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NewsNursing workforce grows to highest level in a decade
The NHS is continuing to recruit hundreds of extra qualified nurses a month with numbers at their highest for a decade, the latest workforce data shows.
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NewsNHS management spend 'far leaner' than in other systems, says Stevens
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has praised the work NHS staff have done to “keep the show on the road” and improve efficiency in the face of financial constraints.
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NewsCouncils warn over delays to better care fund
The government’s additional assessments of areas’ better care fund plans could undermine the £3.8bn programme by leaving them with too little time to make changes to services, councils have warned.
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NewsOne in six councils without a director of public health
Some one in six local authorites are yet to appoint a permanent director of public health, more than a year since they took control of the service.
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NewsCo-commissioning plan could ease pressure on A&E, report author claims
NHS England’s primary care co-commissioning plan could help ease pressure on accident and emergency services, a researcher behind a new College of Emergency Medicine study has claimed.
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Green light for new emergency centre in the West Midlands
FINANCE: Plans for a new emergency centre at The Royal Wolverhampton Trust were given the go ahead by the NHS Trust Development Authority last week.
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West Midlands trusts in dispute over maternity payment
FINANCE: Two trusts in the West Midlands have become embroiled in a dispute over a £400,000 payment for an antenatal service that they both help provide.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance service launches investigation into alleged exam cheating
London Ambulance Service Trust has launched an external investigation after an anonymous whistleblower alleged that student paramedics had cheated in their final examinations.
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NewsMental health wait standards 'must happen next year', says minister
The introduction of waiting time standards for mental healthcare “must happen from next year”, the care services minister has told HSJ.
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NewsFriends and family test 'unreliable' comparison tool, in-depth study concludes
The friends and family test has been described as an unreliable means of comparing hospital healthcare. The finding comes in a new in-depth study, released weeks before a review into the tests is to be published by NHS England.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts plead for extra cash to pay bills
Hospital trusts needed financial help last year to fend off legal threats from suppliers, update “obsolete” medical equipment and even keep electricity supplies flowing, according to a raft of pleas for bailouts seen by HSJ.
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Many staff have concerns about NHS organisations' leadership
Inappropriate behaviour isn’t being dealt with effectively or quickly enough, a sizeable proportion of NHS staff believe.
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Increase in under 14-year-olds with eating disorders at Sussex trust
There has been an increase in under 14-year-olds treated for eating disorders at Sussex Partnership Trust.
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NewsRegulators seek to agree description of 'good leadership'
The three NHS regulators have agreed to put together a joint description of good leadership in NHS providers.
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Concern over patients 'removal from GP list' warning
STRUCTURE: Concern has been raised about patients in Kent being removed from the register of their GP as part of an NHS England clean-up of lists.
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Ambulance handover performance cost trust £32k
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Trust was fined a total of £32,200 in the financial year 2013-14 due to missed ambulance handover targets, board papers show.
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Ashford and St Peter's chief executive to step down
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust will be stepping down.
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Reconfiguration at East Sussex complete
STRUCTURE: The reconfiguration of services at East Sussex Healthcare Trust is now complete following the centralisation of emergency and high risk orthopaedic services at Conquest Hospital in Hastings last week.
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Campaign launched to protect Barts eighteenth century hall
STRUCTURE: A campaign has been launched to protect an eighteenth century hall after Barts Health Trust revealed it is backing the development of a modern cancer centre to be built next to the old building.
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HSJ LocalMonitor launches North West pathology merger probe
COMMERCIAL: Monitor has launched a competition investigation into a proposed pathology merger in the North West.