Three CCGs plan to consolidate across county boundary
Three clinical commissioning groups in Essex and Suffolk have set out plans to form a “single strategic commissioning body” across county boundaries as part of local plans to establish an integrated care system
In full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.
Shocking deterioration in RTT waiting times
Elective RTT waiting times shot up by over a week in December, in the fastest monthly increase since 2010, notes Rob Findlay
70 trusts working with NHSI to boost workforce retention
Seventy NHS trusts have now been recruited by NHS Improvement to its programme to improve workforce retention rates in the health service.
Analysis: The areas struggling most with cancer targets
Cancer patients in three counties are at greater risk of death than elsewhere in the country because of slow referrals and late diagnosis, official data reveals.
Waiting times steady despite slowdown in admissions
Yet another large trust stopped reporting its referral to treatment data, which clouded the picture for the latest November figures and raised non-reported waiting lists to a new record.
Exclusive: One in four hospital trusts routinely pay suppliers late
More than a quarter of hospital trusts are now routinely delaying payments to their suppliers because of cash flow problems, analysis by HSJ reveals.
Teaching trust to exit special measures after four years
An NHS hospital trust in special measures for the last four years – longer than any other provider – has finally made sufficient improvement to be lifted out of the regime.
Waiting list over 4 million for a second month
Waiting times remained stubbornly close to 20 weeks at the end of July, the 17th consecutive breach of the 18 week target
Hospital trusts set out merger plans
Struggling Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust and neighbouring Ipswich Hospital Trust are likely next week to approve plans to merge.
Trust chiefs staying a little longer in post - but 'need more support'
Chief executives of NHS providers are staying in the post for longer than they were three years ago, analysis by HSJ indicates.
Exclusive: Short tenure of 'inadequate' trust chiefs laid bare
The chief executives of trusts rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission have been in post much longer than those rated inadequate – several of whom have stayed less than a year, HSJ analysis confirms.
Cancer services hit by raft of senior resignations
A general hospital’s oncology department has been hit by three senior resignations which have halved its consultant resource – creating “significant risk and [exposing] the fragility of the service model”.
Hospital group launches review over 'higher than expected' mortality
Three Essex acute trusts establishing a new “group” model to run their hospitals have launched a mortality review in a bid to address “higher than expected” ratios and “sustained” rises across its sites, HSJ has learned.
Cyber attack disruption will drag into sixth day
Many of the trusts most severely disrupted by Friday’s cyber attack are expecting to resume most patient services on Wednesday, but are still battling to restore IT systems.
-
NHS told to 'get serious' as full impact of cyberattack revealed
-
Quarter of NHS accounts vulnerable from 'very weak' passwords
-
NHS England plans national 'core software' deal to patch cyber holes
-
Five lessons in communications from the cyber attack
-
Biggest NHS trust appealed for 'runners' as IT disruption goes on
-
Two more trusts confirm sixth day of cancellations after cyber attack
-
Operations and services disrupted as cyber attack fallout persists
-
Daily Insight: Cleaning up the cyber mess and looking to the future
-
Trust declares major incident as neighbour is crippled by cyber attack
-
Revealed: The seven hospitals struggling to recover from ransomware attack
-
Trusts were sent patch which could have blocked infection, says NHS Digital
-
Home secretary: NHS trusts must upgrade IT to protect from cyber attack
-
Ransomware which hit NHS is based on NSA 'backdoor'
-
Cash starved trust warned outdated IT posed malware risk
Operations and services disrupted as cyber attack fallout persists
Several major NHS acute hospitals have been forced into a fresh wave of cancellations of operations, appointments and other services as the health service grappled with the continued fallout of Friday’s cyber attack.
Revealed: The seven hospitals struggling to recover from ransomware attack
Seven trusts receiving national support following cyber attack are named
Four in five trusts spent over a year in special measures
Fewer than one in five trusts placed in special measures because of inadequate care have improved quickly enough to be removed within 12 months, as originally intended, HSJ analysis reveals.
Revealed: 70 hospitals awarded share of £100m A&E pot
Seventy hospitals have been allocated a share of a £56m tranche from the £100m of capital funding ringfenced in the budget for accident and emergency departments.
Revealed: CQC inspects 40 providers after whistleblower concerns
Whistleblowers’ complaints to the Care Quality Commission have resulted in 40 providers having inspections instigated or brought forward in the last year.