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NewsOmicron hit cancer performance harder than first covid wave
The omicron variant had a bigger effect on cancer performance than the first wave of coronavirus in 2020, official data suggests.
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News‘Lack of respect’ for children at ‘inadequate’ hospital
Staff failed to provide kind and compassionate care and did not treat children with respect at a private hospital downgraded from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’, a report by health inspectors has revealed.
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NewsNHS England to replace cancer targets
The two-week wait cancer target should be scrapped and replaced with a different measure, as part of an overhaul of cancer standards, NHS England has said.
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NewsGovernment’s £750m bill for storing PPE revealed
Ministers spent £755.8m storing personal protective equipment over the first year and a half of the pandemic, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS employers told: ‘Comply in full’ with tax rules for ‘locum and agency staff’
NHS England has told trusts and commissioners to ‘comply in full’ with regulations which mean deducting tax and national insurance from the payments made to some contractors, despite the ‘substantial administrative implications’ this will create.
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NewsJavid: No increase in NHS funding to address workforce needs
Any investment to increase NHS staffing levels recommended by the forthcoming long-term workforce plan will need to be funded from within the service’s existing budget, Sajid Javid revealed today.
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NewsGap between best and worst cancer performers widens
The gap between the best and worst-performing health systems for cancer has widened during the pandemic, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsNHS must remove Russian firms from its supply chain ASAP
NHS trusts must exit any contracts they have with Russian and Belarussian suppliers ‘as soon as practically possible’, Sajid Javid has instructed.
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NewsCovid hospital admissions start to rise again
The number of covid positive patients admitted to English hospitals has started to rise again after falling for nearly two months.
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NewsDirector sacked for harassing trainees loses wrongful dismissal case
A senior medic sacked after sexually harassing two trainees has lost his employment tribunal claim.
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NewsThe regions lagging in drive to recruit 50k nurses revealed
The South East has made the most progress on increasing registered nurse staffing since autumn 2019, while the North East and Yorkshire has made the least, according to figures published by the government.
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NewsNHSE challenged to prove new A&E targets are improving outcomes
Four expert bodies have called on NHS England to reveal whether the planned new emergency care targets being trialled by 14 trusts have resulted in ‘improved outcomes’.
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NewsNew chief executive for Midlands trust
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsFormer charity director made trust CEO
The acting chief executive of a mental health trust has been given the job on a permanent basis.
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NewsJavid backs report calling for GPs to be ‘directly employed’ by the NHS
Sajid Javid has backed a think tank report which calls for a radical restructuring of NHS GP services, including scrapping the General Medical Services contract within a decade.
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NewsNHSE left without permanent equality director as joint lead quits
NHS England’s joint director of equality and inclusion is stepping down, HSJ understands.
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Trusts routinely bank income as ‘savings’, contrary to NHSE claim
Financial data obtained by HSJ shows trusts have routinely used additional income received from NHS commissioners to boost their reported ‘cost improvements’ – despite regulators claiming this did not happen.
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NewsPrivate provider’s NHS revenue up 10pc since before pandemic
NHS spend with a private hospital group was last year up 10 per cent on pre-pandemic levels, but down on 2020, financial results reveal.
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NewsReported 12-hour A&E breaches set to rocket as target is changed
The number of reported waits over 12 hours in emergency departments is set to increase significantly following changes set out in the NHS Standard Contract for 2022-23, published yesterday.
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NewsHealth service accused of ‘painfully slow’ progress on eating disorder training
Progress on medical education in eating disorders has been ‘painfully slow’ and is harming patients, a leading consultant psychiatrist has told HSJ.