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NewsEmergency care demand must fall for three years under STP plans
The health service will have to reduce the number of patients admitted to hospital as an emergency for three years running, according to official proposals for how it can survive despite its funding constraints.
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NewsSTPs: Community and primary care grow fastest as acute spend held down
Community and primary care would see the fastest increases in funding, at the expense of slow growth in mental health and general acute spending falling in real terms, under detailed STP forecasts analysed by HSJ.
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NewsDaily Insight: DH job cuts confirmed
HSJ’s round-up of Monday’s must read stories and talking points
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News18 week waits, November 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for November 2016
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NewsDepartment of Health to cut over 500 jobs
More than 500 civil servants working for the Department of Health are to leave their jobs under a major Whitehall cost cutting drive, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Trust IT systems back online after virus attack
Barts Health Trust is battling a backlog of pathology tests after a computer virus disrupted the trust’s IT services at three major London hospitals.
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NewsDaily Insight: Trust held to ransom by tech attack
The must read stories and biggest talking points in the NHS
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NewsFormer NHS manager jailed for fraud for second time
Former NHS manager Conrad de Souza jailed for 17 months after admitting six counts of fraud NHS Protect says he took “extraordinarily large risks to win back power, prestige and financial rewards” He lied about qualifications, previous convictions and his employment record when applying for jobs A former ...
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NewsUnion chief executive to retire
The head of the Royal College of Midwives has said she will retire at the end of August.
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HSJ LocalNew A&E department to be built
Plans for a new accident and emergency department in Durham have been given the green light by the county council’s planning bosses.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Trust shuts down pathology service after ransomware attack
Barts Health Trust message to staff reveals ransomware virus attack Thousands of files believed to have been affected, source says Second high profile attack on an NHS trust The largest NHS hospital trust in England has been infected with a ransomware virus causing it to take its pathology ...
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HSJ LocalUpdated: NHS's longest serving chief executive takes extended leave
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT confirms chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick is on extended leave Sir Leonard is the longest serving chief executive in the health service Unclear why Sir Leonard has taken leave, or when he will return The NHS’s longest serving chief executive, Sir Leonard Fenwick, ...
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NewsCCGs with 'best performing' vanguards to receive extra funding
Vanguard areas could receive £1.50 per head to extend GP access, CCG board papers say NHS England to identify CCGs with “best performing” vanguards to receive funding Clinical commissioning groups with the “best performing” new care models for primary care will receive extra funding to extend GP opening ...
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NewsDaily Insight: DH considers prohibition era
HSJ’s must read stories and talking points from Thursday
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HSJ LocalNew scheme to plug A&E gaps with doctors from India
Scheme would see NHS trusts contribute £16,000 towards training costs for each recruit as well as paying salary Trusts have agreed to host 20 doctors this year but local leaders believe there is potential scheme to be significantly expanded A&E departments under severe strain in recent weeks and medical ...
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NewsUnregulated staff could be 'blacklisted' to protect patients
Department of Health considering new powers to prevent unregulated staff working in the NHS Professional Standards Authority says the idea could be an effective way to stop staff who pose a risk to patients PSA also warned of a negative effect on workforce morale New powers could be ...
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News£600m of NHS contracts not yet agreed for next year
£14.4bn of £15bn specialised services contracts agreed but only half have been signed Two trusts considering arbitration over £7m deal and another 10 trusts have not agreed contracts Providers pushing for £13m over the budget NHS England has agreed £14.4bn worth of the £15bn specialised commissioning contracts for ...
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NewsGovernment seeks areas to 'graduate' from BCF this year
Several areas will “graduate” from the better care fund to more advanced models of integration Framework being published soon will invite applications Only a handful of areas expected to be chosen to pilot the changes Several areas will “graduate” from the better care fund to more advanced models ...
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HSJ LocalTrust shortlists firms for strategic estates partnership
A mental health and community services trust has named the shortlisted bidders to run its strategic estates partnership.
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NewsMore than 30 trusts do not have a whistleblower guardian
33 trusts yet to appoint a freedom to speak up guardian National guardian Henrietta Hughes says she will alert national bodies if progress is not made She says: “NHS still has distance to go to create a universally open and honest culture” More than 30 hospital trusts are ...