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NewsThe 17 trusts missing NHSE’s new A&E handover target
More than a dozen trusts have not been meeting a new “maximum” NHS England standard through the spring and summer, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNamed: The three trusts failing in every aspect of care
NHS England has named the three trusts that it believes are in need of national intervention on all four major clinical performance areas.
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NewsLetby trust issued ‘warning notice’ after failure to improve
Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has been issued a “warning notice” by the Care Quality Commission for failing to improve its urgent and emergency services.
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CommentElective recovery is leaving minority ethnic patients behind
New analysis reveals stark inequalities in elective care waits, highlighting deprivation, ethnicity, and digital exclusion as key barriers to equitable recovery
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HSJ PartnersBridging the gap in hereditary angioedema care
As clinicians and patient representatives, we see firsthand the challenges faced by people living with hereditary angioedema, write Patrick Yong, Tomaz Garcez, Anthony Dorr, Emily Carne, and Angela Metcalfe
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HSJ PartnersDelivering sustainable respiratory care for greener ICBs
Prioritising disease control and embracing sustainable inhaler innovations will be key to delivering a net zero NHS, writes Edward Piper, medical & scientific affairs director at AstraZeneca UK
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NewsA&E’s staff ‘not trained’ for mental health
Staff working in an understaffed A&E were unsure about who was responsible for the care of patients with mental health issues – potentially putting them at risk of harm, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsExclusive: The best and worst hospitals for A&E performance
Performance against the headline A&E waiting time target got worse at 69 hospitals last year amid NHS England warnings of persisting regional variation, unpublished stats have revealed.
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NewsThe deadlines and targets in the 10-Year Plan
A private funding business case for health centres, and publishing minimum employment standards, are among the first dated objectives in the 10-Year Health Plan.
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News10-Year Plan: Key policies revealed
The key new policies revealed in today’s 10-Year Health Plan – across finance, performance, tech, workforce, innovation and care quality.
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CommentHow improved patient flow meant no out-of-area placements for two years
Graeme Caul, chief operating officer at Central and North West London Foundation Trust, outlines how the trust achieved two years without out-of-area placements
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NewsA&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 AwardsHSJ 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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NewsPatients 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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CommentAssisted 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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CommentNHS 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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NewsProvider 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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NewsRevealed: 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.