All News articles – Page 452
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NewsPrivate provider has third hospital placed in special measures
A private provider has had a third mental health hospital judged “inadequate” and placed in special measures by watchdog inspectors.
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NewsCharity accuses royal college of 'dangerous' advice on 'normal births'
A charity has criticised a royal college for what it said was “immensely dangerous” support of a trust’s “normal birth” campaign.
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NewsExclusive: Staff report 'dictatorial' culture in maternity department
An independent review of a trust’s maternity department has highlighted staff concerns about a “strong dictatorial culture”.
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NewsDHSC to tighten control over wholly owned subsidiary companies
Scrutiny and regulation of the NHS’s use of wholly owned subsidiary companies will be strengthened to ensure trusts do not set up such bodies “solely” for tax avoidance purposes.
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NewsDaily Insight: Hancock’s warm hug
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsNew funding settlement 'contingent' on adopting new tech, says Hancock
The new health and social care secretary says the £20bn of additional funding provided by the government will be “contingent” on the NHS adopting the latest technology.
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NewsHospital boss and US health chief join NHSI board
A former hospital boss and US health chief are among four new non-executive directors appointed to the board of NHS Improvement this morning.
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NewsNew health secretary: Targets need to be 'clinically appropriate'
Health secretary Matt Hancock has told HSJ that flagship waiting time targets should be made more “clinically appropriate”.
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NewsHancock backs expansion of GP consultations via smartphone
Matt Hancock has backed the expansion of GP consultations via smartphone, just days after local commissioners blocked an expansion of a major digital practice citing patient safety.
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NewsHancock decries 'tribal barriers between managers and clinicians'
Tribal barriers between clinicians and managers should be broken down, the new health secretary Matt Hancock has said today.
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News'Fantasy' trust debts overtake PFI liabilities
A steep increase in emergency bailouts means NHS trusts’ total borrowing from the Department of Health and Social Care has overtaken their PFI liabilities.
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NewsDaily Insight: The fourth time of asking
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsHancock to reveal £400m STP technology fund
New health and social care secretary Mat Hancock will single out technology as a priority in his first speech tomorrow announcing a long-awaited £412m technology fund for sustainability and transformation partnerships.
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NewsNew health secretary calls out NHS leadership for lack of diversity
The new health and social care secretary will use his first speech to call out the NHS leadership’s lack of diversity, pointing out only five NHS chief executives are from a BME background.
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NewsSocial care green paper will not be 'panacea'
The social care green paper will not be a “panacea” for chronic problems in the system, is likely to propose only minor legislative change, and be based on the assumption that limited sums of new money are available.
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Government's pay deal funding falls short, say NHS leaders
NHS providers have accused the government of failing to deliver sufficient funding to cover pay increases for outsourced staff following the Agenda for Change pay deal.
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NewsPurchasing chief promises 'route to innovation' for suppliers
A new NHS purchasing chief has pledged to provide a “route to innovation” as part of changes to the way the health service buys diagnostic and pathology equipment.
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NewsMinisters consider legal aid changes for families at inquests
The government has launched a call for evidence on possible changes to legal aid funding for bereaved families at inquests.
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NewsTrust director appointed as STP chair
A non-executive director for a West Midlands trust has been appointed as chair of his area’s sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsCCGs to pump more money into wheelchair services
Commissioners in Kent and Medway are having to put extra money into a wheelchair contract after more than 330 people were left waiting more than a year.