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NewsThe NHS in 2024, told through 11 charts
From continuing strike action to long waits in emergency departments and the community, there’s been plenty to write about in the NHS in 2024. But sometimes words don’t tell the story quite as vividly as a picture. Here are 11 charts which visualise the year that was 2024 for the ...
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt on how we can save 13,500 lives
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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CommentI was an NHS leader for 30 years. Only now do I fully understand dementia care
Dame Ruth Carnall calls for greater collaboration between the NHS, local authorities, and care providers to improve outcomes for frail and dementia patients through better integration, long-term planning, and shared resources
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NewsHospital with worst-performing A&E gets new CEO
A new chief executive has been appointed to the trust with London’s worst-performing A&E department.
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NewsAmbulance response time hits two-year low
Ambulance response times for incidents including elderly people falling rose to the highest level in two years in November.
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NewsStreeting ‘shocked’ by his lack of ‘oversight’ of social care
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said he is “shocked” by his lack of oversight of adult social care and said he is “determined to improve this” in a call with local leaders this morning.
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NewsWorst trusts on A&E experience revealed by CQC
A Care Quality Commission survey has identified the trusts where the most patients report a bad experience in A&E.
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NewsGP ‘inconsistency’ compounding dangerous A&E crowding, says trust
A review into emergency care deaths at a struggling trust claims a “lack of consistency” in primary care referrals is a major factor causing A&E crowding.
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NewsEnd GP partnership model to help A&E waits, says NHSE lead
The NHS needs to take more “radical” steps to improve emergency care waiting times, including making primary care a salaried service, a senior national clinical lead has said.
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NewsRevealed: 50 A&Es where most patients ‘could be seen elsewhere’
The emergency departments where more than half of patients “could have been seen elsewhere” are revealed by new figures uncovered by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Falling through the gaps
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsTeenager’s death linked to national IT system, review suggests
The 999 assessment and triage system is being reviewed after the death of a young footballer, which may have highlighted a recurring flaw in the tool.
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NewsAmbulance trusts suffer as calls jump 13% in London
Ambulance trusts are battling an extremely tough October with calls in one region up by 13 per cent year-on-year and others struggling with hospital handovers.
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NewsWinter pressures funding leads to ‘panic buying,’ says CEO
Last-minute national funding to ease winter pressures often leads to “panic buying” and is “not always well spent”, a trust chief executive has said.
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NewsNHS England director warns ‘we can’t surge beds and capacity’ this winter
An NHS England director has warned the health service will not be able to create the same extra capacity used to get through winter in previous years, adding to concerns about performance and safety pressures in coming months.
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NewsTrust says BBC story about ‘penknife surgeon’ was misleading
A BBC story about a patient being operated on with a penknife has been challenged by the trust involved as misleading.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The worrying ‘normal’ of maternity care
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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CommentReeves needs to give the NHS time to make the most of its funding
There is a clear opportunity presented for the new government to publish the 2025-26 government spending plans alongside the Budget on 30 October and address the lack of long-term financial planning in the NHS, writes Charlotte Wickens
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Harnessing a Human Factors Approach to Improve Patient Safety
WINNER University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust: Safety and Learning Culture - a Quality Improvement Journey in Critical Care
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Mental Health Safety Improvement Award
WINNER North West Ambulance Service: Saving The Lives of Patients in Mental Health Crisis - Developing an Advanced Questionnaire Model to Support Timely Ambulance Dispatch in Cases of Life Threatening Overdose