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NewsExclusive poll: Public approval for government's NHS handling grows
The past three months have seen a strengthening of public approval for the government’s treatment of the NHS, an exclusive HSJ/FTI Consulting poll has found.
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NewsNHS uses 'flawed definition' of whistleblowers, study finds
Some NHS organisations are using a ‘fundamentally wrong definition’ of whistleblowers when dealing with staff who raise concerns, according to a study of cases submitted to the government’s review of the issue.
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HSJ LocalDevon provider ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been rated as “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors found a raft of concerns, including do not resuscitate forms being filled in without discussion with patients and relatives.
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News19 September issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.
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HSJ LocalCambridge University Hospitals in row over withheld payments
PERFORMANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has clashed with commissioners over £1m withheld from the trust for failing to meet a target it believes it met.
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HSJ LocalProposal to centralise stroke services in Lewisham
STRUCTURE: Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has proposed moving stroke services out of one of its acute hospitals to help cope with demand for emergency beds.
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NewsNational officials call for 'rapid action' on failing waiting targets
The bosses of clinical commissioning groups and NHS providers have been told to raise their game to hit waiting time targets in a letter from NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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NewsProviders report 'unprecedented' financial problems
NHS providers have suffered “unprecedented” financial problems in the first few months of this year, new official figures suggest.
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Concern over ambulance queue death
Heartbroken relatives of a grandmother who died while waiting in a queue of ambulances outside a hospital have demanded an apology from health bosses.
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NewsMental health patients 'let down'
Almost one in three people with mental health problems do not know where to turn in the event of a crisis, new figures show.
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HSJ LocalKing's Lynn to remain in special measures
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust remains in special measures.
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HSJ LocalCentral London GP practices to close
STRUCTURE: Two central London GP practices will be closed, leaving 6,000 patients forced to find an alternative provider.
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HSJ LocalTaunton chief exec to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has announced her retirement after six years running the south western hospital.
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NewsNHS faces strike action after Unison poll
The NHS could be hit by strike action as soon as next month after a majority of Unison members voted in favour of industrial action over pay.
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HSJ LocalCQC finds safety failures at Avon and Wiltshire
A mental health trust that was found to have a “controlling” leadership culture two years ago has been ordered to make urgent improvements to the safety of its services by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalCCG to withhold acute payments in contract row
A clinical commissioning group is to withhold over £75,800 in monthly contract payments from an acute trust following a row over the trust’s accident and emergency performance.
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NewsSpend the £250m elective fund or lose it, Stevens warns trusts
Trusts could lose their share of the £250m elective fund if they do not perform increased numbers of patient procedures, the chief executive of NHS England has warned.
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News'Huge variation' in therapy waits
Latest national figures have shown wide variation in the length of time patients diagnosed with anxiety or depression wait for therapy.
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NewsStevens calls for tougher public health incentive policies
Simon Stevens has recommended empowering local government to set tougher public health policy, and giving financial incentives, such as tax breaks, to employers which promote health.
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NewsTen trusts seek 'local modification' price hikes – and most are rejected
Only 10 trusts have made use of rules introduced under the government’s health reforms to seek permission to raise their prices above national ‘tariff’ rates - and most of those applications have been rejected.