All News articles – Page 508
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NewsDaily Insight: No easy way to winter wonderland
Your essential round-up of the day’s biggest health stories and debate
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NewsNo 'magic bullets' for A&E, improvement chiefs warn
The NHS’s more challenged hospitals could take around 18 months to return to 95 per cent on the four hour accident and emergency standard, improvement leaders have warned.
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NewsTrusts could face sanctions if they fail to comply with new A&E standards
Hospitals must meet best practice standards around improving patient flow this financial year or they could face sanctions, as system leaders try to avert another A&E winter crisis.
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NewsExtra £86m to fund NHS technology and innovation
The government has announced an extra £86m to boost uptake of technology and innovation in the NHS, including £35m to be paid directly to small and medium sized enterprises.
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NewsRevealed: DH civil servants' performance related pay
More than 440 civil servants at the Department of Health were paid nearly £780,000 in 2016 as a result of performance related pay, it has emerged.
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NewsHospitals given new bed occupancy target as NHS braces for winter
NHS bosses have set out a range of new targets for providers and commissioners, amid concerns about the system’s performance against the four hour target and the upcoming winter.
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NewsMP calls for debate on 'revolving door of failed NHS managers'
An MP has called for a debate on “the revolving door of failed NHS managers” after claiming a former trust chief had set up a consultancy firm “offering his services to the NHS”.
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NewsMore trusts fail cladding fire safety tests
Two more hospital trusts have now failed cladding fire safety tests carried out in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.
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NewsCare to help patients with breathing difficulties 'often poor'
Four out of five patients who need help to breathe in NHS hospitals receive less than good care, a major study published today has found.
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NewsJeremy Hunt signs off changes to 'dysfunctional' ambulance targets
A shake-up of “dysfunctional” ambulance response times has been approved by the health secretary today.
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NewsNHS leaders 'boxed in' by Treasury rules, warns Mackey
Jim Mackey has said health leaders are “completely boxed in” by Treasury accounting rules when it comes to borrowing money for capital investment.
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NewsMackey: NHS needs to 'turn on PbR' to bring down waiting list
Jim Mackey believes the NHS will need to use the payment by results tariff to tackle rising waiting times for elective care.
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NewsMajor hospitals to get £21m to boost cybersecurity
The government has announced a £21m in capital funding for cybersecurity in major trauma centres.
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NewsSTP dilutes plan to centralise elective work
An STP in the capital has dropped plans to centralise elective orthopaedic work at two sites.
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NewsMackey 'surprised' by NHS fragility and pledges action ahead of winter
Jim Mackey has admitted regulators were “surprised” by the fragility of the NHS system and how much central support trusts needed last winter – as system leaders attempt to finalise new measures to mitigate similar problems this year.
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NewsGovernment accused of 'contradictory' health regulation policies
The body overseeing the professional regulation for healthcare workers in the UK has criticised the government for its “contradictory” policies and continuing with an “outdated” model.