News – Page 910
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East Sussex introduces coloured lanyards for staff
WORKFORCE: An acute hospital trust in Sussex is introducing a new way of trying to help patients identify the different types of staff that work there.
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NewsCCGs 'unable to fulfill statutory functions'
Clinical commissioning groups have told NHS England that they are unable to fulfill their statutory functions due to data privacy laws.
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Conflicts of interest stymie CCG decision making
COMMERCIAL: The governing body of Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning group was unable to take a decision on its contract for GP out-of-hours services because too many of its GP members had to leave the meeting due to conflicts of interest.
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Barking's 'failings' slammed again
A hospital is continuing to fail emergency patients almost two years after inspectors called for improvements, a regulator has found.
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NewsNHS 'paid £435m in redundancies'
The NHS has spent more than £435m making staff redundant as part of its controversial health reforms, official figures show.
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NewsSafety fears as junior doctors abandon A&E
Junior doctors are turning their backs on emergency medicine, exacerbating patient safety risks in accident and emergency departments, the General Medical Council has warned.
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NewsMonitor issues fresh warning on NHS funding gap
Monitor’s chief executive has said that even if the NHS did everything the regulator could think of to make savings it would not be enough to close the funding gap facing the service by 2021-22.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to take control of investment spending
NHS England is drawing up plans to centralise control of spending on estates and information technology in the health service, including proposals to sign off spending by bodies over which it has no formal power.
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NewsHealthcare assistants should obtain care certificate, says review
All healthcare assistants should complete a certificate before they can care for patients unsupervised and that would act as a “badge of honour”, a government commissioned review has recommended.
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NewsExclusive: Regulators to face scrutiny at Morecambe Bay inquiry
The actions of health regulators are to be examined by the inquiry set up to probe care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsReconfiguration rules held up three months after system reformed
The government has refused to publish guidance which has been prepared on how service reconfiguration could be planned in the new NHS system, more than three months after the reforms took effect.
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Regional hospitals push for funding equality with London
A group of regional teaching hospitals is pushing NHS England to guarantee its members the same level of financial support as their London counterparts receive under the Project Diamond programme, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsLow-tech process 'can cut IVF cost'
A low-tech simplified form of IVF that makes use of baking soda has the potential to slash the cost of assisted conception, bringing it within reach of millions more childless couples around the world, research has shown.
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Major 'teething problems' for new Kent transport service
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has apologised to patients for “significant” problems with a new transport service contract signed by local commissioners.
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OBE for Dartford chair
WORKFORCE: The chair of Dartford and Gravesham Trust, Sarah Dunnett, was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list 2013 for services to the NHS.
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Frimley Park issues walking frame warning
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has issued a warning over a batch of potentially faulty Patterson walking frames.
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Research league table success for Royal Surrey County
RESEARCH: The Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust has been named as the medium-sized acute trust with the highest number of patients recruited to trials.
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Support workers to staff new ‘intermediate’ transport service
STRUCTURE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is introducing a new tier of patient transport response across Kent and Sussex.
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Monitor launches investigation at West Midlands hospital
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has announced it is launching an investigation into governance at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust due to persistent failure to meet waiting time targets.
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New patient transport contract begins in Kent
COMMERCIAL: Patient transport services in Kent and Medway have been delivered by NSL Care Services from 1 July.