All articles by Nick Carding – Page 7
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ICS has ‘strained and challenging’ relationships, review finds
Relationships between commissioners, providers and the local authority in a troubled integrated care system are ‘strained and challenging’, according to an external review it commissioned.
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All new hospitals must have single rooms only, government rules
All new hospitals built in England must have only single patient rooms, health infrastructure chiefs have confirmed, requiring an overhaul of many trusts’ current proposals.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: How virtual outpatients saves lives
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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Consultancies hired to help shrinking NHSE’s £2bn tech push
NHS England has hired two consultancy firms to cover the ‘skills and resource’ gaps in its work to help digitise trusts.
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Trust boss ‘depressed’ by NHSE spending crackdown
The chair of an acute trust has criticised NHS England’s new spending curbs, saying they make her “depressed” and significantly hamper the organisation’s ability to take strategic decisions.
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Cost of ‘40 new hospitals’ has ‘inflated’ beyond Treasury allocation, admits Barclay
Soaring inflation has driven the cost of the ‘40 new hospitals’ promised by government beyond the funds previously ‘signed off’ by the Treasury, health secretary Steve Barclay has admitted.
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Trusts pursue tech firm for millions in cyber attack compensation
NHS trusts are seeking to recover millions of pounds from their electronic patient record supplier after months of disruption caused by a cyber attack.
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Liquidators for failed PFI provider launch court case against trust
One of England’s largest mental health trusts is embroiled in a multi-million-pound legal battle with its former private finance initiative provider.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: The long road to primary care digitisation
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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Two tech chiefs to leave NHSE amid restructure
Two technology chiefs are leaving NHS England as the regulator continues its push to reduce staff numbers, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: New ICS chief targets ‘immoral’ costs
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Four in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target
Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.
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Revealed: The NHS hospitals most at risk of flooding
Two acute hospitals are among the NHS facilities most at risk of flooding, new figures obtained by HSJ reveal.
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Government wants new NHS cyber security chief
Government is looking to hire a new cyber security chief for the NHS and Department of Health and Social Care, at a time of heigtened risk of cyber attacks against the health service.
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Exclusive: ICSs may be breaching patient confidentiality, watchdog warns
The health service’s independent data watchdog has issued a warning to local NHS bodies over concerns confidential patient information is being shared unlawfully with third parties, including for ‘population health’ analysis.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: The less glamorous tech approach that keeps clinicians happy
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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National director who warned of NHSE job cuts ‘fixation’ announces departure
The interim chief executive of NHS Digital will not remain part of NHS England after the organisations merge in January, he has announced today.
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Ex-civil servant appointed trust CEO
Gloucestershire Health and Care Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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Revealed: half of ICSs lack plan against ‘constantly evolving’ cyber attacks
At least half of integrated care systems lack plans for responding to cyber attacks, at a time of increasing cyber risks, HSJ can reveal.
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Huge budget cut imperils flagship GP data scheme
The budget of the flagship national programme to collect GP data for analysis has been cut by 75 per cent in-year, meaning it will no longer ‘meet… ministerial commitments’ on the programme, papers reveal.