News – Page 382
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NewsExclusive: Government agrees multimillion settlement over IT contract row
A decade long, £700m contract dispute between the government and a major IT supplier has been resolved, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsDaily Insight: Candour at last
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsHigh staff vacancies push up NHS pay bill
The number of vacant posts in NHS trusts has increased by almost 10 per cent in the first quarter of this year and driven an overspend on temporary staff to manage the workload.
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NewsNHS trusts forecast £519m deficit, as regulator admits underlying problem
NHS trusts have forecast a combined deficit of more than £500m this year, despite an earlier commitment from regulators that they would break-even.
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News'Fundamental' policy change required for integration - new NHS England boss
Foundation trusts are “islands in the sea” of integration and will not change until fundamental changes to regulation, legislation and financial incentives are made, Lord Prior has said.
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HSJ LocalUnder pressure CCG chair resigns
The under pressure chair of Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group has resigned – due to his role with an online GP provider which is set to work with NHS patients.
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NewsMajor GP provider partners with Push Doctor app
One of the largest GP partnerships in England has brought on Push Doctor to provide its patients with online consultations
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NewsWatchdog calls for national sexual safety guidance
The care quality watchdog is calling for national guidance on sexual safety on mental health units following an investigation into more than 1,000 reports of abuse and harassment.
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NewsTrust brings in external investigators over bullying claims
A large hospital trust has ordered an external investigation into bullying and harassment.
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NewsTrust loses complex surgery to fix 'dysfunctional' surgical unit
A south London trust is moving complex heart surgery cases to other hospitals in the capital while it tries to reform its “dysfunctional” cardiac surgical unit.
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NewsDaily Insight: Don't blame the algorithm
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsChief exec made an example by centre gets new trust role
A chief executive who left his hospital job a year ago as part of a government performance crackdown has been appointed to lead a London trust.
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NewsPlan to put millions of patient records on the Amazon cloud
A new NHS national service has been set up to scan billions of pages of patient records and upload them to Amazon Web Services.
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News712 unnecessary deaths – and how to avoid them: HSJ and BD roundtable
An HSJ roundtable, sponsored by BD, looked at how to reduce medication errors, improving outcomes for patients and reducing waste from unused or unnecessary medicines.
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NewsExclusive: Leaked review reveals failings behind breast screening alert
Governance failures and a fundamental misunderstanding of how the national breast cancer screening programme works led to health agencies creating a national specification in 2013 that was different to how the programme’s systems actually worked.
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NewsCQC backtracks on ‘normal’ births
The Care Quality Commission has admitted that it was mistaken in promoting the “normality agenda” in maternity services.
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NewsRegulator sets out winter priorities
Regulators today sent out their latest winter orders to trusts and published a long-awaited review of the 2017-18 winter.
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NewsDaily Insight: The nanny state vs winter
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsNHS chiefs expect 'near universal' staff flu vaccine uptake
NHS chiefs have told providers they expect “near universal uptake” of staff getting a flu vaccination this winter.
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HSJ Local'Inadequate' CCG's controversial transport contract fails to attract bidders
Commissioners are reviewing a failed procurement after a tender for a county wide patient transport service – which was amended after an outcry from patients – did not attract any bidders.