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NewsFlagship 10YHP policy ‘won’t solve long A&E waits’
A flagship 10-Year Health Plan policy will have “limited ability” to cut emergency care pressures, one of its main objectives, according to research shared with HSJ.
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NewsHospitals ‘overpaid’ by up to 18% under block contracts
Some hospital trusts may be receiving 18 per cent more than they should for providing emergency care, according to indications from a major national review whose findings have been kept under wraps.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The deeply concerning state of home birth services
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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CommentThe AI risks that NHS boards are missing
The risk for boards is not that AI will fail loudly, but that it will work efficiently while quietly missing harm. Governance that cannot see false negatives is not governance at all
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News£50m gap declared after EPR and A&E knock trust off plan
A trust has declared it will end the year with a deficit of at least £48m, admitting its breakeven plan “carried too much risk”.
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NewsSystem criticised after death of ‘fit and well’ 23-year-old
Urgent and emergency care services in the East Midlands are letting down people with ”serious but not immediately life-threatening” conditions, a coroner has warned after the death of a “fit and well young man”.
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NewsNHSE’s ‘model A&E’ delayed after ‘real world value’ questioned
Senior leaders have been drafted in to draw up NHS England’s new blueprint for A&Es, following internal criticism of the highly anticipated guidance.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE director to head major trust
A national director is leaving NHS England to head up one of England’s major trusts, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsConfusion over ‘corridor care’ obscuring safety risks
The NHS has been told by a safety watchdog to agree a universal definition of “corridor care” following a row over the terminology used to describe the practice.
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NewsA&E handover delays worse at 21 trusts
One in six hospital trusts have seen ambulance handover times deteriorate this winter, despite a trend of national improvement and directives from NHS England.
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NewsRise in flu beds slows following government ‘collapse’ fears
The rise in hospital flu cases slowed last week – following NHS England and government claims that the service was facing an “unprecedented… worst-case scenario”.
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NewsManagers ‘felt pressured and bullied’ in overcrowded ED
Managers in a major emergency department felt “pressured and bullied not to disclose difficulties” and were left to manage “extreme risk” including avoidable deaths, the Care Quality Commission has reported.
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News38 trusts move league table segment
Thirty-eight trusts have moved segments in the NHS England league tables for the second quarter of 2025-26, despite very few recording a significant change in their performance score.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Leeds failures highlight the tragic costs of ‘normal birth’ ideology
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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News‘Corridor care’ approaches 1m cases a year
About 1 million A&E patients have been placed in corridors or similar “temporary” spaces over the past year, information obtained by HSJ reveals.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt: I was told we had moved on from ‘normal birth’ ideology – I was misinformed
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsRevealed: Long waits for sickest patients at ‘above average’ A&Es
Trusts within reach of NHS England’s headline A&E performance target are often dealing with only a small fraction of their sickest patients in a timely fashion, new data has revealed.
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NewsThousands waiting 24hrs in A&E with mental illness
One in 10 mental health patients who attended A&E in England last month stayed for more than 24 hours – and this figure rose to more than one in three in some departments, new data suggests.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals making hundreds of 999 calls to get patients to A&E
Ambulances are responding to hundreds of emergency calls to transport patients from hospital buildings to A&Es on the same site, HSJ has found.
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HSJ LocalHospital rated ‘inadequate’ over leadership and infection failures
A hospital run by the largest trust in the East of England has been downgraded to “inadequate” by the care regulator, which found ”disconnected” leaders and ”bowls of bodily fluids left for multiple hours”.