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Exclusive: Discrepancies in national IT systems raise fear of patient harm
An urgent national review is underway into a mismatch of thousands of patient records that may have caused patients, including children, to miss out on disease screening and immunisation appointments, HSJ can reveal.
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Daily Insight: Where's the winter plan?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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New chief for mental health trust announced
Nottinghamshire Healthcare has appointed Dr John Brewin as its new chief executive after the retirement of Ruth Hawkins in September.
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Trusts raise concerns over lack of winter preparations
Trust leaders have raised concerns about the lack of planning at a national level ahead of next winter urging system leaders to publish a long awaited review of last winter.
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A&E, RTT and cancer waits - July 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for July 2018.
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Major STP appoints new leader
The Birmingham and Solihull health economy has appointed a new leader following the retirement of Dame Julie Moore.
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Exclusive: Hancock orders review of IT plans
The new health and social care secretary has ordered national leaders to pause work to move about 15,000 desktop computers on to new IT systems, and to consider a switch to Google software.
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Daily Insight: A plan for the plan
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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Mackey, Deegan and Marsh among chiefs selected to develop 10 year-plan
Top provider chief executives will help lead some of the workstreams that will start developing the NHS’s 10 year plan, HSJ has learned.
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Learning disabilities and autism added to long-term plan clinical priorities
The leaders of four clinical priority groups that will feature heavily in the NHS’s 10 year plan have been announced by NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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More suppliers may benefit new NHS buying model, says purchasing chief
The drive to centralise how the NHS buys products will not necessarily mean reducing the number of suppliers, according to a procurement leader.
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Suicide nurse 'treated unfairly' by trust, inquiry reveals
An independent investigation has criticised an NHS trust and its staff for “unfairly” treating a senior nurse who went on to be dismissed before killing himself by setting himself on fire in 2016.
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Daily Insight: From finger lickin' chicken to the High Court
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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Trust ordered to review 62 day cancer target slump
A trust which has seen its 62 day cancer target performance slump to less than 54 per cent has been ordered to provide a report for the national cancer director Cally Palmer.
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CQC now examining mental health care in acute hospitals
The Care Quality Commission is now targeting the care of mental health patients in acute hospitals during routine inspections.
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Major savings project threatened by legal case over £730m contract, says DHSC
Senior government officials have warned that a legal challenge by the incumbent provider of the NHS Supply Chain threatens the success of a major savings programme.
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NHS England urged to axe ‘perverse’ cancer funding policy
NHS England has been urged to stop a “perverse” policy of withholding money from a £200m cancer transformation fund from areas breaching the 62 day target.
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CEO failed to ‘grasp severity’ of trust’s financial crisis
A review into financial governance failures at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust recommended its chief executive be removed. It also made multiple criticisms of the board.
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Medical director's position may be 'unsustainable' after tackling 'inappropriate' consultants
It may be “unsustainable” for a trust’s medical director to remain in post after he sought to challenge “inappropriate behaviours” among its medical consultants, a review has found.
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Daily Insight: NHSI wraps up Barking investigations
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership