All NHS Improvement articles – Page 39
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News
Independent review ordered at FT after claims of patient safety concerns
An independent review has been ordered into a hospital trust’s urology unit after patient safety concerns were put to an employment tribunal.
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HSJ Local
CCGs seek single exec after letter from regional director
The five mid and south Essex clinical commissioning groups have set out plans for a single accountable officer and executive team by April 2020.
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Trust approves ‘rapid growth’ plan for overseas work
A leading mental health trust is creating a joint venture organisation to develop its commercial work, including private care in the Middle East and potentially China.
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Revealed: Government preparing for nurse funding U-turn
The government is gearing up to announce reforms of financial support for NHS student nurses – likely to include a major reversal in funding policy – to boost applications.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: The big bursary U-turn
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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Regulators tell trusts to ‘learn lessons’ from deaths in 2008 and 2012
NHS regulators have warned trusts to heed the learnings of an ombudsman report into the deaths of two patients, ahead of their own review into patient safety failings.
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Health and care world backs far-reaching NHS legislation
Patient, staff and NHS groups have joined with NHS England to ask government to put forward an “NHS integrated care bill”, which would scrap big chunks of the last major piece of health legislation.
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Revealed: 275 jobs to go as NHS England and Improvement cut costs
NHS England and NHS Improvement will shed 654 posts under cost reduction plans revealed this morning.
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Harding: Social care staff are priority for better pay over NHS
NHS Improvement’s chair has said the staff “in our health and social care system who are most underpaid are healthcare assistants working in social care, not [staff] in the NHS” - and that they should be prioritised in funding decisions.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Growth forecast for private providers
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Expert Briefing
New NHS finance regime will spotlight struggling trusts
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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HSJ Local
Departing CEO received £53k overtime payment
A chief executive who sent a shock resignation letter to staff earlier this month received overtime pay of around £53,000 last year.
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Troubled trust no longer rated ‘inadequate’
One of the NHS’ most troubled trusts has moved out of the “inadequate” Care Quality Commission rating.
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HSJ Local
Trusts delay ‘integrated care’ merger until 2020
Health chiefs have pushed back a merger which would create one of England’s first acute, mental health and community services trusts.
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Trust pursuing subsidiary plan amid unions’ opposition
A foundation trust is pursuing plans to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary company following concerns unions are spreading “misinformation“ among staff.
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Safety alerts to be reformed to reduce trust burden
All safety alerts issued by national bodies are to be standardised under a single template in an effort to eradicate confusion and reduce the burden on NHS organisations.
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Queen’s Speech may include new powers for fining trusts
The Queen’s Speech could cover new patient safety legislation, including giving the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch extensive new powers, such as the ability to fine trusts and seize equipment.
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Exclusive: Region ordered to hold back ‘risk reserve’ of almost £100m
Providers and commissioners in the East of England will have their income and allocations top-sliced by the region’s NHS England and Improvement board to create a risk reserve.
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NHSI appoints new commercial chief
NHS Improvement has appointed a new director of procurement transformation and commercial delivery, HSJ understands.
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Comment
A just culture for both staff and patients
If we truly believe in a just culture and the benefits this can bring for patient safety, it has to give equal importance to being fair to patients and families as well as to staff. By James Titcombe, Peter Walsh and Cicely Cunningham