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NewsMPs approve new head of NHS watchdog
New health service ombudsman approved by MPs after joint hearings last week Rob Behrens is currently head of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator in Higher Education Mr Behrens will replace Dame Julie Mellor who resigned last year The new parliamentary and health service ombudsman has been approved ...
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy better wound care isn't down to just the NHS
Industry can help make wound care better by providing clear evidence of value for money
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NewsRevealed: The hospitals with the worst nurse staffing
Analysis suggests majority of acute hospitals are struggling to meet their own plans for nurse staffing Data shows trusts employing more healthcare assistants than planned Expert warns there is a risk of “false reassurance” on safety Decline in achieving staffing plans comes despite increases in employed nurses and tougher ...
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NewsPressure on NHS 'toughest I have ever seen', says NHSI director
Trusts need support to recruit and retain staff, says NHS Improvement nursing director Nursing directors say they plan more overseas recruitment this year Some trusts may have harder to achieve staffing plans compared with others One of England’s most senior nurses has said the pressures facing the health ...
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NewsNurses reveal strain of working on understaffed wards
Patients have been left waiting for medications, unwashed or had vital observations delayed because hospital wards do not have enough nurses, HSJ has been told.
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CommentFour ways in which the NHS can learn from others
Narinder Kapur specifies how learning from others can be best put into practice in the NHS
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CommentE-rostering: Helping hospitals ease winter pressures and boost staff morale
How effective staff management through e-rostering can help hospitals to meet challenges, improving staff morale and patient’s experience
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to axe fifth of its community nursing team
Homerton University Hospital Trust is set to cut 20 per cent of its community nurses following CCG budget reductions Funding will be lost as early as March, trust papers reveal Experts call the move “logically unsustainable” and a potential risk to the quality of care An east London ...
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NewsExclusive: STPs forecast NHS will employ thousands fewer staff
The NHS’s unpublished proposals for dealing with extreme funding pressure suggest it will employ thousands fewer nurses and other staff in the next few years, and treat tens of thousands fewer emergency patients in hospital.
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NewsDepartment of Health to cut over 500 jobs
More than 500 civil servants working for the Department of Health are to leave their jobs under a major Whitehall cost cutting drive, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFormer NHS manager jailed for fraud for second time
Former NHS manager Conrad de Souza jailed for 17 months after admitting six counts of fraud NHS Protect says he took “extraordinarily large risks to win back power, prestige and financial rewards” He lied about qualifications, previous convictions and his employment record when applying for jobs A former ...
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NewsUnion chief executive to retire
The head of the Royal College of Midwives has said she will retire at the end of August.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: NHS's longest serving chief executive takes extended leave
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT confirms chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick is on extended leave Sir Leonard is the longest serving chief executive in the health service Unclear why Sir Leonard has taken leave, or when he will return The NHS’s longest serving chief executive, Sir Leonard Fenwick, ...
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CommentRevalidation for doctors must not become a box-ticking exercise
Sir Keith Pearson says the revalidation process is changing things for the better, but that much work remains to be done
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HSJ LocalNew scheme to plug A&E gaps with doctors from India
Scheme would see NHS trusts contribute £16,000 towards training costs for each recruit as well as paying salary Trusts have agreed to host 20 doctors this year but local leaders believe there is potential scheme to be significantly expanded A&E departments under severe strain in recent weeks and medical ...
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NewsUnregulated staff could be 'blacklisted' to protect patients
Department of Health considering new powers to prevent unregulated staff working in the NHS Professional Standards Authority says the idea could be an effective way to stop staff who pose a risk to patients PSA also warned of a negative effect on workforce morale New powers could be ...
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NewsMore than 30 trusts do not have a whistleblower guardian
33 trusts yet to appoint a freedom to speak up guardian National guardian Henrietta Hughes says she will alert national bodies if progress is not made She says: “NHS still has distance to go to create a universally open and honest culture” More than 30 hospital trusts are ...
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NewsNew NHS Confederation chief executive revealed
Niall Dickson, former chief of the General Medical Council, has been appointed as chief executive of NHS Confederation.
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HSJ LocalSenior medical leader no longer at trust after suspension
One of England’s most senior clinical leaders has left the NHS after a conflict between his department and another one in his trust
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NewsNHS like a 'rabbit in headlights', says national safety director
Mike Durkin says “grown up” conversations between managers and clinicians are not always happening as hospitals come under intense pressure He says staff are still afraid to raise safety concerns Comments come as many accident and emergency departments have been overwhelmed since Christmas One of the NHS’s most ...