancock pressed to decide on capital schemes before election cut off
Two former ministers and one of the Conservative party’s most influential MPs have pressed the government for clarity on funding ahead of the upcoming dissolution of Parliament.
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Trust stops making cancer drugs after criticism from regulator
An acute trust is to abandon manufacturing its own radiopharmaceuticals after a regulator said it needed more quality improvement work and better facilities.
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Leading trust CEO will switch to running ICS
The chief executive of a foundation trust has stepped down to take an expanded role with the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System.
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Daily Insight: Telling the difference between heroin and paracetamol
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Man’s overdose death prompts changes to 999 software
Changes are being made to the NHS 999 and 111 triage software after it was criticised for failing to determine the urgency of overdose cases based on type of drug taken.
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New funding to avoid ‘catastrophic’ gap in nurse supply
Health Education England has announced £18.5m in funding, which will plug a potential gap in district nurse training.
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CQC needs ‘urgent reform’ to protect patients from abuse
The Care Quality Commission’s ability to protect patients against human rights abuses is “impaired” and needs urgent reform, according to a Parliamentary report.