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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Will government abandon 18 weeks?
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsFlagship digital programme ‘a shambles’
Trust leaders have branded a national tech investment programme “a shambles” and questioned whether cash will be released before the end of its first year.
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NewsAlarm raised over impact of management cuts on NHS productivity
“Politically attractive” cuts to managers could harm the NHS’s productivity, a major NHS commission has warned.
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HSJ LocalWe’re providing ‘pretty awful’ care, says CEO
A hospital trust is providing a “pretty awful” standard of care, its interim chief executive has declared.
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NewsGP leaders seek end to ‘hostilities’
The British Medical Association’s GP committee has voted against escalating its “collective action”, in a bid to “reset” its relationship with government and NHS England.
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NewsSix ‘neighbourhoods’ seek investors to ‘derisk’ expansion
Six “neighbourhood health” projects are being pump-primed by government to secure millions of pounds of private investment.
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NewsPrivate providers face tougher rules on payment
A major government review into the prevalence of mental illness and neurodivergence is set to call for a mandatory tariff and specification to tackle huge variation in price and quality in ADHD and autism services, HSJ understands.
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News£2.5bn tech programme dubbed ‘unachievable’
Successful delivery of NHS England’s £2.5bn Frontline Productivity programme “appears to be unachievable” due to governance failures and political uncertainty, according to a government review.
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NewsNHSE increases value of ‘tiger teams’ EPR contract
A consultancy firm will net an additional £6.4m over the next six months from its “tiger teams” contract with NHS England.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Is NHSE wrong to blame striking docs for financial woes?
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By senior correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsSingle water contract to save NHS £5m a year
NHS England is centralising the NHS’s water contracts in a move it says could save at least £5m a year.
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CommentA more robust approach to GP registration for overseas visitors is needed
Optional identity verification and free care for short-term overseas visitors leave general practice vulnerable to serious information governance failures and rising taxpayer costs
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NewsMajor trust freed after nine years of NHSE intervention
One of England’s largest hospital trusts has been freed from NHS England enforcement action that ran for almost a decade.
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NewsUK’s largest private hospital group sold in £1bn deal
One of the NHS’s largest private providers, Spire Healthcare Group, has agreed to a £1bn takeover by a group of investment firms.
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NewsICB plan says trust must cut staff by 15%
An acute trust would have to cut its workforce by almost 15 per cent and its costs by 26 per cent under a draft five-year plan set by its integrated care board.
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NewsRevealed: NHSE top team clear-out cost more than £800k
NHS England spent more than £800,000 on payouts for six directors last year as it cleared out its top team, it has been revealed.
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News‘Process error’ leaves major supplier off £140m framework
A global market-leading medical device manufacturer has failed to join a key national framework worth up to £140m over four years – potentially disrupting supply and increasing costs to hospitals.
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CommentThe NHS is dismantling AHP leadership
As ICBs slash senior allied health professional roles to save costs, the NHS risks losing the very leadership needed to deliver its shift toward community care and long-term prevention
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NewsRecognise negative impact mutual aid can have on performance, pleads trust CEO
The chief executive of a trust that has fallen 34 places in NHS England’s provider performance league table has complained that the ranking fails to take into account its efforts to help neighbours.
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NewsLeading joint health and care deal falls foul of financial pressures
NHS financial pressures and reforms have brought about the end of one of the largest local joint health and social care funding arrangements.