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NewsNHS bosses admit defeat on 18-week pledge
NHS chiefs have told ministers that their top health manifesto pledge - to restore the 18-week elective target by 2029 - is “not going to happen”, as a new analysis confirms the service is significantly off track.
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CommentPrescribing how to improve productivity does not work
The NHS needs fewer targets and more stability if local leaders are to make the decisions that improve productivity
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NewsNHSE ‘bringing in staff without due process’
NHS England’s internal whistleblowing champions raised concerns that the organisation is bringing in staff “without due process”.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The give and the get
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover and Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Inside the ‘shambles’
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover and Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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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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NewsMinisters hire economist to scrutinise cancer performance
Health economist Anita Charlesworth will independently co-chair a “reformed” National Cancer Board, seven months after the government’s cancer plan promised a body “accountable for delivery” of its commitments.
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NewsJudge to examine trust’s care failings
Government has named a chair for its public inquiry into care and governance failings at a mental health trust – nine months after the probe was promised.
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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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NewsExclusive: NHS CEO will keep top-tier status
The NHS chief executive is set to have equal rank in government to the health department’s permanent secretary when NHS England is abolished – meaning a proposal to downgrade their status has been rejected by ministers.
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NewsTougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
The government must introduce a statutory barring system for managers by September next year, an inquiry has said – but warned it will only work if trusts are more willing to confront serious misconduct.
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NewsGrasp ‘politically unpopular’ mergers or face more deaths
Politically unpopular and “very difficult” decisions are required to tackle rising maternal death rates and improve safety, a leading academic has warned.
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NewsFine AI firms that harm patients, demands tech commission
The medicines regulator should be allowed to fine AI companies that put patients at risk, its chief executive has said.
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NewsNHSE staff risk losing ‘thousands’ in redundancy payouts
Hundreds of NHS England staff who took partial retirement are in danger of receiving redundancy payments which are tens of thousands of pounds lower than they expected.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The long-term future of the FDP
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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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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NewsNHSE staff could be kept out of DHSC
Ministers and officials are considering whether to keep some NHS England functions and staff separate from the Department of Health and Social Care when the organisation is abolished next year, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The end of a big brand?
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsNHS ends 12 years of staffing growth
The number of NHS staff in England is in year-on-year decline for the first time since 2013, as cuts to support and back-office roles combine with a sharp slowdown in clinical recruitment.
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CommentThe NHS should fund the essential work of community doulas
Community doula services are picking up antiracism work that maternity trusts have struggled to undertake for themselves