All articles by James Illman – Page 18
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The real waiting list problem (clue: it isn’t longest waiters)
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman
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NewsNHS England gives green light to drop four-hour A&E target
NHS England is pushing ahead with plans to replace the NHS’s four-hour emergency target with a new set of 10 metrics, it has announced today.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Beefing up critical care and the issues system leaders must consider
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman
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NewsRevealed: the 12 ICSs receiving £160m to meet elective target
Twelve integrated care systems and a coalition of children’s hospitals will receive a share of a £160m fund and commit to delivering 120 per cent of their pre-covid elective activity levels by July.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: A&E has plunged into a ‘performance vacuum’
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsSystems offered upfront cash to exceed pre-covid elective activity by 20pc
Selected health systems are being offered additional upfront funding if they commit to delivering 120 per cent of their pre-covid elective activity levels by July, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust names interim after appointed chief withdraws application
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has appointed an interim chief executive after its previous candidate was forced to withdraw his application in March after an inquiry about his qualifications.
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HSJ Local‘Covid triangle’ A&E service rated ‘inadequate’ after infection control concerns
Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust’s urgent and emergency care services have been downgraded from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘inadequate’.
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HSJ LocalConsultant accused of ‘financial abuse of terminally ill patient’
A consultant has failed to get an injunction placed on a hospital trust investigating several allegations into his work, including that he improperly referred hospital patients to his private clinics.
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NewsNHSE must pause roll out of new A&E system until it can prove it is ‘working’, warns RCEM president
The NHS should pause the planned roll out of bookable A&E slots until a robust evaluation of the new system has been undertaken, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine president has told HSJ.
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NewsThree firms asked to demo models for new NHS integrated HR and finance system
NHS England and Improvement has asked at least three tech firms to provide demonstrations of how a single HR, payroll, finance and procurement system covering the whole NHS could work, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS to tender for new ‘large and complex’ finance system this summer
NHS England and Improvement will publish a tender for a single HR, payroll, finance and procurement system covering the whole service in the summer, according to a procurement notice published on Friday.
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NewsInpatient elective care down by half at peak of pandemic
Inpatient elective hospital activity was down by around 50 per cent this January and February compared to the year before, laying bare the impact of the pandemic this winter on routine care.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: A new data burden for trusts. But will it help?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsMike Richards’ review finds ‘hostility’ in pioneering integration patch
A review by Sir Mike Richards has warned of ‘really poor’ working relationships and ‘hostility’ within the system that was due to launch the NHS’ first integrated care provider, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Board directors at ‘witch hunt’ trust to step down
Two executive directors at Matt Hancock’s local trust, where the leadership is accused of bullying staff during a ‘witch hunt’ for a whistleblower, are stepping down, citing personal reasons and retirement, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSurge of patients hit A&Es over Oxford jab clot fears
Emergency clinicians have raised concerns and called for central guidance for dealing with a rush of unnecessary A&E attendances triggered by health anxiety over the Oxford covid vaccine’s safety.
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HSJ LocalHospital forced to evacuate ICU because roof could collapse
A hospital was forced to evacuate and then close its critical care unit for around three weeks last month because of concerns its roof could collapse.
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NewsNHS England appoints new national A&E lead
NHS England and Improvement has appointed Dan Boden as interim national clinical director for urgent and emergency care following the death of Cliff Mann.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Will the planning guidance’s new approach be enough?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.