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HSJ Live 27.02.2014: 'Lack of openness and honesty' at Morecambe Bay
A “lack of openness and honesty” at trust caused further distress for a family which had lost a child, watchdog concludes, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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Exclusive: Dismay over moratorium on mental health commissioning
An NHS England moratorium on commissioning new specialist mental health services has exacerbated the sector’s bed shortage and led to a newly constructed hospital unit standing empty for six months, HSJ can reveal.
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Mid Staffs to be dissolved
The health secretary today announced that Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust would be dissolved in line with the recommendation of the trust’s special administrators.
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Third of trusts in breach of sharps rules
A third of hospital trusts in England are failing to comply with safety regulations designed to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries to nurses and other frontline staff, according to latest research.
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NICE calls for training to help victims of domestic violence
Nurses, social workers, health services and the organisations they work with must be better trained to understand domestic violence and help those experiencing it, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has said.
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Analysis: Flat waiting list bucks seasonal trend
The national elective waiting list hovered just below 3 million throughout the autumn – in defiance of the seasonal pattern seen in recent years – in one of the clearest indications so far of the pressure on the acute sector.
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Nurse workload 'linked to death rates'
Nursing cutbacks are directly linked to higher patient death rates in hospitals, a major study has found.
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HSJ Live 26.02.2014: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to be dissolved
Jeremy Hunt releases written statement announcing trust’s fate, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NAO: Monitor delivers 'value for money'
Monitor’s capacity to regulate foundation trusts in difficulty may come under “unsustainable pressure” due to the growth in risk across the sector, the National Audit Office has found.
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UPDATED: Health bosses 'undermine trust' in patient database, say MPs
Members of the Commons health committee criticised the NHS’s handling of the care.data project, in a heated evidence session yesterday.
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Follow it live: health committee on Care.data
Live tweeting from the Commons health committee as it hears evidence about the troubled data scheme
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Updated: NHS staff report better communication with managers
There has been an improvement in communication between senior managers and staff after the issue was highlighted in the Francis report, according to the results of the NHS Staff Survey, published today.
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Increase in NHS land designated for housing
Proposals to sell hospital sites contributed to an 11 per cent rise in the area of land being designated for sale for housing by English NHS organisations in 2012.
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Hospital death data 'distraction'
Questions have been raised over the value of mortality statistics published for NHS hospitals, after an academic taking part in a review of their use branded them “spurious” and said the public would be better off ignoring them.
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HSJ Live 25.02.2014: Health committee holds session on care.data
Latest updates from the select committee session on the care.data project, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Foundation trusts overspend on agency staff
The foundation trust sector massively overspent on contract and agency staff in the final three months of last year, Monitor data shows.
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CSUs required to offer outcomes based contracting support
Support service providers will be required to offer commissioners help with drawing up innovative outcomes based contracts, according to a set of procurement rules to be unveiled today.
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CQC to review how it engages with public
The Care Quality Commission has said it is reviewing how it can engage more effectively with members of the public.
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Health leaders defend care.data scheme
The debate surrounding controversial plans to share medical records has not focused enough on the benefits and advances it could lead to, according to more than 50 leading health professionals.
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NHS records 'sold to insurers'
The medical records of almost 50 million NHS hospital patients have been sold for insurance purposes, it has been reported.