News – Page 319
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NewsRevealed: The projects losing out from a multimillion pound tech underspend
Nearly £100m allocated to improve digital technology and cyber security at NHS trusts went unspent last year, new figures have revealed.
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NewsTeaching trust launches first-of-its-kind degree for new NHS role
A university and a teaching trust have launched a degree designed to train people for a new digital healthcare scientist role within the NHS.
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NewsDaily Insight: Watchdog whistleblowing
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsHSIB chief: We are on a 'changing trajectory'
The chief investigator of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has accepted the new body has made mistakes but told HSJ it was now on an upward trajectory with plans to improve its governance.
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NewsCCGs' IVF bill to increase after cost-cutting decision backtracked
Four clinical commissioning groups which were planning to cut costs by reducing the number of IVF cycles they fund will now face an increased bill, after rowing back on the decision.
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NewsNHSX chief to replace top clinician on NHS Digital board
England’s top digital clinician Simon Eccles has stepped down from the NHS Digital board and will be replaced by the newly-appointed chief executive of NHSX.
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NewsDaily Insight: The £14m thread
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsJunior doctors secure changes to disputed contract
Junior doctors have secured changes to their contract deal in the wake of the huge row with government in 2015 and 2016, including annual 2 per cent pay rises and extra money for working weekends and night shifts.
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NewsResidents hire architects to create plans for new acute hospital
West Hertfordshire residents have commissioned architects to draw up plans for a new hospital amid concerns over the local health system’s “piecemeal” proposals.
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HSJ LocalTrust wins £14m after legal battle with government over car scheme
An acute and community trust is set for a £14m windfall after winning a judicial review against the government over VAT repayments for a car scheme, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFinance director of struggling CCGs resigns
The chief finance officer for six clinical commissioning groups facing financial difficulties has resigned.
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NewsDraft CQC report had accused Whorlton Hall staff of 'bullying'
Care Quality Commission inspectors were aware patients at Whorlton Hall had accused staff of “bullying and inappropriate behaviour”, according to a draft report.
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NewsRevealed: Junior doctors 'losing faith' in long hours safeguards
Junior doctors are “losing faith” in a system used to monitor their workload, with new data suggesting only a fraction of their concerns are leading to changes to services or rosters.
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HSJ LocalStruggling trust’s chair stands down
East of England Ambulance Service Trust chair Sarah Boulton will step down later this month after five years in the role, the trust has announced.
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NewsClinician rearrested in relation to baby deaths
Police have rearrested a woman on suspicion of murder of eight babies and attempted murder of nine other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust.
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NewsTop acute chief agrees to chair struggling STP
One of the country’s most experienced NHS leaders is being drafted in to take on a fourth senior role as independent chair of an under-pressure health and care partnership.
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NewsNHSE to step in after CCG rewrote teenager's mortality review
NHS England is to issue new guidance to clinical commissioning groups in the wake of an alleged cover-up of a teenager’s avoidable death.
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NewsDaily Insight: It's an honour
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsFired trust chief exec withdraws unfair dismissal claim
A sacked trust chief executive has withdrawn his unfair dismissal claim against his former employer.
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NewsExclusive: Naylor criticises new raid on NHS capital budgets
The first year of the government’s much-vaunted five-year NHS funding deal has been part funded by a fresh raid on cash intended for capital investment in the service’s buildings and facilities, it has emerged.