Acute Care – Page 48
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HSJ LocalLeak reveals 7,000 year-long waiters at major trust
Almost 7,000 patients have waited for treatment for a year or more at a major north London trust, according to NHS data seen by HSJ.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why the mistake in the People Plan matters
The NHS People Plan included an ‘unacceptable’ mistake about LGBTQ+ people, fuelling debate about diversity and inclusion in the NHS, and its workforce culture and policy. HSJ Health Check covers the latest developments.
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NewsLong waits for cancer treatment double
The proportion of cancer patients receiving their treatment 104 days or more after referral has doubled year-on-year, new data shows.
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NewsRecord poor performance ‘dashes hopes of near normal’
Unprecedentedly poor waiting time data for electives, diagnostics and cancer suggests the chances of NHS England’s ambitions for ‘near normal’ service levels this autumn being met are very unlikely, experts have warned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Social care ‘Nightingales’ - or not?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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NewsTrust declares critical incident over ‘relentless demand’
A trust has declared a critical incident after experiencing “relentless demand” on urgent and emergency care, months after downgrading one of its emergency departments.
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NewsRegion predicts it needs 1,000 more beds to meet winter demand
NHS leaders in the West Midlands claim 1,000 new hospital beds are needed to meet expected demand over the coming winter.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: ‘Whatever we think the NHS needs’
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHS England warned fixing e-referral system now ‘critically urgent’
Hospital and GP leaders in east London have warned problems with the capital’s e-referral system have become a ‘critically urgent matter’.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Prepare for a winter of discontent
National guidance for the remainder of 2020-21 reveals NHS rows with councils over care funding will be back this winter, and sets a series of unattainable targets for resuming planned care. HSJ Health Check this week explains why.
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NewsNHS and private sector on collision course over plans to reduce hospital waiting list
The NHS and private hospitals are on a collision course over a new multibillion-pound deal for how the service will access the independent sector’s capacity.
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NewsNHS Providers accepts case for axing four-hour target
NHS Providers has accepted the case for ditching the four-hour target – but has not yet backed system leaders’ replacement proposals due to significant concerns around accountability and deliverability, it has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: U-turn on mass expansion of covid care units as no funding available
Plans for a mass expansion of rehabilitation beds in new “Seacole centres” have been scrapped, with local leaders now told there is no capital funding to build them.
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NewsNHS told to return to “near-normal” performance before winter
Trusts have been set a series of “very stretching” targets to recover non-covid services to nearly normal levels in the next few months, in new guidance from NHS England.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Hancock’s vision for health and care after covid
Matt Hancock set out his post covid vision for health and care in a wide-ranging speech this week – HSJ’s podcast dissects key themes including staffing, emergency care, digital, system working and social care.
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NewsFirst region sees zero covid hospital deaths
The south west has gone a week without a single covid-related death in its hospitals.
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HSJ PartnersA system working together towards personalisation
Developing new models and solutions such as care navigation and co-ordination, remote monitoring and multi-channel contact centres will go a long way in improving healthcare outcomes and experience. By Nicola Mortali
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NewsTrusts have ‘lost focus’ on patients who cannot use the internet
NHS trusts have “sometimes lost focus” on people who do not have access to the internet during the recent rapid rollout of online appointments, a Royal College of Physicians chief has told HSJ.
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HSJ PartnersSecuring the NHS pivot to digital: the questions boards should be asking now
Richard Strong, managing director, EMEA, Allscripts, argues trusts boards should be “very positive” about the health tech response to the first wave of covid-19; but they need to act now to secure recent gains for the NHS reset.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees sick pay uplift after pressure from unions
A London trust has resisted calls to insource its soft facilities management contract, but agreed to improved terms and conditions for staff providing the outsourced services.