All articles by Shaun Lintern – Page 70
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UPDATED: Monitor questions payment by results for mental health
The mandatory rollout of a national payment by results tariff for mental healthcare providers in 2014-15 has been dropped by Monitor, HSJ has learned.
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New law will lead to prosecutions for poor care, says Lamb
The government will introduce a law to allow healthcare providers to be prosecuted for neglect and poor care, the care services minister Norman Lamb has indicated.
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Personal budgets mooted for mental health
Care minister Norman Lamb has said he would like to see mental health patients being given personal budgets to pay for care.
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Lamb reveals number of integration pioneers
Fifteen integrated care pioneer projects will be announced by the government within the next few months, health minister Norman Lamb has revealed.
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Mental health trusts to advise Bupa
Bupa has announced a partnership with two mental health foundation trusts in London to advise it on the provision of mental health services.
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Nicholson highlights 'significant problems' at Morecambe Bay
Sir David Nicholson has said “cultural problems” remain at University Hospital of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust’s scandal-hit maternity unit.
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Royal college to say hospital reconfiguration is 'inevitable'
Reconfiguration of hospital services is “inevitable” if better standards of hospital care are to be achieved, a major Royal College of Physicians report is expected to say.
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Mid Staffs downgrade set to lead to court battle
A bid to downgrade services at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could end in court, it has emerged.
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Ombudsman report set to reveal sepsis failures
The NHS is failing to adequately diagnose and treat patients suffering from the life threatening condition sepsis, the parliamentary health service ombudsman will say in a report later this week, HSJ has been told.
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Nurse who viewed Nazi websites struck off
A mental health nurse who put patients at risk while he surfed the internet looking for torture, rape and Nazi websites has been struck off by the nursing watchdog.
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RCP pledges action on Francis and backs new criminal offences
The head of the Royal College of Physicians has told HSJ it backs the idea of new criminal offences for the abuse and neglect of NHS patients.
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Schools demand scrapping of restrictions on graduate doctors
Medical schools have called for the lifting of 60-year-old restrictions on the activities of newly qualified doctors, raising concerns of an impact on patient safety, HSJ has discovered.
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BREAKING: Mid Staffs to be prosecuted over patient death
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is to be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a patient in April 2007.
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High Court orders second inquest over Mid Staffs death
The High Court has ordered a second inquest be held into the death of a Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust patient which has been the subject of accusations of a lack of openness by senior managers.
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CQC inspectors failed to refer 'uncaring' staff to regulators
Care Quality Commission inspectors who witnessed “unacceptable behaviour” at Whipps Cross Hospital failed to refer any staff to their professional regulators, HSJ has learnt.
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Analysis: Mid Staffs administrators' plans would see millions in investment
Hundreds of millions of pounds will be ploughed into the Staffordshire health economy over the next three years, if plans by administrators for the future of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust go ahead.
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CQC warned against hospital-centric regulation regime
Mental healthcare providers have warned the Care Quality Commission that they do not want their services to be “shoehorned” into a new regulatory regime that has been designed for acute hospitals.
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Council moves to block mental health reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Plans to remove all acute inpatient mental health beds from Medway Maritime Hospital have been referred to the health secretary by local councillors.
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Agency staff spending expected to rise
Spending on agency staff in NHS hospitals is predicted to climb as frontline pressures intensify, according to a report shared with Health Service Journal.