News – Page 139
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NewsLegal right to visit patients proposed by government
The government has proposed new legislation to make patient visiting a legal right and also give the Care Quality Commission fresh powers to enforce it.
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NewsThree trusts taken to High Court in £475m contract row
A private provider has accused three acute trusts of breaking procurement rules over how they handled bids for a contract worth up to £475m to supply them with managed pathology services.
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NewsFresh review into ‘doctors being bullied with regulatory referrals’
Investigators have begun a further review of how a major trust handles disciplinary and professional standards cases, including allegations leaders had targeted some doctors with referrals to the medical regulator, HSJ has learned.
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NewsStop discrimination at ‘first hurdle’, race case victim tells trust leaders
A trust has been told to not ‘shut down’ staff who raise concerns by a former employee whom a tribunal found was racially discriminated against.
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NewsPalantir awarded £25m NHSE deal to ‘transition’ to federated data platform
NHS England has awarded Palantir a new £24.9m contract to ‘transition’ its existing NHS projects into the new federated data platform – a £480m deal expected to be granted in the coming months – HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCEO issues plea for staff housing
The chief executive of a large hospital trust in the south west has made a rare intervention to call for more housing for hospital staff.
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NewsGPs should lose ‘sole patient data controller’ role, says NHSE chief
The government should ‘relieve’ GP practices of being the sole controller for their patients’ data, a senior NHS England director has said.
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NewsPioneering trust facing last-ditch talks as merger bid fails
Local NHS bosses are holding last-ditch talks over the future of a trust which was supposed to hold a ‘landmark’ integrated care contract worth £360m, after efforts to merge it with other organisations failed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTwo-thirds of GPs refuse to register homeless patients
Two-thirds of GP practices from a sample of 100 in London declined to register a patient without an address, contrary to national rules which are meant to ensure homeless and excluded people can get healthcare, HSJ has found.
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NewsCQC in legal battle with private provider over ‘inadequate’ report
An independent patient transport provider is taking legal action against the Care Quality Commission after an inspection led to it being unable to operate in many areas for nearly three months.
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NewsFour NHS chiefs awarded birthday honours alongside maternity campaigners
Four NHS chief executives were among those recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, along with public health leaders and safety campaigners.
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NewsLeading supplier accused of ‘anti-competitive behaviours’ by NHSE
The market-leading supplier of e-rostering software to the NHS has been accused of ‘anti-competitive behaviours’ by NHS England.
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NewsTrust leadership accused of lack of ‘oversight’ hits out at CQC ‘algorithm’
The largest trust in the East of England has received a Care Quality Commission warning notice about the medical care provided by its three hospitals.
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News‘I’m protecting the NHS tech budget’, says Barclay
The health and social care secretary has claimed he is ‘protecting’ the NHS’s technology budget in the face of financial pressures.
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News‘Get stuck into ICSs’, Hewitt tells local leaders
NHS leaders ‘who might be hesitating about whether or not to really commit’ to their local integrated care system should ‘put aside all of those doubts [and] get stuck in’, Patricia Hewitt has claimed.
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NewsGovernment dilutes public health priorities to deliver shorter NHS mandate
The government has downgraded the importance of improving public health in its annual ‘mandate’ to the NHS.
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NewsTwo trusts added to NHSE list of providers at ‘high risk’
Two trusts have been added to NHS England’s list of those identified as needing the most support meeting cancer and elective targets.
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HSJ LocalTeaching hospital CEO leaving to take NHSE role
The chief executive of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust is leaving the provider to take on a senior role at NHS England.
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NewsGovernment refuses to commit to key Hewitt recommendations
The government has rejected or refused to commit to many of the cornerstone recommendations made in Patricia Hewitt’s review of the autonomy and accountability exercised by integrated care systems.
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NewsPritchard: We need to be ‘really thoughtful’ about intervening with ICSs
NHS England needs to be ‘really thoughtful’ about how and when it intervenes as powers are devolved from the centre to integrated care systems, NHSE’s chief executive has said.