All articles by Henry Anderson – Page 7
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NewsThousands of patients recalled over eye damage concerns
Thousands of patients are being recalled for urgent eye checks after regulators raised safety concerns related to a product used in cataract surgery.
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NewsSystems to end year half a billion in deficit, NHSE admits
NHS England has admitted that integrated care systems are likely to post a combined deficit of around £600m for the current financial year.
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NewsNHSE rejects ‘unacceptable’ ICS deficit
NHS England has expressed ‘significant disappointment’ over the finances of an integrated care system and extended its regime of ‘mandated oversight’.
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News‘Unauthorised payoffs’ made to senior staff at six NHS organisations
NHS England has been criticised by national auditors after a spate of unauthorised payoffs to departing commissioning staff, and warned that the move to integrated care boards may bring more.
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NewsRevealed: New elective activity targets for each ICS
NHS England has set new elective targets for each integrated care system in 2023-24, ranging from 3 per cent to 14 per cent above pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsTrusts have lost ‘financial grip’ since covid, says audit firm
Trusts still face ‘a lot of work’ to restore the financial grip and discipline that were lost during the pandemic, according to an audit and consultancy firm.
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NewsTrusts forced to rerun joint CEO process after candidates pull out
Trusts planning a £1.3bn group leadership model have been forced to re-run the recruitment process for a shared CEO.
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NewsNHSE ‘mistaken’ in prioritising ‘headline funding’, says ex-Treasury mandarin
A trust chair and former senior Treasury official says NHS England has repeatedly made the ‘mistake’ of pushing for maximum headline increases in their main revenue budget – which has meant less funding being allocated for transformative investments.
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NewsExclusive: ICSs with most and least funding growth
Local health systems’ budgets will rise by an average of 3.3 per cent in 2023-24, according to draft allocations seen by HSJ.
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News‘Payment by results’ style system returns for electives
The health service in England is returning to payment-by-results-style system for elective activity, guidance published today confirms.
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NewsDoctors say ‘group model’ will make their services ‘even worse’
Consultants have objected to plans for a group model between two providers on either side of the Humber estuary, saying it will leave their trust a “minority partner”.
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NewsEx-hospital chief takes over new trust
A former acute boss is returning to NHS management to lead a mental health and community services trust.
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NewsBarclay orders ICSs to publish ‘organograms’ by 6 January
The health secretary has told integrated care systems to publish a breakdown of staffing numbers and costs so the “public and those on the frontline understand how money is spent”.
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NewsNeighbouring trusts placed in ‘special measures’
NHS England has moved two Devon trusts into its successor for the special measures regime, meaning all of the county’s acute trusts are now in the bottom tier of the oversight framework.
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NewsNHSE cuts £1bn from cancer, maternity and primary care funds
NHS England is raiding a national fund earmarked for improvements in cancer, maternity care and other priority services by up to £1bn this year, to pay for deficits elsewhere, and will cut it by a similar amount in 2023-24, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE has too much power over managers’ careers, warns ICS boss
An integrated care board chair has said NHS England has too much power over promotions for senior managers, claiming it creates a “real problem” in incentivising ICSs to have a long-term focus on health inequalities and prevention.
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NewsCost of ‘40 new hospitals’ has ‘inflated’ beyond Treasury allocation, admits Barclay
Soaring inflation has driven the cost of the ‘40 new hospitals’ promised by government beyond the funds previously ‘signed off’ by the Treasury, health secretary Steve Barclay has admitted.
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NewsSpecial measures label ‘hurts people’, says trust CEO
The ‘special measures’ label unquestionably hurts staff morale, according to the chief executive of a trust that is hoping to move out of the highest level of oversight for the first time in five years.
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NewsNHS England ‘can only afford 3pc pay rise next year’
NHS England has effectively drawn a red line ahead of next year’s pay deal and NHS funding negotiations, suggesting it can only afford an increase of around 3 per cent for staff.
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NewsExclusive: ICSs set for combined £1bn+ deficit
NHS England has told local leaders that integrated care systems and their member trusts are currently on course for a combined deficit of more than £1bn this year, HSJ has learned.