News – Page 349
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NewsCCG backs downgrade of 'temporarily closed' A&E
Commissioners are set to approve the permanent downgrade of the A&E department at the country’s smallest hospital trust.
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News'Inadequate' trust's controversial hospital reconfiguration approved
Plans to reconfigure acute services in Shropshire, resulting in the downgrading of one A&E, have been given the green light by commissioners.
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News'Bullying culture' trust chief exec quits
The chief executive of a teaching hospital with a “bullying culture” is stepping down.
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NewsDaily Insight: Your money or your hip replacement
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsWebinar explored how digitisation can shape the NHS’ future workforce
HSJ’s webinar on 7 February looked at what the increasing prevalence of automation means for the future of the NHS workforce.
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NewsExclusive: Delayed spinal surgery costs £23m in compensation
An “unacceptable” postcode lottery is leading to tens of millions being spent compensating patients left disabled by delayed treatment, a government report has found.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England told to act on internal review to end 'avoidable harm'
Spinal patients have been exposed to “avoidable harm” due to “wholly unacceptable” delays in their treatment, according to an unpublished NHS England report.
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NewsCCG orders trust to axe 'unaffordable' waiting list blitz
Commissioners have told a local hospital trust to close a temporary operating theatre opened to reduce elective waits because it was proving too expensive.
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NewsNew data reveals 'shocking' uptake of yearly health checks
Nearly half of people in England with a learning disability did not receive an annual health check last year, new data has revealed.
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NewsCQC warning over use of nursing associates
The Care Quality Commission has warned NHS trusts not to consider nursing associates the same as registered nurses, adding it will expect evidence demonstrating the new role is being used safely.
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NewsPilot surgery service to close treatment gap
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust could become one of the first hospitals to offer thrombectomies for stroke patients outside a neuroscience centre as part of a six-month pilot.
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HSJ LocalLeading chair appointed to special measures trust
The chair of an outstanding trust has been appointed to lead Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, which is in special measures.
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NewsDaily Insight: Southend, Sunderland and Solihull
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts 'limiting access' to psychosis services
Struggling community teams have resorted to “limiting access” to services for seriously ill patients as investment fails to reach the front line, an official report has claimed.
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NewsLast trust moves to Agenda for Change contract
The last trust in England outside the national pay agreement will move over to the Agenda for Change contract, it has been announced.
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NewsNHSE tech exec 'categorically ignored' rival provider, MP claims
An MP on the health committee said he had received a complaint from a tech company that said they had been “categorically ignored” by the NHS England director at the centre of a revolving door controversy.
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NewsNational radiotherapy plan 'impossible to realise' without more funding
Consolidation of radiotherapy services “will be impossible” without more money, a royal college has warned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Digital laggards
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Replacement for Sir David Dalton revealed
Two major NHS trusts in Greater Manchester have appointed a replacement for their departing chief executive, Sir David Dalton.
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NewsRevealed: New central IT system could 'jump start' backward trusts
NHS England is considering funding a nationally-available electronic patient record system, to help dozens of trusts still heavily reliant on paper to catch up.