Pritchard ‘disgusted’ by IT supplier’s ‘racist and violent’ comments
Amanda Pritchard says she “completely shares” concerns about the “racist, sexist and violent” comments alleged to have been made by the chief executive of an NHS IT supplier. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 18, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Leaked national tech workforce plan proposes local pay rises
The NHS’s new “digital workforce plan” is set to propose that employers be given the ability to make “extensive use” of local recruitment and retention incentives to ensure the service can compete for the most talented technology staff. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 18, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Thousands still waiting for pay bonus after year-old pledge
Social enterprises working with the NHS have written to health secretary Victoria Atkins calling for the promised “covid bonus” to be paid to them urgently. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 18, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Revealed: The ICSs furthest behind on dental access
Several integrated care systems are struggling to deliver more than half the NHS dental appointments they had hoped for in 2023-24, and all areas are lagging, figures obtained by HSJ suggest. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 18, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

£6bn deficit warning sparks ‘horrible’ demands for nationwide cuts
Local NHS organisations are facing intense “pressure” from NHS England’s national and regional teams to cut staffing numbers to improve the service’s financial outlook for 2024-25. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 18, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

The mythbuster: The good, the bad, and the ugly truth of productivity
This year’s Nuffield Trust summit shed light on the challenges of improving productivity, from empty promises to the complexities of AI, while also exploring the cultural barriers hindering meaningful conversations on the topic, writes Steve Black (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 18, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 15, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Local target abandoned, national target missed and reward for target criticised
Your essential update on health for the week. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 15, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Dudley MP raises Mitie strikers ’ struggle in the Commons
UNISON members employed by private contractor Mitie at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley, in the West Midlands, received support yesterday from local MP Marco Longhi, in their fight to receive a government mandated COVID-19 bonus payment that has been paid to non-medical staff who are directly employed by the NHS. Having already taken three days of strike action, they will be striking again on 25 and 27 March. Conservative MP Mr Longhi asked the leader of the House of Commons, Penny Mordaunt, whether she would support the workers. He said: “I would like to place on record my thanks to the workers employed by Mitie during ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 15, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News Mitie NHS private contractors West Midlands Source Type: news

CEO admits ‘fundamental error’ over radical primary care plan
An integrated care board CEO has apologised for poor timing and communication about a plan to require nearly all urgent and straightforward GP appointments to be moved out of conventional practices, and into separate “hubs”. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 15, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Trust ordered to make second £400k-plus payment to a whistleblower
A trust which last year was ordered to pay a whistleblowing nurse £500,000 must now give a surgeon £430,000 to compensate him for the racial discrimination and harassment he faced after raising patient safety concerns. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 15, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

England's NHS Clinics No Longer Offering Puberty Blockers to Trans Youth
(MedPage Today) -- England's National Health Service (NHS) will no longer offer puberty-blocking medications to youths under 18 in its clinics, unless they are enrolled in clinical trials planned for the end of the year. "Puberty suppressing hormones... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Decade long battle ends with decision on cancer services
Children’s cancer services in London and the south east will be hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, NHS England has announced, following more than a decade of safety concerns surrounding the current model. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 14, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Exclusive: Chinese-backed firm set to win key NHS AI contracts
An Australian tech firm backed by one of China’s richest people is set to win the majority of contracts to deploy new AI diagnosis tools across the NHS, HSJ has learned. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 14, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

ICB warned of ‘large financial risk’ from HCA wage claim
NHS organisations across Surrey are to review healthcare assistants’ pay in the face of potential strike action at one trust. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 14, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news