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CommentChanging the economics of outpatient care through technology
NHS productivity has stalled, not because digital investment failed, but because it was layered onto old ways of working. Ambient technology offers a chance to finally redesign them
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CommentThe NHS does not know where it is succeeding or failing
The 10-Year Health Plan’s promise to spread best practice through greater transparency risks falling short. Many ICBs lack the basic data needed to track whether services meet national standards or identify what works best
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CommentDon’t blame the government – NHS ‘conservatism’ is holding back change
Neighbourhood health has momentum and support, but without structural reform to funding and authority, the NHS risks slow implementation
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NewsNHSE expects to declare victory on number one target
NHS England bosses are predicting they will get close enough to hitting 65 per cent against the 18-week standard by March to declare victory against their main performance objective for this year, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Hospital discharge policy is stranded
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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NewsTrust paid management consultant more than £500k
A trust spent more than £500,000 on the services of a management consultant over a period of 16 months, HSJ can reveal.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The remaking – or breaking – of the ‘local state’
Leading ICB and council CEOs join HSJ Health Check to talk about the earthquake that is shaking relationships between local government and the NHS.
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NewsHospitals exit special measures after seven years
An acute trust has come out of NHS England’s “recovery support” regime, more than seven years after it was placed in special measures.
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NewsNHS has ‘hollowed out’ community care, says government adviser
The NHS has “hollowed out” community and primary care and become a “national hospital service”, according to the influential lead of a government review of social care.
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NewsTrust CEO: National leaders are holding back mental health progress
A leading trust CEO and former national director has warned the mental health sector feels “abandoned”, with no long-term plan and its “share of spend falling like a stone”.
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HSJ LocalNHSE takes action against two more trusts in £178m deficit system
NHS England has served two more trusts with enforcement action in a system forecasting one of the largest deficits this year.
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NewsTrust calls in KPMG as £30m gap opens
A trust with major financial and performance problems has called in a large accountancy and consultancy firm to carry out a wide-ranging review.
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NewsNHSE bid to divert referrals falling well short of target
NHS England is set to fall “well short” of a key target to ramp up GPs’ use of “advice and guidance” from specialists – and the model is “unlikely to be the silver bullet ministers hoped for” to help cut waiting lists, experts have warned.
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CommentSuccessful tech business cases do not have to offer cash savings
Humber Teaching Foundation Trust’s new EPR delivered no cash savings – by design. Lee Rickles, its chief information officer, argues the real return lies in clinical time, safety and user experience, not balance sheet gains
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NewsGovernment scraps £20 advice and guidance fee for GPs
The government is scrapping the £20 fee paid for each time a GP seeks “advice and guidance” from a specialist.
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NewsReform of £10bn integration fund delayed
A move to combine the £10bn “Better Care Fund” with “neighbourhood” plans – and to cut mandatory NHS contributions to social care – has been delayed for at least another year.
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NewsRevealed: The systems being denied deficit support
One system accounts for more than a quarter of the £460m of deficit support funding withheld from 13 systems by NHS England this year, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ PartnersFrom long-term vision to in-year savings: digital solutions for today’s NHS
Digitally enabling solutions must deliver (in-year) cost savings as well as show demonstrable value in driving up productivity across the NHS
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NewsExclusive: £120m ‘sprint’ will drive last-ditch attempt to hit elective target
NHS England plans to spend around £120m on a “sprint” exercise in a bid to hit its main elective target for this year by March, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUncertainty over reforms contributed to ICB’s illegal action
Confusion over NHS reforms led a West Country integrated care board to pursue a procurement route that it acknowledged was unlawful, and for which it is now being sued.