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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.
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Comment
NHS leaders are entering dangerous territory as election nears
Matthew Taylor explains how the NHS leaders face mounting pressure from the government’s productivity demands amid insufficient support and funding, risking short-term fixes over long-term solutions
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Comment
Sustaining the, apparently, unsustainable
Anita Charlesworth and Malte Gerhold explore the impact of last week’s budget on the NHS.
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News
New NHSE director to lead £1.5bn savings programme
NHS England has appointed a senior director to lead an “ambitious” £1.5bn efficiencies programme.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Patients exposed to excess radiation by out-of-date radiology device
Patients are being exposed to radiation doses at the “upper limit of safe” because a hospital is relying on a radiology machine three years after its “end of life” with a substandard second-hand part.
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Trust gathers evidence for dispute with energy giant
A trust’s subsidiary company has been gathering evidence to take legal action against an energy giant, board papers reveal.
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NHSE sued after incomplete video clip led to framework exclusion
A technology company is suing NHS England after the firm’s omission of a 17-second video clip from a tender meant it was excluded from a pivotal procurement framework, High Court documents have revealed.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: Where four out of five CEOs are new
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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News
CEOs told ‘hit A&E target this month or risk funding cuts’
Hospital chiefs have been asked to confirm their trusts will hit the four-hour A&E target this month in a bid to restore confidence in the NHS, HSJ understands.
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Trust rejects NHSE’s claim it has lost 17% productivity
A large hospital trust has rejected NHS England analysis suggesting its productivity has fallen by nearly a fifth post-pandemic.
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Staffing agency sues trust in framework row
A staffing agency is suing the NHS after it was denied a place on a major procurement framework.
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Exclusive: £1bn raid on capital budget to cover pay rises and strike costs
Capital budgets have been raided by almost £1bn to fund day-to-day cost pressures, including unfunded pay rises and industrial action costs, new documents reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Audit ‘horror stories’ risk spreading to NHS
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NHSE approves 20 procurement framework hosts ahead of clampdown
A first set of organisations that set up and run procurement frameworks has been approved by NHS England as part of preparations to force trusts to buy services through accredited routes.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: The threat of regime change
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Partners
The story of the NHS
Understanding the origins of the NHS can help shed light on the challenges it now faces, as a new book on the history of the service – on offer to HSJ readers – goes to show.
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NHSE appoints new director
NHS England has appointed a new director to implement its commercial strategy.
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‘Untenable stalemate’ is halting GP practice upgrades, say ICBs
An “untenable stalemate” in funding has virtually halted GP practice building work, despite national commitments to expand primary care, multiple NHS organisations are warning.
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Hunt and Javid adviser joins NHSE
A Treasury adviser has been appointed to head up a new NHS England team whose work will feed into future spending review negotiations.