News – Page 674
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NewsNHS cyber crime response team launched
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has created an ‘emergency response team’ to help NHS bodies affected by cyber crime.
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HSJ LocalSnap inspection triggered by staffing concerns at Staffordshire hospital
WORKFORCE: Staff shortages at St George’s Hospital in Stafford have raised concerns that it is unable to provide care that adequately meets patients’ needs, a Care Quality Inspection has found.
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NewsThree more trusts snub national pay agreement
Three more trusts have decided to go against a government approved national pay agreement and award their senior staff a 1 per cent pay rise in line with lower level staff, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly a third of CCGs consider rationing services
Nearly a third of clinical commissioning groups have implemented or are considering restrictions to services this year, HSJ research reveals.
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NewsExecutive Summary: The summer holidays are over
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NewsHunt: Patients to access entire record online by 2018
Jeremy Hunt has formally announced that patients will be able to access their entire medical record online by 2018.
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NewsCatch up: Stevens' and Hunt's Expo 2015 speeches
The key points from speeches in Manchester by the NHS England chief executive and the health secretary
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HSJ Local
Cannock Chase CCG reports £2m in-year deficit
FINANCE: Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning Group has reported a deficit of £2.06m in the financial year to July, £12,000 lower than planned.
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HSJ LocalLegal action delays hearings against Morecambe Bay midwives
Fitness to practise hearings against five midwives from the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust have been delayed because of legal action by their defence lawyers, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: DH bailouts rocket to £1.2bn as hospital finances crash
The Department of Health paid out £1.2bn in bailouts in 2014-15, to help more than 50 troubled NHS providers pay wages and creditors, replace aging equipment and cut deficits, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsRevealed: 11 trusts whose DH bailouts were converted to loans
The Department of Health obliged some of the most seriously troubled hospitals in the NHS to receive their bailouts in the form of ‘loans’ last year, DH figures show.
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NewsNHS England launches £5m drive to improve staff health
NHS England will work with Public Health England to raise the standard of food served in hospitals and other care settings as part of a £5m initiative to boost the health and wellbeing of health service staff.
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NewsExecutive Summary: A volley of parting shots
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s most important stories and debate
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NewsUpdated: NHS agency controls unveiled, but price cap pushed back
Price caps on the hourly rate the NHS can pay agency nurses may not take effect until December, after regulators received more than 100 responses to a consultation on the controversial plans.
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HSJ LocalCare UK wins Portsmouth treatment centre contract
COMMERCIAL: Private provider Care UK will continue providing services at the St Mary NHS Treatment Centre in Portsmouth after winning a five year contract for elective services at the site.
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NewsUpdated: Sir Robert Naylor to leave UCLH
One of the most highly regarded chief executives in the NHS has announced he is stepping down.
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NewsHSJ launches Women Leaders network
The work of women in the NHS is to be promoted later this month when HSJ, in association with NHS Employers, launches the Women Leaders network at the Trades Union Congress.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs given ultimatum over 'paperless' progress
Clinical commissioning groups face having their plans for 2016-17 rejected if they do not show progress in meeting standards set out in new digital guidance, an NHS England director has told HSJ.
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NewsExecutive summary: Who will bridge the gap?
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and debate
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HSJ LocalLondon trust defies government pay agreement
Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust has defied a government pay agreement and awarded its senior staff a 1 per cent pay rise in line with lower paid staff.