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HSJ LocalWorkforce challenges blamed for trust’s falling cancer performance
A large acute trust’s cancer performance has plummeted over the summer, with only half of its patients treated within 62 days of an urgent screening referral.
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NewsCCGs fear patients will stockpile drugs ahead of Brexit
Multiple clinical commissioning groups have raised concerns that patients will start stockpiling medicines and costs will rise if a Brexit deal is not confirmed soon.
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NewsTrusts' costs triple amid clinical waste crisis
Nearly 20 NHS trusts are paying three times as much for clinical waste services after their contracts were moved from the company at the centre of the stockpiling row, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCentralised buying of stationery saves NHS £2m
The first element of the NHS’s new purchasing model for common goods and equipment has surpassed its initial savings target by £1.5m, according to supply chain chiefs.
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Thirty-six trusts told to take 'firm action' on deficits
Almost 40 NHS providers are now forecasting to miss their financial plans in 2018-19, as regulators reported another deterioration in the sector’s finances.
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NewsNHSI: Restoring performance may take until 2023
It could take up to five years to get NHS performance back on track, NHS Improvement has warned.
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NewsLondon's private income growth covers decline across other trusts
Growth in private income at a small number of London trusts offset a decline across the rest of England last year, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsStevens: Long-term plan won’t ‘definitively’ address staffing problems
The NHS long-term plan will not “definitively” deal with staff training, capital or public health – and the government still has no “durable answer” for social care funding, Simon Stevens has said.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Landing the long term plan
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsDeloitte hired to design NHS efficiency drive
Deloitte has won a contract to draw up proposals with NHS trusts for a new procurement efficiency drive, which aims to make savings from a £20bn pool of non-pay spend.
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CommentIt’s time to stop papering over the cracks when it comes to workforce
The number of people living with cancer is growing and we need a costed plan to sustain and grow the NHS workforce, argues Fran Woodard.
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NewsNHS Improvement tightens grip on subsidiary companies
NHS Improvement will stop foundation trusts from creating subsidiary companies if it considers the plan too “high-risk”, according to new guidance.
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NewsNHS England to give 'significant investment' to Healthwatch
Healthwatch England is to be given “significant investment” from NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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NewsCCG admin budgets to be cut by a fifth
Clinical commissioning groups will have their administration budget cut by 20 per cent in a push to save money and spread integrated care systems.
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NewsTrusts expected to create new patient safety director role
All NHS trusts will be expected to appoint patient safety directors working at a senior level within a new national structure designed to deliver “uniformity” and help reduce patient harm.
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NewsIndustry can help design out human error, says safety tsar
The NHS must do more to prevent patient harm by working with industry to design out human error, according to the new national patient safety director.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Brownian Motion and Johnsonian home economics
With the re-announcement of money for the NHS, the health service faces a very real risk of raised expectations and a budget increase too low to deliver on them. By Andy Cowper
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Data dump delving
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsNew pharma deal raises cap on drugs' spending
The government has negotiated a new deal with the pharmaceutical industry which raises the NHS’ cap on spending on branded medicines.
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CommentChild and adolescent mental health services: A case study in confused priorities
An audit of child and adolescent crisis admissions via A&E to CAMHS beds has identified problems that are symptomatic of the wider challenges facing mental health services, say Dr Daniel Poulter, Dr Ben Baig, Molly Cooney and Dr Sarah Cornick