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NewsNHS plans new elective target after April deadline missed
System leaders are discussing pushing back the NHS’s target to virtually eliminate 78-week breaches from the waiting list by this month to ‘June or July’, HSJ understands.
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NewsHealth secretary to seek legal action over nursing strike
The health secretary will be seeking legal action regarding the Royal College of Nursing’s planned strike on 2 May, it has been announced.
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NewsCQC inspectors to strike over pay
Hundreds of Care Quality Commission staff are to strike over pay next month, including those working in inspections teams.
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NewsChild health checks failed to recover after covid, figures show
Inadequate health visiting provision has led to gaps in care for children and heaped pressure on acute services, senior clinicians have told HSJ.
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NewsMinisters blamed for ‘bigger and more complex’ reporting
The level of reporting for the £8bn better care fund has become ‘bigger and more complex’ this year because of ministers’ increased interest in spending on discharge, officials have said.
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NewsForty trusts are set elective target less ambitious than last year
NHS trusts have been given targets to increase elective activity that range from 103 per cent of pre-pandemic levels to nearly 130 per cent, internal data seen by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ LocalWarning notice over children’s safety sent to trust
A hospital trust has been served a warning notice over safety issues while its children’s and young people’s services have been rated “inadequate”.
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NewsNational ambitions for use of NHS App undermined by plateauing performance
Take-up and usage of the NHS App in England has begun to plateau, after covid drove huge growth, figures seen by HSJ suggest.
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NewsLeaked report accuses ICSs of ‘driving up cost’ by stockpiling supplies
A report commissioned by national procurement chiefs has criticised trusts and systems for developing their own warehousing and supply chain facilities – warning this would lead to duplication and excess costs.
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HSJ LocalStruggling trust hit with CQC warning notice
A scandal-hit trust has been issued a warning notice over staffing levels in medical care.
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NewsICB chair on ‘extended leave’ amid leadership turmoil
An integrated care board’s chair is on a ‘period of extended leave’, amid wider concerns about unstable leadership, poor relationships and staff dissatisfaction at the organisation, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust CEO to depart after eight years
The CEO of a trust with one of the lowest staff satisfaction rates in the NHS has announced she will step down next year, eight years after taking up the post.
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NewsSuing trust for £56m is ‘last resort’, says Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it supports a PFI firm taking legal action to claim £56m from an NHS hospital trust, including tens of millions said to be owed to the bank, HSJ has learned.
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NewsServices risk being scaled back over unfunded NHS pay rises
Unfunded NHS pay rises will likely lead to essential frontline public health and community services being scaled back, senior sector figures have warned.
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NewsScrapping of unit dedicated to cutting PPE waste ‘short-sighted’, says boss
NHS Supply Chain has disbanded a team working on sustainability for personal protective equipment in a move branded ‘short-sighted’ by a former manager.
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NewsNew chair will ‘reset group model’ across three trusts
Three Midlands hospital trusts with a combined turnover of more than £2bn are moving to share a single chair, who wants to drive further collaboration and partnership between them, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in February 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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HSJ LocalICBs hire same tech provider following court order to redo procurement
Two integrated care boards have hired the same tech supplier after a court order to re-procure due to a previous purchasing process being deemed unlawful.
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NewsMore nursing strikes planned as unions split on pay deal
The Royal College of Nursing has announced fresh strikes after its members voted to reject the government’s pay deal, while Unison healthcare staff voted in favour.
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HSJ LocalCEO of care scandal trust quits
The chief executive of a mental health trust at the centre of a high-profile care scandal has announced his resignation.