Acute Care – Page 33
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsThe trusts with the most patients waiting over 18 months
The trusts with the biggest share of their waiting list at more than 18 months and two years has been revealed for the first time.
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NewsMore than 50,000 people have waited over 18 months for planned care
There were 64,959 patients on the elective waiting list who have waited over 18 months for procedures as of April – 2,722 of whom have waited over two years, new NHS data reveals today.
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Trusts and GPs told to scrutinise all deaths from next year
Acute trusts must from next April review all deaths in their area which are not referred to coroners, NHS England has said.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The real waiting list problem (clue: it isn’t longest waiters)
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman
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NewsNHS to ‘retain all documents’ ahead of covid public inquiry
Local NHS organisations have been told they must start preparing for the public inquiry into the covid-19 pandemic.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: City sees covid patients almost double over weekend
The number of covid patients in Manchester’s hospitals has almost doubled over the weekend, HSJ understands.
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NewsDozens of hospitals hit dangerous bed occupancy levels
Dozens of acute trusts have operated at very high levels of bed occupancy in the past month, as they deal with a surge in non-covid patients with thousands fewer beds than normal.
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HSJ LocalCCG awards £1.6bn ‘integrated care partnership’ contract
An acute trust plans to create an integrated care partnership with a not-for-profit company after winning a £1.6bn contract for community, mental health and social care services.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Why tech hasn’t improved access to care
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by digital services correspondent Jasmine Rapson.
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ICS asks private providers for £10,000 contributions
An integrated care system is asking independent providers on its patch to pay a substantial annual fee to fund system ‘running costs’, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ InteractiveHow can we make the most of community healthcare services through the pandemic and beyond?
Even after a year in which keeping patients out of hospital has been more of a priority than ever before, the work of community services often remains overshadowed. Claire Read reports from an HSJ webinar which explored how parity of esteem might finally be established
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NewsNHS England gives green light to drop four-hour A&E target
NHS England is pushing ahead with plans to replace the NHS’s four-hour emergency target with a new set of 10 metrics, it has announced today.
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NewsTrust told to take ‘urgent’ action over risks to cancer patients
An external review has issued a series of ‘urgent recommendations’ to a specialist cancer service around patient safety risks.
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NewsNHS England in talks over permanent boost to critical care capacity
High-level discussions have started about a substantial permanent increase to the NHS’ critical care capacity, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS chiefs press Treasury for ‘game-changing’ discharge fund
NHS leaders are pressing government for a ‘game changing’ discharge fund to be made permanently available.
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NewsCovid hospital patient numbers stop falling, as admissions increase across England
The number of covid patients in English hospitals has stopped declining, with hospitalisation in the North West beginning to increase and admissions rising across the country.
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NewsDeaths of covid hospital patients hit record low
The deaths of covid positive patients in English hospitals has hit a record low.
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NewsExclusive: NHS plans to keep electives at 80pc in next covid surge
NHS England has asked hospitals to prepare for a potential further surge of covid cases reaching around half the level of first wave of the virus last year – and to seek to deliver 80 per cent of normal elective activity throughout it, HSJ has learned.
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NewsQuarantine for overseas doctors risks ‘devastating impact’ on staffing
Ministers should exempt doctors from ‘red-listed’ countries from paying ‘prohibitive’ hotel quarantine charges or risk a ‘devastating impact’ on the NHS, the British Medical Association has said.