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Special measures trust appoints successor to Phil Morley
Former Hinchingbrooke chief executive succeeds controversial chief at special measures trust Lance McCarthy led Hinchingbrooke out of special measures before its merger with Peterborough Princess Alex was rated inadequate and placed in special measures last year Troubled Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust has appointed a successor to its controversial ...
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Exclusive: Delay to major national hospital reconfiguration
NHS England extends consultation period for congenital heart disease review Public events planned for venues around the country next month have been cancelled Final decision could be pushed back until early next year A controversial decision on the future of congenital heart surgery across England has been further ...
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Leader
MPs criticise Stevens over better care fund 'accountability'
MPs find the Better Care Fund had not saved money, reduced emergency admissions to hospitals, or reduced delayed transfers of care
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Government adviser backs 'wrecking ball' ruthlessness on estates
Lord Carter says some community hospitals need to be made “bigger” He is leading a review of efficiency at community and mental health providers Cited American army’s ”wreckingball” strategy as an example of effective estates rationalisation programme Many community hospitals are “too small” and cost too much to keep open, ...
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‘Serious concern’ over new GP contracts going to private firms
BMA has “serious concerns” about local GP groups losing out on GP access contracts CCGs must procure extended GP access services NHS England said it encourages practices to form organisations “capable” of bidding for service contracts The British Medical Association has expressed “significant concern” about “local GP-led groups” ...
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Trust chief pledges to get back on track after opening £48m A&E
John Adler says his trust will hit the four hour target 95 per cent of the time by the end of 2018 University Hospitals of Leicester must address capacity deficit of 105 beds Mr Adler says trust has no more plans to restrict elective treatment University Hospitals of ...
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Hospital trust tops sickness absence table for fourth year in a row
South Tyneside FT has highest staff sickness absence rate of any acute trust for fourth consecutive year Southport and Ormskirk has second highest for second year in a row North West region has highest rate nationally A hospital trust has topped the staff sickness absence rate table for ...
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Flagship service hits recovery target for first time
Flagship talking therapy service hits target for first time since its launch in 2008 Improving access to psychological therapies achieved a 50.1 per cent recovery rate in January 2017, just above the 50 per cent target IAPT is a key element of the Five Year Forward View for Mental ...
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Daily Insight: Tech fails and election announcements
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s essential health stories
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News
Revealed: Vanguards must give funding to STPs
NHS England sets conditions on final year of vanguard funding Vanguard sites required to give 10 per cent of their funding to STPs Areas told to embed new care model frameworks by December NHS England has set out four conditions on vanguard funding including the requirement to dedicate ...
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HSJ Local
Trust raises alarm after Lorenzo glitch fails to send 14,000 patient letters
Electronic patient administration system fails to send appointments to nearly 14,600 patients Ten patients wait more than 52 weeks Lorenzo supplier installs “fix” to address problem A teaching trust has alerted NHS Digital after an IT design fault meant more than 14,000 patients were not sent appointment letters.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for recent special measures trust
An NHS manager who oversaw the dissolution of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been appointed interim chief executive of England’s only integrated acute, community, mental health, and ambulance care provider.
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Comment
People, not process: knowing how to collaborate
Richard Taunt offers three ideas on achieving smarter collaboration across providers
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News
Election 2017: Labour pledges 'new law' for NHS safe staffing
If Labour wins the general election it will bring in a “new law” to make safe staffing legally enforceable and ask NICE to recommence its work Party will lift the 1 per cent pay increase cap for NHS staff and set pay levels that “reflect the complexity of the ...
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Daily Insight: Election pushes back key tech policy
The must read stories and talking points in health policy
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HSJ Local
Special measures trust appoints new chief executive
London Ambulance Service Trust has appointed a new chief executive to succeed acting chief Andrew Grimshaw, who will leave in June.
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HSJ Local
Updated: Trust's X-ray system down for days following 'major' IT failure
Barts Health Trust experienced “major” IT failure over weekend Trust limited requests for pathology and imaging services following problems with computer equipment Hospital porters hand delivered urgent test results Trust’s pathology system back online but issues continue with imaging services Imaging services at one of the largest trusts ...
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NHS land deals could raise billions, second Naylor review finds
Sir Robert Naylor says five London estates schemes have a potential value of more than £1bn each Housing associations interested in NHS staff leasing homes built on NHS land Five land redevelopments on NHS property in London are worth more than a £1bn each, Sir Robert Naylor revealed ...
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Comment
How Cumbria strove for new heights in healthcare
The combination of a success regime and the dawn of sustainability and transformation plans has started to address the shortcomings in Cumbria’s services, writes Alison Moore
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HSJ Local
Inadequate CCG 'disintegrates' joint commissioning with council
Deloitte review finds “lack of strategy” and “joined up commissioning” between Walsall CCG and local authority CCG, which is under legal directions, “disintegrates” joint commissioning unit with council as result of review CCG’s interests “not always met” by joint commissioning arrangement A West Midlands clinical commissioning group, currently ...