All News articles – Page 140
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NewsTrusts failing on waiting list ask told to ‘get act together’
Trusts have been told to ‘get their act together’ on health inequalities, after HSJ research suggested only a small minority have so far published data on disparities in waiting times between different patient groups.
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News‘40,000 put at risk last month’ while waiting in ambulance
More than 38,000 patients were put at risk of harm during March – more than 4,000 of them seriously – while they waited in an ambulance outside hospital, according to estimates shared with HSJ.
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NewsGovernment to review the future of CQC and NHS England
NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and other arm’s length bodies will be subject to an efficiency and performance review led by the Cabinet Office.
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News‘Heavily funded NHS recruitment’ taking staff away from social care
Government advisers have warned that well-funded NHS recruitment campaigns are diverting staff away from social care services, and called on ministers to adopt a ‘joined-up approach’ to attracting workers to health and social care.
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NewsTrust rated ‘inadequate’ for fourth time
A troubled mental health trust has been rated ‘inadequate’ by health inspectors for the fourth time in eight years and served a warning notice over patient safety concerns.
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NewsCovid discharges to care homes necessary, but DHSC failed on isolation, court finds
Discharging untested hospital patients into care homes in spring 2020 was ‘necessary to preserve the capacity of the NHS’, but the government acted illegally by failing to recommend they were isolated on admission, the High Court has ruled.
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NewsTrust abandons £150m commercial loan plan
A trust has abandoned a proposal to borrow £150m from a commercial lender to plug gaps in government capital funding.
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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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NewsNew 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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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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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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NewsRevealed: The areas with the strongest and weakest primary care
Official workforce statistics reveal huge variation in primary care staffing across different health systems – with London and the South East appearing to be particularly underserved and the South West relatively well resourced.