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HSJ LocalNHS funding concerns raised after patient's death
A coroner has raised concerns over the level of funding in mental health services following the death of a patient in the East Midlands.
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NewsMinisters abandon sale of NHS Professionals
The Department of Health has backtracked on selling off a subsidiary company that provides temporary staff to trusts.
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NewsNHS leaders locked in winter funding standoff
System leaders are locked in a standoff over winter resilience funding – with providers pushing for a raid on NHS England’s budget to fund additional beds, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Police find 'significant under reporting' of fraud in NHS
Significant amounts of fraud are going undetected in the NHS because trusts and their contractors lack the expertise to spot it, a police report obtained by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust raises concerns over tie up with smaller hospitals
Concerns have been raised by a teaching trust that consolidating its back office with two smaller local trusts may not deliver direct savings for the larger provider, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHS trusts branding care staff as 'advanced nurses'
Unregistered care assistants are working in the NHS with job titles describing them as nurses with advanced skills, new research has revealed.
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NewsSTP to consider ACS plans after regulators intervene
Leaders in Leicestershire will decide this month how to establish a new accountable care system after receiving a “clear message” in favour of the proposal from regulators.
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Daily Insight: South London trust faces deficit disaster
The essential stories and talking points from Tuesday
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NewsNHSI investigates trust over financial governance concerns
NHS Improvement is investigating financial governance at a London hospital trust after management consultants raised concerns over how it produced its 2017-18 plan.
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NewsNHS England urged to improve physical healthcare in mental health units
A coroner has urged NHS England to improve physical healthcare support for patients in mental health units following the death of a new mother with post-partum psychosis in an inpatient unit.
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CCGs to stunt GP spending growth in national savings drive
Commissioners in Cheshire are set to cut the growth in their primary care budgets in response to the national capped expenditure process, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFormer London trust chief executive to lead troubled STP
The chief executive of a London acute trust has agreed to head a troubled sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsSouthern Health may lose community services as CCGs prepare to procure
Southern Health Foundation Trust has confirmed it is considering divesting itself of its community services provision – which accounts for a third of its turnover – ahead of a procurement for a new integrated model of care.
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NewsLondon hospital trust names new chief executive
A London hospital and community trust has today announced the appointment of new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalNHS Improvement appoints 'buddy' for special measures trust
A provider in both financial and quality special measures has been given a “buddy” trust by NHS Improvement to improve its position.
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NewsNMC: All graduate nurses should be ready to prescribe
Nurses could be able to prescribe medication “much sooner” in their careers than they currently can under plans being consulted on by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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NewsFirst national procurement contract aims for four per cent savings
The architects of the NHS’s new national procurement drive have suggested that the first element scheme should deliver savings of around four per cent.
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NewsExclusive: Former DH director leaves Google DeepMind
A former Department of Health director is leaving his lead role at Google’s British artificial intelligence venture after less than 12 months with the company.