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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The losers from NHSE’s great redistribution
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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NewsNHSE seeks external digital support as job cuts continue
NHS England has acknowledged it cannot meet key digital requirements of the 10-Year Health Plan and needs to buy in resource from the private sector.
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News£340k remuneration deal fails to attract DHSC growth director
The Department of Health and Social Care has failed to find a substantive director general for commercial and growth, despite offering potentially the largest pay packet in the DHSC.
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NewsDelays repairing ageing ambulances hitting response times
Some ambulance trusts report that up to two-fifths of their ambulances are unavailable, with ageing vehicles sidelined for repairs and replacements.
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NewsNHSE warns against ‘resistance’ to huge expansion of private tests
NHS England is planning to significantly increase the use of the private sector for diagnostic services, which a senior figure warned was likely to be met with “resistance” from some in the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWhen safety does not sell
Despite decades of inquiries and warnings, the NHS continues to tolerate predictable medication harm, revealing a system better at analysing failure than preventing it
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NewsNHSE ‘worried’ about ‘rigour’ of management of neighbourhoods
NHS England is worried about the “rigour of management” of neighbourhoods, its chair has said.
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NewsHospital group to enter failure regime
A hospital group with major finance and governance problems is about to be put into the new national failure regime for trusts.
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NewsNHSE names hospitals boosting productivity fastest
NHS England has named the acute trusts with the largest productivity growth – and falls – in the first six months of the financial year, according to new calculations.
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NewsLong A&E waits worst on record
Long A&E waits last month hit their highest level since public records began, as NHS England warns it’s battling its “busiest winter on record”.
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NewsNo neighbourhood provider contracts for another year
None of the neighbourhood contracts proposed in the 10-Year Health Plan will go live until at least April 2027, HSJ understands.
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NewsNot only doctors who need new ‘deal’ from NHS, says Mackey
The NHS needs a “reset” of its “deal” with all of its staff – improving working conditions in return for performance and productivity – its CEO has said.
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CommentWe risk creating a two-tier precision health service
Precision health can shift the NHS towards prediction and prevention, but success depends on investment, data, skills and fair access
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NewsNHSE to stave off monopoly in ‘fragile’ market
NHS England is working to stop a monopoly taking hold of the “fragile” £120m-a-year home oxygen services market.
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NewsA&Es to open dedicated areas for ‘extended stay’ patients
“Extended emergency medicine” areas will be opened in hospitals for A&E patients whose care can’t be turned around within the four-hour target, according to new national guidance.
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NewsICB chief apologises for restructure ‘mistakes’
An integrated care board chief has apologised for “mistakes” made in the organisation’s redundancy process.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt’s sobering realisation about bureaucracy and box ticking
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsBiggest GP chain aims for 1m patients after profit tops £4m
England’s largest provider of GP services plans to grow to cover one million patients in the next few years, its CEO has told HSJ, while its annual EBITDA has topped £10m.
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HSJ LocalTrust CEO departs after five years
A chief executive has announced he will retire this summer after five years in leadership roles at a small acute trust in the North West.
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CommentThe biggest drivers of healthcare demand are not what you think
Rising healthcare demand is usually blamed on an ageing, less healthy population. But new analysis suggests this is incorrect