All News articles – Page 288
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Four more healthcare professionals arrested in poisoning investigation
Four more healthcare professionals have been arrested in connection with allegations of mistreatment and neglect at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
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EU healthcare qualifications to be recognised after no-deal Brexit
EU workers will have their qualifications and registrations recognised whether the UK leaves the EU with or without a deal, the health and social care secretary has announced.
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High Court orders second inquest into 'cover up' child death
The High Court has ordered a new inquest into the death of a three-year-old boy at Stafford Hospital following new evidence which called into doubt the original verdict.
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Commissioners probe collapse of 'trailblazing' service
Commissioners are investigating the abrupt closure of a midwifery service hailed as a “trailblazing” model in the NHS long-term plan which ceased operations after racking up £900,000 of debt.
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Daily Insight: The (nearly) £1m questions
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Teaching hospital outsources long waiters
A hospital trust is to outsource more than 100 surgeries as it tries to bring its waiting list under control.
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Government admits pensions policy a ‘disincentive’ to take on extra work
The public sector pensions policy is acting as a “disincentive” for senior clinicians to take on additional work, a health minister said in a Parliamentary debate today.
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Exclusive: CQC shrinks inspector team to free up money for tech
The Care Quality Commission is to shrink its hospital inspection team as it slashes budgets to release millions to spend on new technology.
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Senior responsible officer appointed at 'improving' STP
A sustainability and transformation partnership which has faced a turbulent few years has appointed new leadership.
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Daily Insight: Anyone for a top slice?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Attempts to 'subvert' workforce rules to be investigated as 'fraud'
Primary care networks will be investigated for fraud if there is “any suspicion” of deliberate attempts to game the system designed to encourage GPs to take on more staff.
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Most GPs excluded from historical cover under new indemnity scheme
The government’s new national GP indemnity scheme does not provide universal coverage for historic clinical negligence claims, it was announced today.
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Daily Insight: A question of capital
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Judge berates NHS Professionals and trust for 'appalling' conduct
An employment judge has branded NHS Professionals and a trust “appalling” for their failure to conclude a disciplinary case for nearly three years.
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Exclusive: Labour to nationalise GPs and private healthcare
Labour is considering adopting plans to bring all GP practices and private healthcare providers into public ownership, according to an internal party discussion document seen by HSJ.
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CQC to judge boards on capital funding attempts
The boards of mental health trusts will be assessed on their “awareness” of the quality of their inpatient estate and their efforts to obtain capital investment, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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Enhanced pay for junior doctors taking shared parental leave
Junior doctors taking shared parental leave will have their pay enhanced above the statutory rate from Monday, the British Medical Association has announced in a positive first outcome from the 2016 contract review.
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Winter A&E data ‘contaminated’, says NHS chief
This winter’s accident and emergency performance data has been “contaminated” because of coding problems, the service’s emergency care chief warned yesterday.
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Hopson warns NHSI against 'inappropriate' regulation of managers
NHS Providers has called for Dido Harding to demonstrate she is “genuinely prepared to consider the evidence” on managers’ regulation, while its CEO has warned directors feel the proposals from Tom Kark QC are “inappropriate”.
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