All articles by James Illman – Page 31
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NewsLast minute cancelled operations hits highest rate since 2005
The proportion of last minute cancelled operations in the NHS hit the highest rate in over a decade in the last quarter of 2017-18 – and rocketed 20 per cent on the same period in the previous year.
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HSJ LocalTrust sells two sites to housing quango in £20m deal
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has completed a £20m sale of two of its sites to a housing quango, which plans to build 326 new homes on the land.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Does the NHS have an unhealthy obsession with activity?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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NewsNHS 'at least 4,000' beds short for next winter
NHS national leaders have estimated the service is at least 4,000 beds short for next winter and are pushing for fresh funding this year to help plug the deficit, HSJ understands.
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NewsVaunted health tech firm forced to act on misleading marketing
A much vaunted digital health firm that has partnered with Uber has been forced to remove incorrect claims about NHS partnerships from its marketing, and to launch a probe of fake five star reviews allegedly posted by employees.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Changes for A&E admission payments are coming
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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NewsTrusts' A&E performance goes sub 50 per cent as NHS hits new low
NHS performance against the four hour accident and emergency target hit its lowest level in 15 years in March, with two trusts sinking below 50 per cent.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt orders new ambulance handover plan following 'unacceptable' delays
Jeremy Hunt has told system leaders to draw up new plans to tackle handover delays this month after efforts to curtail ambulance queues outside hospitals failed this winter, HSJ understands.
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NewsData errors barely affected national A&E performance, NHS England claims
NHS England has insisted the national headline figure for accident and emergency performance was not significantly altered by inaccuracies in trusts’ data returns this winter.
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HSJ LocalConcerns raised over stroke reconfiguration transfer plans
Senior clinicians and local campaigners have raised safety concerns over plans for a major reconfiguration of stroke services in Essex.
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NewsProviders: Growing bed shortage must be priority after torrid winter
The NHS’s growing bed shortage is the most pressing issue system leaders must address following a torrid winter, NHS Providers has warned, as it dismissed all of NHS England’s core targets for next year as unrealistic.
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HSJ LocalThree CCGs plan to consolidate across county boundary
Three clinical commissioning groups in Essex and Suffolk have set out plans to form a “single strategic commissioning body” across county boundaries as part of local plans to establish an integrated care system
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Turning the corner on DTOCs?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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HSJ LocalTop CCG lead named as chief executive of inadequate trust
Inadequate rated Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has appointed local commissioning heavy hitter Antek Lejk as its new chief executive.
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NewsA&E performance hits all time low after 'most pressured month ever'
Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target dipped again in February to 85 per cent – its worst since records began – according to official data published this morning.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: A Beastly bout of Flu
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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NewsControversial ‘CareBnB’ firm returns to launch new trial
The company developing a controversial “Airbnb for social care” model allowing homeowners to rent spare rooms to recuperating hospital patients is bidding to launch a new trial in Cambridge.
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NewsChief Executive Interview: Ros Tolcher, Harrogate and District FT
This is the second in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Membership subscribers. Each month in 2018 a member of the HSJ expert team will conduct a challenging, candid and in-depth interview with a provider trust boss to uncover their personal insights ...
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HSJ LocalBurst water pipe forces trust into major cancellations
Peterborough city hospital has been forced to cancel all outpatient clinics due to a burst water pipe.
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HSJ LocalDeputy chief to retire from crisis-hit trust
East of England Ambulance Service Trust’s deputy chief executive and nursing director has announced he is to retire in April, meaning the trust’s two most senior clinical directors have left in recent months.