All Policy and regulation articles – Page 58
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NewsClinicians were ‘pressured’ to change child cancer standards
Clinicians drawing up new clinical standards for child cancer services in the NHS faced “unwarranted pressure” from NHS England’s cancer team to soften their recommendations, three other experts in the field have said.
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NewsNational cancer director will ‘play no part’ in child service decisions
NHS England has said Cally Palmer, national cancer director and chief executive of the Royal Marsden Foundation Trust, will “play no part” in decisions on new child cancer standards.
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NewsNHS ‘needs more acute beds’ after decade of reduction
Acute trusts will need to increase their bed base during the next five years according to NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens, which would reverse a long trend of bed reductions in the NHS.
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NewsNHS England singles out failing mental health trusts
Ten mental health trusts have been singled out by NHS England for dragging down the national performance on mental health out of area placements, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingPerformance watch: Opaque A&E trial won’t wash
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsInvestigation: The cancer service failings covered up for years
Concerns about children’s cancer services in London have – in the words of one informed figure – been an “open secret” for almost a decade, and involved multiple reviews by experts and discussions at the highest levels.
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NewsFormer NHSE director: 'Pervasive influence' blocked children's cancer report
The previous NHS medical director for London has described how a “pervasive influence from the top” of NHS England thwarted his attempts to improve cancer care for children.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England ‘buried’ concerns over child cancer services
NHS England covered up serious problems with paediatric cancer care in London – which had seen children dying in “terrible agony” – and has “buried” attempts to overhaul the services, an HSJ investigation has established.
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NewsConfed chief challenges Hancock’s digital plans
Matt Hancock’s digital ambitions cannot be realised if the government continues to withhold capital funding from the service, the NHS Confederation’s chief has warned.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Theresa May’s record
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsExclusive: Hundreds of patients kept in ‘distressing’ dormitory-style wards
NHS England says the government should consider hundreds of mental health patients who are being treated in “distressing” dormitory-style wards when it determines future capital spending budgets.
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LeaderSimon Stevens' exit strategy
HSJ is asked one question more often than any other: ’when will Simon Stevens step down as NHS England chief executive?’ The focus on the end of his tenure is understandable, Mr Stevens has been the most dominant NHS figure in modern times – and arguably since Nye Bevan.
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CommentThe Bedpan: Policy makers must be ‘confident and humble’
This week: Sir Chris Wormald, permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care
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HSJ LocalCouncil chief to lead city’s ‘integrated care provider’
The chief executive of a city council which had previously suspended its involvement in an integrated care system has been appointed to one of its leadership posts.
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NewsFourteen trusts to be excused from reporting A&E target during controversial trial
Fresh concerns have been raised about how NHS England is conducting its controversial pilot of new accident and emergency standards.
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Expert BriefingThe biggest set of mergers for a decade
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentHealthcare expert witnesses should get professional training
A newly published guidance on how healthcare professionals should be trained to be expert witnesses aims to ensure more consistency and better standards in the evidence provided by medical expert witnesses, says Mark Solon.
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NewsSafety watchdog hit by poor governance and culture
Poor governance and cultural problems at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch have damaged staff morale and led to confused decision making according to multiple whistleblowers, who told HSJ it had also seen major delays to its reports and needed to be “put back on track”.
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NewsHSIB chief: We are on a 'changing trajectory'
The chief investigator of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has accepted the new body has made mistakes but told HSJ it was now on an upward trajectory with plans to improve its governance.
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NewsDraft CQC report had accused Whorlton Hall staff of 'bullying'
Care Quality Commission inspectors were aware patients at Whorlton Hall had accused staff of “bullying and inappropriate behaviour”, according to a draft report.