Health policy is 'tackling yesterday's problems' and failing to keep up with key priorities such as improving treatment for people with long-term conditions, says a report published today.
In a report for the Nuffield Trust, Chris Ham, professor of health policy and management at Birmingham University, calls for more joint working between professionals in primary and secondary care.
To read the report, click here
Regulators have written to the chair of a hospital trust at the centre of a probe into maternity care to raise concerns it gave an inaccurate picture of the service’s mortality rates at a public board meeting.
NHS performance against the four-hour accident and emergency target hit a record low in January on both the overall and type 1 category for major emergency departments.
Hospitals were on course to miss a flagship target to free up 4,000 beds, information obtained by HSJ suggests.
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