Exclusive: NHSE launches new elective waiting list measure
NHS England will tomorrow take a decisive step towards the first major change in how service’s elective waiting list is measured and reported for 17 years. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 11, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Deaths inquiry extended to last three years
A statutory inquiry into deaths of mental health patients will now cover fatalities that took place as late as December 2023. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 10, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Deaths inquiry extended to cover second trust and last three years
A statutory inquiry into deaths of mental health patients will now cover fatalities that took place as late as December 2023. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 10, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New Hospital Programme fails to recruit chief
The government’s New Hospital Programme has failed to appoint a new chief after conducting a recruitment process for a permanent senior responsible officer, HSJ has learned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 10, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New Hospitals Programme fails to recruit chief
The government’s New Hospitals Programme has failed to appoint a new chief after conducting a recruitment process for a permanent senior responsible officer, HSJ has learned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 10, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Local care budgets could be blocked under tougher NHSE scrutiny
NHS England regional teams are being encouraged to block NHS better care fund spending unless commissioners provide more evidence it will help with hospital discharge and bed capacity. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 10, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Revealed: Trust’s plan to offer ‘ethical’ private ops in new NHS-funded unit
A trust is considering offering private operations in its new NHS-funded elective centre, which would be “positioned in an ethical way”, board papers reveal. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 10, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Government payments for strike costs hit £1.7bn
The Department of Health and Social Care earmarked £1.7bn of extra funding to NHS England to mitigate the impact of industrial action in 2023-24, new documents show. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 9, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Revealed: The ICSs ‘diverting’ the most GP referrals through controversial model
There is huge regional variation in the rate at which health systems are preventing patients joining the elective waiting list through “advice and guidance” to GPs, according to analysis by HSJ. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 9, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Pay rise over 2% risks staff and service cuts, NHSE warns
Pay rises of more than 2 per cent this year risk cuts to staff and activity, unless there is extra government funding, NHS England has warned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
North by North West: Same culprits on handover delays
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Contamination risk may cost trust £50m a year
A trust could face a £50m yearly bill for outsourcing preparation of chemotherapy drugs, after external inspections raised concern about a leaking roof and other infection risks. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust is waging ‘witch hunt’ against own director, alleges MP
An MP has accused the leadership of her local trust of orchestrating a “witch hunt” against one of its own directors and manipulating a recruitment process to ensure the CEO’s “preferred” candidate was shortlisted for an executive position. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
The mythbuster: Long A&E waits kill 35 people daily; why isn’t NHSE more concerned?
NHS England’s response to claims of excess deaths due to long A&E waits leaves a lot to be desired, writes Steve Black (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New CQC inspections put on hold by ministers
The Care Quality Commission’s assessments of integrated care systems have been put on hold at the last minute, as the government declined to sign off on the process. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 8, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
