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NewsHighest and lowest trusts in each area for staff witnessing care mistakes
A breakdown by area of acute trusts by the share of staff saying they had witnessed potentially harmful errors, near misses or incidents in the last month, in the 2017 NHS staff survey.
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NewsThe trusts in each area with most staff reporting bullying
A national and regional breakdown of results for acute trusts by the percentage of staff reporting experiencing harassment, bullying or abuse from other staff in last 12 months, in the NHS staff survey 2017.
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NewsExclusive: Two patients attacked and killed on acute hospital ward
An NHS trust has been accused of a “cover up” over the killing of two patients in an attack on a hospital ward by a patient with paranoid schizophrenia, and whose antipsychotic medication had been stopped despite warnings.
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NewsDozens of violent incidents on hospital ward before fatal attack
The hospital ward where two elderly patients were attacked and fatally injured by a fellow patient was the scene of dozens of violent incidents before the attack, a report leaked to HSJ reveals.
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards shortlist revealed
The finalists for the 2018 HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards have been announced.
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NewsRevealed: 'Ludicrous' CCG variation for care at home
There is dramatic variation across England in the rate of people with serious long-term conditions being approved to receive NHS-funded care at home.
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NewsGovernment admits senior staff leaving NHS over pension cap
High earning NHS employees including medical consultants and senior managers are choosing to leave the NHS because of government caps on the amount of tax relief that can be applied to pension schemes, the Department of Health and Social Care has admitted.
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NewsMore seriously ill people turned down for NHS home care funding
Fewer people with serious long-term conditions are receiving NHS-funded care at home, with massive countrywide variation revealed.
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Exclusive: NHS England mulls specialised services payment overhaul
NHS England is considering a radical overhaul of the way specialised mental health services are paid for including a greater emphasis on rewarding providers for shifting care into the community, according to internal documents obtained by HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Three-trust merger plan dropped
A merger of three trusts has been dropped because it would have created a trust spanning two sustainability and transformation partnership areas, along with concerns over clinical and financial viability, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUpdated: CCG pulls out of whole-county commissioner plan
Thanet and South Kent Coast CCGs have not joined county-wide commissioning arrangement Accountable officer Hazel Smith had been due to be the county-wide commissioner’s “head of partnerships” Move thought to be linked to forthcoming service consultation A clinical commissioning group has opted out of a regional strategic commissioning ...
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NewsFebruary ‘most pressured month ever for NHS’
February was probably the “most pressurised month the NHS has seen in its nearly 70 year history”, Simon Stevens has said, as the service continues to grapple with winter.
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NewsFormer NHS Improvement chair recruited by digital GP company
Former NHS Improvement chair Ed Smith will join a new board senior government and NHS figures advising private digital GP company Push Doctor.
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NewsNHS revenues fall at private hospital firms
NHS revenues have fallen year-on-year at two large private providers, according to financial results released this week.
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News'Vulnerable patients' face ongoing caps to care funding
Commissioners have been allowed to continue applying cost caps to the more than £3bn of NHS Continuing Healthcare claims as long as they follow new new government rules.
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NewsKing's Fund chief executive announces departure
Chris Ham has announced he will leave the King’s Fund at the end of 2018.
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NewsDaily Insight: Improvement on the cheap?
HSJ’s round up of the day’s must read stories and debate
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NewsTrust chair criticises 'failure' to act on service change
A departing chair has said his trust has been held back over the past 20 years because of the local system’s failure to take action to improve services.