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Independent Reconfiguration Panel will not be abolished by new legislation
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel will not be axed in the government’s health and social care bill, HSJ understands.
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Trust fined £1.5m after patient deaths
A mental health trust has been fined £1.5m following a prosecution by the Heath and Safety Executive over failings related to 11 inpatient deaths.
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‘Outstanding’ rating given to online GP service for the first time
An online GP service has become the first provider of its kind to be rated ‘outstanding’, and has been praised by the Care Quality Commission for its covid-19 response.
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Daily Insight: Broadening the horizon
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NHS England will demand ‘tougher’ financial savings from September
NHS England will ask health systems to make ‘tougher’ savings in the second half of the financial year, in anticipation of conversations with the Treasury about future funding.
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Health system sees covid occupancy double in a week
Hospitals in Lancashire have reported a steep rise in covid patients, with the numbers more than doubling over the last seven days.
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Government to consult on making covid vaccine compulsory for NHS staff
Ministers are set to launch a consultation on whether covid vaccinations should be compulsory for NHS staff, according to reports.
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NHS England reveals who will sit on ICS boards
NHS England has set out who will be required to be on the NHS board of each integration care system.
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NHS England appoints new lead for covid vaccine programme
The surgeon who has managed much of the NHS’ response to covid will take over the vaccine programme, NHS England is announcing today.
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GMC to investigate doctor involved in high-profile patient death
A doctor involved in the care of a teenager whose death was subject to a mismanaged review process is set to face an investigation by the General Medical Council.
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Revealed: NHSE tenders for overseas inspiration on covid-19 recovery
NHS England and Improvement have sought inspiration from a handful of countries around the world to help the service’s recovery from the covid-19 pandemic, new documents have revealed.
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Daily Insight: Follow my leader
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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ICSs asked for ‘fully staffed’ long covid plans by mid-July
NHS England has asked integrated care systems to develop ‘fully staffed’ long covid treatment plans in the next month, and is providing £70m to enable them to do so.
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Stevens: My successor must ‘speak out for what is right’
Sir Simon Stevens has advised his successor they should not ‘be afraid to stand up and speak out for what is right’.
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New health bill may create ‘bureaucratic nightmare’, ICS leader warns
The senior NHS leader who is representing integrated care systems has warned government and NHS reform proposals risk creating a ‘bureaucratic nightmare’.
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Regulator warns trust over serious safety concerns
Regulators ordered a trust to take immediate action after it found junior doctors were seeing acute inpatients alone, the year after a psychiatric patient stabbed a doctor at one of the provider’s hospitals.
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Daily Insight: Vaccine slows where covid surges
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Exclusive: Big drop in vaccinations in region hit by new covid surge
The region at the forefront of the current surge of coronavirus has had a dramatic fall in its vaccination rate over the last month.
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Coroners call for changes to IT systems after two suicides
Coroners have called for urgent changes to be made to GP computer systems to help prevent suicide after two cases where men took their own lives.
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NHS covid and Brexit chief awarded knighthood
The man who was charged with overseeing the NHS’ response to Brexit and then to the coronavirus pandemic has been awarded a knighthood in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.