All King's Fund articles – Page 3
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: 80pc of the elective challenge
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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News
Exclusive: Every health system to face real-terms funding cut in 2022-23
Every health system has seen their core recurrent funding reduce in real terms in 2022-23, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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News
New time limit for government to decide on reconfigurations
The government will have a time limit of six months to consider any local reconfiguration proposal it calls in, and will have to publicly justify its interference, under changes ministers have accepted to their Health and Care Bill.
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View grows that NHS ‘must live within its means’ as satisfaction plummets
The view the NHS must deliver significant improvements within its existing budget has risen sharply, alongside a dramatic fall in public satisfaction, according to the most respected annual survey of attitudes towards the UK’s health and care services.
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Comment
Fair, not fast, should be the watchword when reducing waiting lists
Alongside the operational challenge of tackling backlogs inclusively, clarity will be needed about how systems are held to account for tackling inequalities when there are competing priorities. By Ruth Robertson
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News
NHSE-commissioned review to suggest overhaul of capital allocations
A review instigated by NHS England will suggest an overhaul to the way capital funding is allocated to local systems – which should favour those with more significant problems with their estate.
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Race watchdog says trusts must be held to account for progress on health inequalities
Efforts to end health inequalities should be ‘in the mix’ of metrics used to determine the NHS’ progress against key performance targets, say race inequality experts.
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Comment
Why we need to trigger ‘Plan B’ for covid now
The government should now trigger covid “Plan B” ahead of winter, if we are to minimise excess deaths from both covid and non-covid causes, writes public health director Dominic Harrison.
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Comment
The Health and Care Bill must require action on health inequalities
Richard Murray calls for amending the Health and Care Bill to focus on health inequalities in its Triple Aim
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Comment
What is integrated care meant to achieve and how will we know if it’s working?
Despite the growing mounds of national guidance and design frameworks being issued on integrated care, there is still a startling lack of clarity and agreement over what it is actually expected to achieve, and how we will know if the policy is working. By Siva Anandaciva
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News
Government launches biggest review of NHS leadership since 1980s
The government is launching what it claims is the ‘most far-reaching review’ of NHS leadership since the seminal Griffiths report of the early 1980s.
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News
A&E performance hits record low despite fewer attendances
England’s accident and emergency performance has fallen to its lowest level since records began, data released this morning shows.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: ‘One workforce’ – the tough ICS to-do list
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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Comment
The Primer: NHS managers were ‘the enemy within’
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Delta’s coming home
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: ‘It feels like no one has their hand on the tiller’
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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Comment
We need a more compelling vision for the NHS reforms than simply 'undoing Lansley'
With the forthcoming health bill set to be introduced to Parliament in the next few weeks, and more technical guidance on the reforms due from NHS England soon, there is limited time to set out a much needed for vision for the changes they will bring, by Richard Murray, Charlotte ...
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Comment
NHS leaders must be made accountable for reducing health inequalities
Work to address health inequalities, including ethnic health inequalities, should be elevated to a ‘must do’ rather than a ‘nice to have’, write Habib Naqvi and Richard Murray
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Comment
ICSs and the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities
Andrew Fenton reflects on a re-energised NHS focus on health inequalities, and the vital role of ICS and place-level partnerships