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NewsCancer surgery waits hit six weeks at 15 trusts
The number of trusts where breast cancer patients typically wait six weeks or more between diagnosis and surgery has risen from two to 15 since before the pandemic, according to new figures.
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HSJ PartnersPreventable deaths, preventable delays: structural heart disease care needs to be a priority in its own right
Every year, patients in England die from structural heart diseases when earlier intervention could have saved them. Treatments exist and are effective, and outcomes when patients are treated in time are good, yet the system is failing to reach people before it is too late. This is not acceptable, and ...
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HSJ LocalSurgeon harm review delayed to 2027
A trust has apologised for a further delay to an independent review into potential harm to hundreds of patients, many of them children, treated by one of its surgeons.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: 10 child deaths investigated at trust facing prosecution
An independent review into 10 child fatalities has identified fundamental governance and sepsis care failings at an embattled trust, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsInquiry trust told to act on rise in inpatient deaths
Commissioners have demanded an action plan after an “increase of inpatient deaths” at a mental health trust already subject to a statutory inquiry into at least 2,000 deaths.
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NewsAt least 20% of baby deaths ‘potentially avoidable’
At least a fifth of baby deaths last year may have been preventable, with this estimate considered “a minimum”, an analysis of thousands of care reviews has concluded.
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NewsTrust faces decade-long review after hundreds of harm cases discovered
More than 300 cases of patient harm have been identified at a North East trust reviewing major care and governance failings in its breast cancer service.
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NewsTougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
The government must introduce a statutory barring system for managers by September next year, an inquiry has said – but warned it will only work if trusts are more willing to confront serious misconduct.
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NewsGrasp ‘politically unpopular’ mergers or face more deaths
Politically unpopular and “very difficult” decisions are required to tackle rising maternal death rates and improve safety, a leading academic has warned.
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NewsPM should remember ‘the North isn’t just Manchester’, says trust CEO
Andy Burnham should recognise that areas in the North of England other than Greater Manchester require more investment, the chief executive of a Tyneside trust has told HSJ.
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CommentThe NHS needs a summer plan as well as a winter one
As heat-related deaths rise and projections for 2050 grow increasingly stark, the NHS must stop treating summer as the quiet season. The case for giving heat the same operational seriousness as winter has never been stronger – and the cost of delay is already being counted in lives
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CommentDon’t let strategic commissioning make inequality worse
Strategic commissioning has begun, but without proper allocative tools and co-design, the NHS risks cutting the services it needs to close the health inequalities gap, argues Andi Orlowski
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NewsTrust-commissioned maternity review cancelled by Streeting
A review commissioned by Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust to investigate its perinatal mortality rate has been cancelled following an intervention by the health secretary, HSJ understands.
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CommentNorway provides safer AND cheaper healthcare than the UK – we need to find out why
Jeremy Hunt argues that closing the UK’s patient safety gap must become a core national priority, with new data showing tens of thousands of deaths could be prevented by matching the performance of leading health systems
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NewsEx-health secretary buys NHS data firm
A former health secretary’s company has bought health data firm Dr Foster, with plans to return to its practice of highlighting poor quality care in the NHS.
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CommentThe hidden risks within community services are being ignored
Steph Lawrence, CEO of the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing, warns that insufficient staffing is leading to care being missed and patient deaths
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NewsExternal reviews ordered over trust’s baby death rates
Two external reviews are being commissioned into maternity and neonatal care at the trust with the highest perinatal mortality rates.
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CommentSplit-screen thinking is the secret to balancing short- and long-term goals
To navigate the complex challenges facing the NHS and global healthcare, “split-screen thinking” offers a framework for addressing urgent issues while also driving innovation for a sustainable future, explain trust CEO Richard Mitchell and University of Leicester professor Kamlesh Khunti
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HSJ PartnersIntroducing HSMR+: Professor Jones’ review validates HSMR+ as the new benchmark in mortality data analysis
Telstra Health UK’s new Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio model, HSMR+, represents a significant advancement in mortality benchmarking, incorporating key updates to enhance accuracy and applicability.
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HSJ PartnersIntroducing HSMR+: pioneering a new era in mortality data analysis
Following a comprehensive review of HSMR, Telstra Health UK is introducing HSMR+, which has been refined to better align with the NHS’s requirements