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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: How trusts drove near-record improvements
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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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust pleads guilty after patient fire death
A trust has pleaded guilty to fire safety offences relating to a patient’s death in a rare case where a fire service has brought a prosecution against an NHS provider, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLeaked review warns CDCs a ‘burden’ on trusts
Community diagnostic centres could become a financial “burden” on providers without extra funding and changes to how tests are paid for, the programme’s architect has warned in an internal review obtained by HSJ.
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NewsUpdated: Trust to re-let £10m contract after ‘highly material errors’
A trust plans to restart a £10m contract award to run two urgent care centres after making a string of “highly material” errors in the procurement process.
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NewsNHSE chair: Trusts sat on land worth ‘billions’
The chair of NHS England has stated that mental health trusts are sitting on land worth £3 billion, as she questioned claims about the sector not having enough money.
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NewsHospitals seek £50m from renting out cancer capacity
A hospital trust is offering to rent out two of its radiotherapy treatment rooms to an external provider to treat private patients, in a deal worth £50m.
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NewsDiagnostic price cut ‘will harm standards’
New tariffs for ADHD and autism assessments – which in some cases could cut the fee in half – will see “gold standard” processes reduce to a “bronze standard”, independent providers have warned.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Much-needed taskforce inspires cautious optimism for change
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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HSJ PartnersHow consultants can integrate at-home cancer care into private pathways
For private consultants, integrating cancer treatment at home is not about relinquishing control – it is about extending the reach of clinical practice. It offers a way to deliver systemic anticancer therapies (SACT) and supportive care in patients’ homes under strict governance frameworks, keeping the consultant as the primary decision-maker.
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CommentThe artificial slowdown in the use of private sector providers must end
NHS elective recovery targets risk being undermined by late-year activity caps and funding constraints, highlighting the need for stable, strategic partnerships with independent providers
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HSJ LocalNearly 300 patients to be moved from ‘unacceptable’ hospital
NHS England has ordered the removal of nearly 300 patients from a mental health provider’s flagship hospital amid major safety concerns and a police probe.
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NewsICB gives in without a fight over private sector procurement complaint
A private supplier has forced an integrated care board to row back on its decision to award a £25m contract to an NHS trust, in the first case of its kind.
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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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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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NewsICB breached rules during £42m contract award
An integrated care board has been advised to review a successful bid for a £42m dermatology contract after being found in breach of procurement rules.
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NewsTrust to review claims of multiple cases of patient harm by surgeon
A trust is investigating the work of one of its former consultants amid claims the cases of “significantly more than 50 patients” he treated at its main site and a local private hospital should be reviewed for potential harm, HSJ has learned.
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NewsICB suspends access to private provider
A private provider of assessment and treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders has been suspended from NHS work, it has emerged.
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NewsProviders fear ‘significant commercial risk’ from NHSE contract rules
Fundamental concerns have been raised about NHS England’s proposed elective payment model for next year by NHS and private providers – with independent sector leaders branding them “not sustainable”.
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NewsNHSE to scrutinise provider’s management
One of the NHS’s biggest independent providers must review its executive team and regularly report on its cashflow, under special measures agreed with NHS England.
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NewsTrust launches legal battle with consultant who led AI research
A trust is pursuing legal action against a former consultant who led the development of high-profile clinical AI research.