All articles by Ben Clover – Page 14
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NewsNHS set to miss cancer backlog target three years running, NHSE plans reveal
NHS England has effectively admitted the backlog of cancer long-waiters will still be higher in March 2024 than before covid hit, in a document seen by HSJ.
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NewsRecord waits for endoscopy as referrals soar
The waiting list for endoscopies has broken the record set during the height of the covid pandemic, as referrals for suspected colorectal cancer surged, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsTrust spends £3m on B&B rooms for patients stuck in hospital
A mental health trust has spent millions this year on places in ‘bed and breakfast’ accommodation in order to discharge inpatients, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust must pay £200k to whistleblower it subjected to ‘campaign of harassment’
A trust that sacked a whistleblower who had warned them about potential patient harm from a new procedure has been told to pay her more than £200,000.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Priced out of the market
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsLong cancer waits hit record high, despite drop in backlog
The number of people waiting for cancer diagnosis and treatment for more than three months has passed 12,000 for the first time.
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NewsNHSE names new regional director
A new interim NHS England regional director has been appointed for London.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Different dog, same bark
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsPandemic collaboration ‘no longer exists’ between NHS and private hospitals
The collaboration seen between the independent sector and the NHS during the peaks of the pandemic “doesn’t exist any more”, the boss of one of the UK’s largest private hospital companies has said.
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NewsAmbulance strike threatens ‘different magnitude of risk’
The ambulance staff strike next week represents a far higher risk to patient safety and services than the nurses’ strike, but a blanket elective ban will only be used as “an absolute last resort”, a senior NHS England director said today.
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Expert BriefingAmbulance strike is hospitals' nightmare before Christmas
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsNew theatres seven years late after trust ends novel device supplier deal
A hospital trust faces a long delay to a major capital project after pulling out of an unusual partnership with a medical device supplier.
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NewsStubborn cancer backlog at record high
The number of people waiting more than two months to start cancer treatment remained over 30,000 – double the pre-covid level – for three months to the end of October, according to data published this morning.
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News‘Rubbish’ government Strep A comms blamed for flooding services
‘Rubbish’ communications on Group A Strep from government agencies made A&Es more ‘risky’ over the weekend, after services were flooded with the ‘worried well’, several senior provider sources have told HSJ.
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NewsTrust no longer faces ‘very serious’ finance problems after five years
A teaching hospital trust has been moved out of the lowest finance performance band, five years after being placed in special measures for running up a £130m deficit.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Surviving winter
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsNHSE exploring state-owned provider to replace diagnostic outsourcing
NHS England is assessing the viability of establishing an NHS-owned consortium to bring some of the diagnostic work currently being done for profit in the private sector back into the health service.
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NewsTransplant patients die after drinking infected water from hospital supply
Two lung-transplant patients died after drinking infected water at a new specialist hospital, a coroner has concluded.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The nursing walkout isn't really about pay
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsLongest diagnostic waits at highest level since covid lockdown
The share of referrals waiting more than three months for a diagnostic test – one of the key problems behind long waits for cancer treatment – is worse than at any point since February 2021, during the second national covid lockdown.