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Expert BriefingThe Download: Another ‘inadequate’ rating for tech
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsBattle for cancer centre turns in favour of challenger
A controversial transfer of children’s cancer services has moved a step closer after an NHS England assessment process supported the move.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The priorities for scarce funding
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalHarm caused by long cancer waits to be investigated by ICB
Commissioners have begun a ‘serious incident review’ across their integrated care system after early indications showed patients may have suffered harm due to long waits for cancer treatment.
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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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Expert BriefingThe Download: The Epic conundrum
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNew hospital delays costing £13m a month, trust CEO scolds Barclay
One of the NHS’s most influential chief executives has written to Steve Barclay to complain about the ‘lack of progress’ around the government’s hospital building programme.
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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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Expert BriefingThe Download: Tech chiefs pin hopes on NHS App
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsBuilding firm to pay £5m over ‘defects’ at major cancer centre
A construction firm has been ordered to pay £5m after fire and electrical safety defects were found at one of the NHS’s largest cancer centres.
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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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NewsRevealed: The targets the NHS no longer has to meet
NHS England has shelved priorities on long covid and diversity and inclusion – as well as a wide range of other areas – in its latest slimmed down operational planning guidance, HSJ analysis shows.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: A turning point for tech?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsRevealed: Four trusts added to NHSE ‘help list’
NHS England has revealed the latest list of trusts which it has identified as needing the most support to meet electives and cancer targets.
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CommentCancer care needs the NHS to go beyond short-term fixes
Improvements in cancer care could not have been achieved without investment in research, and we need to look forward, just as our researchers do, to the future, writes Michelle Mitchell
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Freedom, or nothing left to lose
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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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 BriefingThe Download: How virtual outpatients saves lives
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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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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NewsDoctors set up companies to avoid pension tax hit
More radiologists are setting up their own firms so they can do additional backlog work without risking larger pensions tax bills.