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NewsPFI contracts a 'systemic' barrier to safety improvement, warns watchdog
Private finance initiative contracts and cost pressures could present a “systemic barrier” for trusts responding to patient safety alerts, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has warned.
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NewsDirectors asked to improve CQC's tech and engagement
Directors at the Care Quality Commission have been tasked with improving staff engagement after the regulator was given mixed results in a staff survey.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts where A&E has slipped most
Waiting time performance for major emergency admissions at one London trust has deteriorated by 29 percentage points in the last two years, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalWorkforce shortages force A&E downgrade
An accident and emergency department is to be temporarily downgraded to a 24/7 urgent treatment centre because of patient safety fears.
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NewsCQC chief to chair trust with integrated GPs
The chief inspector of general practice at the Care Quality Commission has been appointed to chair a trust which runs a high-profile GP integration model.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners investigate waiting list at major teaching trust
Commissioners in north London are investigating an increase in waiting lists for cancer patients at a major teaching trust in the capital.
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NewsDaily Insight: One app to rule them all
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: NHS App can't connect to any online GP suppliers
The NHS App designed to be a digital ‘front door’ for all NHS patients is unable to connect with any current providers of online GP consultations, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPHE names new medical director
Public Health England will have a new medical director and director of health protection in May, the agency announced today.
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NewsCapita implicated amid delays moving patient records
Medical record transfers from English GPs to Scotland are experiencing prolonged delays, HSJ has learned, with Capita’s troubled English GP admin service implicated by officials.
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NewsBrexit air freight costs 'could be passed on to trusts'
Officials have confirmed medical air freight costs could be “passed on to hospitals” in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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NewsDaily Insight: A chill in the north west
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: CCG inefficiencies 'blocking' access to IVF
Commissioning inefficiencies are said to be “blocking” patients’ access to IVF, as new data reveals some areas are spending at least twice as much as others on a single cycle of fertility treatment.
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NewsStaff survey: Witnessing errors at highest level for five years
The proportion of NHS staff witnessing an error, near miss or other safety incident has reached its highest level for five years, the latest national NHS staff survey has revealed.
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NewsOmbudsman rules routine surgery death was avoidable
A catalogue of errors by staff at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust led to the avoidable death of a pensioner following a routine operation, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has found.
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District nurse apprenticeship standard approved
The standard for the district nurse apprenticeship has been given the green light, bringing the training route a step closer to operation.
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News'Special measures' trust names interim chief
A “special measures” ambulance trust has named an interim chief executive while it waits for a permanent recruit.
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NewsTrust issues safety alert to all staff following patient death
An NHS trust has issued a safety alert to all staff and introduced a new working model for acute medicine consultants following a patient’s death last year.
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HSJ LocalThree trust mega-merger delayed by a year
The planned merger of three Essex hospital trusts has been pushed back a year, board papers published this month have revealed.
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NewsDaily Insight: The not-so-easy options
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.