News – Page 165
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Daily Insight: Overworked and under pressure
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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UK to import 9m blood tubes under emergency measures, three weeks after US raised alarm
The key supplier of blood tubes to the NHS will bring in an additional 9 million tubes this week from overseas after receiving an emergency authorisation, three weeks after it gained a similar permission in the US.
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Large-scale GP group says its doctors routinely have ‘unsafe’ workload
One of England’s biggest general practice groups has warned its GPs are regularly seeing more patients each day than is safe, after activity surged in the wake of covid.
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CQC removes ‘inadequate’ rating from key services
Inpatient wards at a mental health trust which were rated “inadequate” earlier this year have shown improvement, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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New ratings on digital maturity to stop trusts ‘gaming’ the system
National leaders are working on a new set of “digital maturity” ratings aimed to prevent NHS organisations from ‘gaming’ the system to win central funding.
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The Primer: Autumn is coming
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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Candidate for NHS CEO job joins ex-NHS director’s company
A former candidate to be NHS England’s next chief executive has joined a tech firm run by an ex-NHS England director.
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Daily Insight: Raising the roof
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Centre described hospital chief as ‘sensationalist’ over roof problems
The NHS England media team believed a hospital chief executive had taken a ‘sensationalist tone’ over serious problems with the building’s roof, according to a briefing written by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Daily Insight: Straight from the playbook
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NHS England issues target for cutting blood tests
Hospitals must cut their demand for blood collection tubes by at least a quarter and GPs must only order clinically urgent tests for the next three weeks, according to instructions issued by NHS England today.
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Government extends GCHQ powers over NHS IT systems
A British intelligence service will continue to have access to information from NHS IT systems after the health and social care secretary extended the duration of a direction that the government says enables officials to help ensure network security.
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DHSC ‘playbook’ orders trusts to describe big building projects as ‘new hospitals’
A communications ‘playbook’ for the government’s NHS building programme tells trusts that major refurbishments and new wings/units which are part of the scheme ‘must always be referred to as a new hospital’.
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Trust’s new CEO means three London chiefs have a minority ethnic background
A London mental health trust has appointed an interim chief executive, who will be the third provider chief known to have a minority ethnic background in the capital.
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CEO of troubled provider calls out staff who ‘tolerate bad behaviour’
The chief executive of a troubled mental health trust has told staff that too many of them have been willing to ‘tolerate bad behaviour’, while praising a number of whistleblowers who have highlighted concerns.
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Daily Insight: An unwelcome comeback
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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‘Borderline critical’ stock leads to new blood test restrictions
Local NHS organisations are ramping up their efforts to conserve ubiquitous blood collection products as concern grows current measures have not been sufficient and stocks may run even lower.
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National NHS procurement chair steps down
The chair of NHS Supply Chain’s publicly owned management company will step down at the end of September after three years in the post.
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Major spikes in hospital-acquired covid infections at two trusts
Two acute trusts have seen a spike in the number of covid infections that were probably acquired in hospital.
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CQC criticises ‘ineffective leadership’ at mental health provider
A mental health provider which has been repeatedly criticised by regulators has had its leadership at one hospital described as “ineffective”.