All News articles – Page 35
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NewsICB sanctioned for failing to stop trusts’ over-recruitment
NHS England has issued enforcement notices to an integrated care board and four of its trusts, warning that the additional staff they have recruited are “not financially affordable”.
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NewsNHSE holds back cash support for struggling trusts
Trusts could be forced to slow down payments to suppliers and delay capital projects after NHS England restricted access to cash for providers in deficit, finance directors have warned.
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NewsStreeting pressed for decision on controversial service change
Wes Streeting will have to consider whether to “call in” a long-awaited, contested restructure of children’s cancer services in south London.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in June 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsSurgeon named CEO of high-profile hospital
Site chief executives have been recruited for the Royal Free and Chase Farm hospitals, which are part of the Royal Free London Group.
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NewsRevealed: Three-fold variation in emergency response time by ICS
A threefold variation in ambulance response for serious, urgent conditions has been revealed in new figures.
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NewsNHSE delays delegation of key services to ICBs
NHS England’s delegation of vaccination and screening to integrated care boards will not happen for another 20 months, it has announced.
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NewsTop trust stalls expansion of its pioneering social care service
A trust which had planned a major expansion of its pioneering domiciliary adult social care service has seen progress stall due to recruitment challenges.
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News‘Scrap single-word CQC ratings’, say trust bosses
Most trust leaders want the Care Quality Commission’s single-word ratings scrapped, NHS Providers has said based on survey feedback.
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NewsFalsified patient records linked to 12 deaths
A mental health trust may have falsified records of up to 12 deceased patients, according to a coroner’s report.
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NewsNational design for ‘new hospitals’ being downsized
The national design for “new hospitals” will be reduced in size, HSJ understands, amid concerns over “unnecessary” space and cost.
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NewsFirm fined £6m after hackers stole 83,000 patients’ details
The personal details of nearly 83,000 people were stolen during a cyber attack in 2022 that caused a “total system outage” of 111 services and left several trusts without access to their electronic patient records, regulators have revealed.
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News‘Tax traps’ warning for managers and doctors after pay rises
Senior medics could be discouraged from working extra hours due to the threat of excessive pension tax charges and losing childcare benefits, after the government’s latest pay award.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE leak reveals GP ‘work to rule’ could cost £570m in four months
GPs’ “collective action” could cost over half a billion pounds and lead to around half a million additional elective referrals over four months, according to NHS England’s internal modelling.
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NewsAuditors discover ‘significant weakness’ in trust’s financial plans
An external auditor has warned of a “significant weakness” in a high-performing trust’s financial sustainability because of its under-delivery on efficiency savings.
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NewsPritchard urges NHS leaders to demonstrate ‘British values’ in face of riots
NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard has condemned anti-immigration riots that took place over the weekend as “deplorable violence, intimidation and thuggery”.
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NewsTrust refuses to share full data with ICBs, citing ‘counter terrorism’ concerns
An ambulance trust with some of England’s worst handover delays has refused to share some patient data with local partners on the grounds the information relates to “counter terrorism and other sensitive” details.
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NewsSupport managers ‘to do the right thing’ says whistleblowers’ champion
Managers must be “supported to do the right thing” when alerted by whistleblowers to potential problems, the NHS’s national freedom to speak up guardian has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: 20,000 patients a year ‘warehoused’ in community beds after hospital discharge
More than 20,000 patients each year are being left to languish in care homes and community beds after discharge from hospital without any rehab support according to new data obtained by HSJ.
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NewsNational standard needed for community services investment
The new government must ensure that community as well as primary care receives more funding if it is to honour its pledge to shift the balance of resources away from hospitals, a leading trust CEO has warned.