All News articles – Page 439
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NewsReshuffle: Hunt confirmed as health and social care secretary
Jeremy Hunt has been reappointed to the cabinet, under the new title of secretary for health and social care, in prime minister Theresa May’s reshuffle this afternoon.
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NewsNew non-executives join CQC board
Three new non-executive board members have been appointed to the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsPathology network tenders £112m contract amid potential expansion
Pathology chiefs in the West Midlands have tendered a major contract despite uncertainty over whether they will follow NHS Improvement’s recommendations about which trusts will be in their network.
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NewsTrusts sought for new NHS 'lean' programme
Regulators will offer support to a new cohort of NHS providers through an “in house” improvement programme, following work commissioned from American firm Virginia Mason. Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-GBX-NONEX-NONE/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;line-height:107%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
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NewsLeading NHS suppliers highlighted in shortlist for new HSJ awards
The finalists for the first HSJ Healthcare Partnership Awards have been announced today.
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NewsTrust income tied to adoption of new early warning system
NHS hospitals will have a proportion of their income tied to the adoption of a new national early warning score, which could help save thousands of lives, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Pioneering NHS ACO contract set back
The procurement to establish a pioneering “accountable care organisation” model in the NHS has been further delayed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Trusts have 'no excuse' for not tackling inequality
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s must read stories
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NewsData reveals lack of progress in reducing race discrimination in NHS
The NHS has seen a slight improvement in how black and minority ethnic staff are treated compared to white colleagues since 2016 but the latest data stills shows there is “much, much more work to do”.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts performing worst against race equality target
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust was the worst trust in England for racial bias in its formal disciplinary process last financial year.
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NewsHSIB chief rejects plan for trusts to investigate themselves
The chief investigator of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has rejected the government’s plan to allow NHS trusts to use its powers to investigate themselves.
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NewsFirst baby death investigation reports released within weeks
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch’s first draft investigation reports into avoidable baby deaths and harm could be available to trusts within eight weeks, the chief investigator has said.
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NewsRegulator to rate GP app providers from this year
The Care Quality Commission has been given powers to rate providers of GP apps to “bring increased transparency” about their quality and safety.
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NewsUpdated: National chiefs order emergency measures as winter pressure cranks up
National NHS officials today ordered an extended moratorium on non-urgent hospital operations, and other significant measures to try to deal with “sustained pressure” on the emergency care system.
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NewsTrust chiefs recognised in new year's honours
The chief executive of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is among the senior NHS figures named in the new year’s honours list.
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NewsReview of the year: The best HSJ Expert Briefings
Over Christmas and new year, we are bringing you a round-up of some of HSJ’s highlights from 2017. Today we look at our Expert Briefing newsletters.