News – Page 430
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NewsPaediatric shortages pose ‘significant risk’ to children, college warns
Unfilled paediatric training posts pose a “significant risk” to children, young people, and their families, a royal college has warned.
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HSJ LocalTrust losing third of income rules out legal challenge
A trust set to lose nearly a third of its income after missing out on a major service contract has ruled out a legal challenge.
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NewsTrust warns of 'increased pharmacy burglary risk' in no-deal Brexit
Hospitals have warned that a no deal Brexit could put their pharmacies at increased risk of burglary, as concerns about drug shortages mount.
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NewsDaily Insight: What's the big (contract) deal?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsMajor GP contract reform revealed
The number of non-GP care staff in general practice will grow by 20,000 under a new five-year contract deal, NHS England and the British Medical Association have said, probably outnumbering the GP workforce for the first time.
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NewsNo-deal Brexit threat forces hospitals to set up 'clinical prioritisation' taskforce
A major teaching hospital is putting plans in place to prioritise which patients to treat if a no-deal Brexit causes critical shortages in drugs and/or medical devices.
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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.