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NewsNHS to use patient 'video selfies' for national digital ID scheme
The NHS is planning to create online identities for millions of patients – who will need to submit a “video selfie” on their smart phones.
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HSJ LocalNHS England regional chief to lead hospital trust
A senior NHS England regional director is to lead Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust holds up whistleblower investigation
An investigation by the National Freedom to Speak Up Guardian’s Office has been delayed because an NHS trust said it would not fit into its improvement timetable – and then refused a request to speed things up, HSJ has learned.
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NewsA&E, RTT and cancer waits - April 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2018.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust declares 'black alert' after bank holiday pressures
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has been forced to declare more black alerts after facing growing demand and capacity pressures this week.
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NewsCQC: 'No coherent strategy' for city's health services
Health and care leaders in Birmingham lack a coherent strategy for the city and remain focused on organisational rather than system priorities, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsNHS England finds 'significant issues' with GP pension records
An NHS England report has found “significant issues” with the accuracy of GP pension records, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBill to protect staff from assault 'sends message' to employers, says MP
The bill to protect healthcare and emergency services workers from assault will “send a message to employers” to take incidents more seriously, one of the MPs behind it has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalSir David Nicholson joins troubled trust's leadership team
Sir David Nicholson has been appointed interim chair of a troubled West Midlands hospital trust, after the previous chair left after less than two years.
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NewsHarding: Centre should support NHS leaders not 'decapitate' them
The health service often “decapitates” senior leaders who take on difficult jobs when it should be supporting and promoting them, the chair of NHS Improvement has said.
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NewsRevealed: New money for 15 trusts to trial flexible working
Fifteen NHS trusts have been selected by the Department of Health and Social Care to receive funding for pilot projects to enable flexible working.
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NewsUpdated: Minister 'misinformed' over learning disability mortality report
The care minister has admitted misleading MPs over whether the Department of Health and Social Care was told a review into the deaths of people with learning disabilities was due to be published.
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News'Golden hellos' offered to postgrad nurses to fill staffing gaps
Some postgraduate nurses will be offered £10,000 by the government to tackle staff shortages in specific areas of nursing.
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NewsLast minute cancelled operations hits highest rate since 2005
The proportion of last minute cancelled operations in the NHS hit the highest rate in over a decade in the last quarter of 2017-18 – and rocketed 20 per cent on the same period in the previous year.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust boasts £76m surplus after asset sales and STF bonus
A teaching trust in central London has been awarded bonus payments of £35m after the sale of two assets, including its stake in a radiology joint venture, helped boost its reported surplus.
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HSJ LocalFormer hospital chief executive charged with fraud dies suddenly
A former hospital trust chief executive charged with fraud has died suddenly.
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HSJ LocalTrust wins £4m integrated urgent care contract
A provider and a site have been chosen for a new urgent care service in the North East, after two procurement processes and an abandoned legal challenge.
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HSJ LocalPatient attack investigation deadline extended
NHS England has been given more time to submit an independent investigation into the killing of two men by another patient on a hospital ward.