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News
A&E funding overhaul plan revealed
Around half of funding for emergency care would depend on cutting wait times and shifting care out of hospital, under detailed plans seen by HSJ.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Digital Awards 2025: Improving Urgent and Emergency Care Through Digital
WINNER University Hospitals Plymouth: X-Ray Car (Mobile X-Ray Service)
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News
Patients to decide hospital payments under 10-year plan proposals
Patients will be able to decide whether hospitals get the full payment for their treatment under proposals in drafts of the 10-Year Health Plan, HSJ understands.
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Comment
Assisted dying must be the start of greater patient choice at end of life
As debates on the 10-Year Plan and assisted dying unfold, real patient agency in end of life care remains elusive despite clear public desire for choice and dignity
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Comment
NHS staff are refusing vaccinations as a form of quiet protest
Considering the low flu vaccine uptake among staff, the NHS’s 2025-26 urgent and emergency care plan feels out of touch with workforce realities, writes Dr Jahangir Alom
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News
Provider sells NHS services after financial collapse
A private provider has collapsed and sold businesses running at least eight urgent care centres to another firm.
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News
£370m capital announced to support urgent care recovery
The NHS will be given £370m of capital funding to help it improve “suboptimal” urgent and emergency care services by this winter, the government has announced.
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News
‘Blame shunting’ by providers leads to poor emergency care, says NHSE
The ‘inability or unwillingness’ of some NHS and social care providers to work together has contributed to an ’unimaginable’ deterioration in emergency care performance, according to NHS England
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News
Revealed: The trusts and systems sharing £150m emergency care fund
NHS England has revealed which organisations have won a share of a £150m capital fund to reward emergency care performance improvements – with significant amounts going to acute and children’s trusts.
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HSJ Local
‘Lack of trust’ in provider’s leadership uncovered by NHSE
An NHS England review into one of the busiest A&Es in the country has raised concerns about the behaviour of senior doctors and a “general lack of trust” in its leadership.
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News
NHSE axes £69m fund designed to improve patient flow
NHS England has axed a £69m tech programme aimed at improving A&E waiting times to plough the money into electronic patient record systems instead, HSJ can reveal.
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News
CEO accuses trusts of defying NHSE target
Acute trusts in the West Midlands have been criticised by an ambulance service CEO for not implementing an NHS England instruction to keep handover times under 45 minutes.
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HSJ Local
Trust’s surge space death sparks CQC concerns
Vulnerable patients at a struggling A&E died or needed intensive care after their needs “were not met” while being cared for in surge spaces and waiting areas, inspectors have warned after an unannounced inspection.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Are ‘unambitious’ targets here to stay?
Addressing urgent and emergency care recovery, including reducing A&E wait times and corridor care, remain top operational priorities for the NHS. This week’s Recovery Watch newsletter, by senior correspondent Matt Discombe, reports on progress towards these goals.
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News
Paramedics told to listen to podcasts while queuing for A&E handovers
Paramedics have complained of a “disrespectful” instruction to listen to podcasts while queuing to hand over patients to A&E, HSJ has learned.
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News
Seven trusts still to set maximum ambulance handover times
Seven trusts among the poorest performers for ambulance handovers have yet to to implement the flagship NHS England policy designed to tackle the problem.
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News
Crucial emergency care system to be scrapped by NHSE within months
An IT system that prevents 999 call-handling services from being overwhelmed is set to be withdrawn by NHS England in an effort to save money.
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News
Key recovery target hit
Ambulance services hit a crucial “interim” target for responding to the bulk of emergency calls last month, and showed marked improvements for the most serious category of incidents.
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News
NHSE chiefs think A&E recovery plan ‘lacks ambition’
NHS England’s new leadership has criticised near-completed drafts of the long-awaited national recovery plan for urgent and emergency care, with senior figures concerned it “lacks ambition”, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
AI triage is not science fiction
Charlotte Refsum advocates for the use of AI-powered navigation tools to free up millions of appointments, reduce wait times, and revolutionise the NHS