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NewsCost of living pushing more staff to ‘off-framework’ agencies
Clinicians are increasingly choosing to join ‘off-framework’ staffing agencies which pay higher day rates, pushing up trusts’ costs, according to information shared with HSJ.
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NewsMore than 7k resignations every month as NHS staff seek better work-life balance
New NHS staffing data suggest a ‘worrying acceleration’ of people choosing to resign from their jobs.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Computer error’ removed 1,800 patients from trust’s elective waiting list
A trust has discovered 1,800 patients who were removed by mistake from its elective waiting list.
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NewsNHS recruits private providers to help drive virtual ward expansion
National leaders are looking to bring in private healthcare providers to achieve a rapid expansion of ‘virtual wards’ in the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: 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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NewsSecond NHSE tech director to join Palantir
A second NHS tech director will join a technology company which is reportedly the favourite to win a new major data contract with the health service.
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NewsNHS management overly ‘task focused’, government review finds
NHS management and leadership are overly ‘task focused’, according to briefings by the senior military leader who has carried out a major review of health and care for the government.
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NewsFamilies call for removal of ex-SHA chair from care failings review
Families involved in a review into maternity services failings at Nottingham University Hospitals have called for the newly appointed ex-SHA chair to decline the post.
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NewsNHS’s AI chief joins CIA-linked US tech firm
The NHS’s former head of artificial intelligence has been appointed to a CIA-linked US tech firm which has played a significant role in the service’s response to the pandemic.
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NewsHospital placed in special measures
A specialist eating disorder hospital in Yorkshire has been placed in special measures and told to make urgent improvements within six months or face closure.
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HSJ LocalTrust CEO steps down after almost two decades
A trust chief executive who has been in post for 19 years has announced he is stepping down.
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NewsNHS set to miss key targets in fight against antibiotic-resistant infections
The NHS is falling behind in the race to tackle antibiotic-resistant infections, with the service set to miss two key targets.
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NewsBuilding order of ‘new hospitals’ revealed as £550m consultancy deals announced
Projects in Dorset and Devon are set to be the first within the government’s New Hospital Programme to agree construction contracts.
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NewsMortuary sex inquiry report taking ‘longer than anticipated’
The report from an independent inquiry into a hospital mortuary sex offender is likely to be delayed, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: Surge in serious incidents caused by ambulance delays
Ambulance trusts are seeing rising numbers of serious incidents resulting from delays in reaching patients, research by HSJ has uncovered.
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NewsICSs must seek permission to bust £170k pay cap for directors
Integrated care systems must make the case to NHS England and ministers if they want to pay executives more than £170,000, leaked guidance reveals.
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NewsMajor scaling back of infection control measures announced
A significant relaxation of infection control guidance has been announced in a bid to free up more capacity to tackle substantial waiting lists and demand for emergency care.
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NewsLong cancer waits at highest rate since pandemic hit
The proportion of cancer patients waiting more than 104 days following an urgent referral is now worse than at any point in the pandemic, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in February 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsHospitals taking on two-year waiters won’t be penalised, says NHSE
Concerns that providers are not taking as many patients as they could from struggling neighbours because they feared having to add breaches to their lists have prompted NHS England to publish new mutual aid rules.