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NewsCancer board dominated by national officials
Nearly two-thirds of the members of the reformed “independent” national cancer board are NHS England or Department of Health and Social Care officials, HSJ has learned.
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NewsChemo delays blamed on bank pay cuts
Patients have been waiting up to a month for chemotherapy appointments because of staffing shortages, partly caused by reductions in bank rates.
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NewsLong-awaited children’s cancer move delayed again
The transfer of a children’s cancer service, ordered after years of safety concerns, has been delayed again and will not happen before 2028.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Recognising risk, listening to patients and acting early
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsHigh repeat surgery rates under review at five trusts
At least five trusts are reviewing their rates of repeat breast cancer surgery after recording levels significantly above the maximum expected level, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The appearance of action without improving safety
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsTrust faces decade-long review after hundreds of harm cases discovered
More than 300 cases of patient harm have been identified at a North East trust reviewing major care and governance failings in its breast cancer service.
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NewsMinisters hire economist to scrutinise cancer performance
Health economist Anita Charlesworth will independently co-chair a “reformed” National Cancer Board, seven months after the government’s cancer plan promised a body “accountable for delivery” of its commitments.
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NewsSix ‘neighbourhoods’ seek investors to ‘derisk’ expansion
Six “neighbourhood health” projects are being pump-primed by government to secure millions of pounds of private investment.
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CommentThe NHS is not ready for the revolution in dementia care
Dementia care could follow cancer’s path of transformation, but only if the NHS addresses longstanding weaknesses in diagnosis, workforce capacity, data and local delivery
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CommentCancer alliances have been reborn
Cancer alliances show how regional collaboration – not endless NHS restructuring – can drive early diagnosis, embrace innovation, and solve deep-seated workforce challenges
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The good, the moving-the-deck-chairs, and the positively bad
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsRecognise negative impact mutual aid can have on performance, pleads trust CEO
The chief executive of a trust that has fallen 34 places in NHS England’s provider performance league table has complained that the ranking fails to take into account its efforts to help neighbours.
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NewsExclusive: Watchdog links patient deaths to controversial NHSE policy
A watchdog has called for a pause in the rollout of NHS England’s “advice and guidance” policy to protect safety, and linked it to two patient deaths, HSJ can reveal.
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News‘Failure to deliver reforms has cost NHS billions’, claims ex-DHSC adviser
NHS England’s failure to deliver recommended reforms to pathology services has cost the service billions of pounds in lost savings over the last decade, a senior peer who previously reviewed the sector has claimed.
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News‘Fundamental failure’ sparks NHSE intervention at top 10 trust
A “fundamental failure in quality governance” has led NHS England to take enforcement action against one of England’s largest trusts.
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NewsRevealed: Cancer doctor hiring freezes rise in nearly every region
Cancer centres in nearly every region of England reported significant rises in recruitment freezes to oncology posts over the past year, according to new figures shared with HSJ.
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NewsCharity commits £250m to ‘neighbourhood health’
A charity will invest £250m over the next three to five years in a government-backed scheme testing a new funding model for neighbourhood health.
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NewsNew ‘simpler’ NHSE performance regime for acutes has 50% more metrics
The number of metrics used to measure the performance of acute trusts by NHS England has been increased from 23 to 35.
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NewsTrust labelled ‘inadequate’ amid ‘serious safety concerns’
A trust has had its leadership rating downgraded from “good” to “inadequate”, and been told it has “significant and serious safety concerns” in surgical services.