News – Page 616
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HSJ LocalFoundation trust predicts £7m increase in private income
Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust is predicting a significant spike in private income in 2016-17, its board papers reveal.
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NewsDaily Insight: Not so smooth operators
The must read stories and talking points in health policy
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NewsMPs approve new head of NHS watchdog
New health service ombudsman approved by MPs after joint hearings last week Rob Behrens is currently head of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator in Higher Education Mr Behrens will replace Dame Julie Mellor who resigned last year The new parliamentary and health service ombudsman has been approved ...
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NewsThousands of patients could be forced into care homes due to CCG cuts
At least 37 CCGs may force patients with ongoing care needs to accept residential care home placements due to restrictions to NHS Continuing Healthcare funding More than 13,000 people could be affected by the policies in these 37 areas At least three CCGs confident their policies are legal despite ...
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HSJ LocalTrust sought millions in compensation for 'horrendous' handover delays
In 2017-18 contract negotiations West Midlands Ambulance Service requested compensation from CCGs for handover delays Trust and 22 CCGs entered mediation over the request for compensation Despite mediation the trust said it did not get the agreement it wanted An ambulance trust sought millions of pounds in compensation ...
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NewsDaily Insight: Nearly all hospitals missing nurse staffing plans
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s biggest stories and talking points
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NewsExclusive: Six out of seven people haven't heard of STPs
Research shared exclusively with HSJ has found very low awareness of sustainability and transformation plans among the general public.
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HSJ LocalSandwiches withdrawn from trust with cash flow problems
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has asked some external suppliers to accept later payments, which has prompted a sandwich firm to withdraw its products Trust has a cash shortfall of more than £8m, so will seek to delay payments until next year The DH introduced new restrictions on cash ...
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NewsRevealed: The hospitals with the worst nurse staffing
Analysis suggests majority of acute hospitals are struggling to meet their own plans for nurse staffing Data shows trusts employing more healthcare assistants than planned Expert warns there is a risk of “false reassurance” on safety Decline in achieving staffing plans comes despite increases in employed nurses and tougher ...
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NewsPressure on NHS 'toughest I have ever seen', says NHSI director
Trusts need support to recruit and retain staff, says NHS Improvement nursing director Nursing directors say they plan more overseas recruitment this year Some trusts may have harder to achieve staffing plans compared with others One of England’s most senior nurses has said the pressures facing the health ...
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NewsNurses reveal strain of working on understaffed wards
Patients have been left waiting for medications, unwashed or had vital observations delayed because hospital wards do not have enough nurses, HSJ has been told.
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Quarter of trusts in dispute with NHS Improvement over finance targets
Around 60 out of 238 trusts have refused to agree their financial “control total” for next year Control totals require provider sector to deliver average efficiency savings of 4 per cent Majority of providers have agreed their contracts with commissioners, with fewer than 10 thought to require a formal ...
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards shortlist revealed
The organisations in the running to win one of the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017 at have been revealed.
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NewsNew owner for HSJ announced
Wilmington plc has reached an agreement to acquire HSJ from Ascential plc, its owner since 1997.
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HSJ LocalWalk-in centres closed in urgent care shake up
Two walk-in centres in Bury are set to close as commissioners seek to redirect the resources into a wider urgent care plan.
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HSJ Local'Joint executive' team to lead three trusts revealed
Clare Panniker finalises top team to lead Basildon, Southend and Mid Essex “group model” Team includes members from each trust and Basildon has biggest representation Team must take crucial decisions over major acute reconfiguration and A&E downgrades Three Essex trusts setting up a new “group model” to run ...
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NewsExclusive: Doctors' views used to expose failing services
NHS Improvement looking at trusts in lowest quintile of GMC’s doctors in training survey Regulator also believes concerns expressed by HEE can identify “trusts teetering on the brink of lasting A&E performance failure” See the most recent survey results NHS Improvement will use the satisfaction rates of junior ...
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NewsDaily Insight: Extent of hospital repairs backlog revealed
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s must read health stories
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HSJ LocalMP demands trust explains Sir Leonard Fenwick extended leave
A Newcastle MP has called on his local acute foundation trust to be more transparent and give a “reasonable explanation” as to why its chief executive, Sir Leonard Fenwick, is on extended leave.