News – Page 908
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NewsGroups raise concerns about fundamental standards
A body representing health charities has warned that draft “fundamental standards” being consulted on by the Department of Health could be “a backward step” for person centred care.
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NewsExclusive: Cash penalties axed for care fund failure
The Department of Health has scrapped plans to withhold money from areas that fail to deliver performance improvements through joint commissioning with local authorities.
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NewsExclusive: Mid Staffs nurses launch High Court appeal over ban
Two former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust nurses who were struck off for altering altering accident and emergency waiting times are to launch a High Court bid to overturn their ban.
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NewsExclusive: National bodies back community services plans
Efforts to develop quality indicators and a tariff payment system for community services providers have taken a leap forward after winning the support of the main national health leadership organisations, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ LocalChest wall service suspended following staff concerns
PERFORMANCE: The chest wall service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust has been suspended following concern that individual consultants were making care decisions without involving the rest of the medical team.
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NewsLack of GP funding 'hitting care'
Patient care is being compromised by a “chronic lack of investment” in GPs, leading family doctors have warned.
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NewsDiabetes total soars to top 3.2 million
The number of people with diabetes in the UK is now more than 3.2 million, with last year seeing the biggest jump in cases since 2008.
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Trust approves new Stratford hospital
The building of a £20m new hospital in Stratford-upon-Avon has received approval by South Warwickshire Foundation Trust’s council of governors.
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Positive inspection for Dartford and Gravesham
The Care Quality Commission has published its inspection report into Dartford and Gravesham Trust, concluding that most services at its Darent Valley Hospital site are of a good quality.
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HSJ LocalCleared HR director loses job
WORKFORCE: A human resources director who had been suspended has lost her job despite a disciplinary investigation finding she had no case to answer, HSJ can reveal.
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Council leader accuses CCG of 'undermining' plan to save unit
STRUCTURE: A council leader has accused a clinical commissioning group of trying to “undermine” his plan to secure 24 hour maternity consultant cover at a hospital.
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NewsFGM data must be submitted by NHS
NHS hospitals will have to submit data on the number of girls and women who have suffered female genital mutilation, the government has announced.
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NewsNHS faces 'tension over finances'
The NHS is facing a “profound tension” between financial constraints and the need to provide high quality care, according to a report published on the anniversary of the report into the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust inquiry.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT chair resigns
WORKFORCE: The chair of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has resigned.
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NewsFrancis criticises Vasco-Knight trust
Robert Francis has sharply criticised South Devonshire Health Care’s attempts to cover up accusations of nepotism against its chief executive.
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News7 February 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.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue we examine the impact of the Francis report − published a year ago yesterday − on the culture of the NHS. Plus: ...
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Darzi says care.data furore was avoidable
Former health minister Lord Darzi has thrown his weight behind the pioneering care.data project but criticised ministers’ handling of how it has been presented to the public.
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NewsCQC revises intelligent monitoring tool
Acute trusts will get longer to check the data in the Care Quality Commission’s Intelligent Monitoring Tool before it is made public under a series of changes due to be announced by the regulator today.
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Medway's expected deficit rockets to £8m
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust expects to record a deficit of £7.9m this financial year - a substantial increase from the originally planned level of £1.2m.
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HSJ LocalMonitor appoints interim leadership at Medway
Monitor has appointed interim leadership at Medway Foundation Trust, after both the chairman and chief executive left the trust last week.