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NewsVirtual outpatient drive at heart of effort to end 78-week waits, says Mackey
Patients at trusts with long waiting lists should no longer think “they have to go to their local hospital” for outpatient appointments, but should instead be offered virtual consultations elsewhere in the country where there is greater capacity, Sir Jim Mackey has told HSJ.
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News2022 HSJ Awards shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the 2022 HSJ Awards has been revealed after the conclusion of the first stage of judging.
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NewsMultiple reporting systems undermine patient safety, says watchdog
A single system to report patient safety concerns would “keep people safer”, a newly appointed NHS watchdog has told HSJ.
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NewsCyber attack triggers 111 ‘total system outage’
Many NHS 111 services are without a crucial IT system for several days, after a cyber attack on a software supplier.
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NewsNew IT system harms trust’s cancer performance for six months
A trust which is struggling with a new electronic patient record is likely to see cancer performance affected for at least the rest of this year, it has said.
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News‘Super September’ to boost elective recovery declared by NHSE
NHS England is encouraging trusts to deliver a “Super September” of accelerated elective recovery plans, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTruss plans ‘fewer layers of NHS management’
Tory party leadership frontrunner and potential prime minister Liz Truss has said she would ‘sort out’ pensions tax problems for doctors, and promised to empower clinicians by making the NHS less centralised.
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NewsTrust promotes COO to CEO after less than a year
An acute trust has promoted its chief operating officer, who joined 10 months ago, to chief executive.
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News‘We can’t continue to fund the NHS forever’, says Babylon finance chief
The chief financial officer of digital provider Babylon Health has said the company has been a ‘victim of [its] own success’ and it cannot ‘continue to fund the NHS forever’.
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NewsHospitals test evacuations due to roof collapse fears
NHS England has called for a “deep dive” into local evacuation and shelter arrangements, amid ongoing concerns about outdated and unsafe estate.
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NewsPrivate provider says its ‘robust nursing pipeline’ can benefit NHS
A large private provider says it is finding it harder than ever to fill its staffing vacancies, but is optimistic that its investment in nursing apprenticeships and overseas recruitment can help expand NHS-commissioned capacity.
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News‘Short-sighted’ NHSE contract change ‘risks reducing GP access’
A national GP contract change by NHS England risks reducing out-of-hours access over winter, unless commissioners commit to budget cuts elsewhere.
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NewsCQC: Restraint and sexual safety among transport service failings
Private and NHS ambulance services are reviewing safety procedures after the Care Quality Commission identified a series of risks to mental health patients being transported by non-emergency providers.
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NewsTrust chief calls for six-hour A&E target
The chief executive of a trust trialling the new emergency care standards being considered by the government has called for a new six-hour target to either move patients out of accident and emergency, or for them to receive treatment.
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NewsPrivate provider sues NHS England over £270m contract award
A private provider is accusing NHS England of breaking procurement rules after it awarded a contract for prison health services in the South West to a London mental health trust.
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NewsExclusive: Delays to pension payments after surge in retirements
The body which handles NHS pensions is struggling to process applications on time after a 50 per cent increase in retirements from the service.
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NewsTrusts reveal thousands of new 12-hour waits
Several trusts have now started reporting thousands of 12-hour waits in their emergency departments, representing a huge difference to the numbers published nationally under a slightly different measure.
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NewsFormer regional director drafted in to oversee troubled trust
A former regional director has been drafted in to oversee a trust where a review found ‘multiple’ governance issues and ‘deep-seated’ cultural problems, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE leak reveals 1m patients on hidden waiting list
More than a million people – including hundreds of thousands of children – are on an unpublished national waiting list for community health services, according to NHS England documents leaked to HSJ.
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NewsNHSE awards extra ambulance capacity contract
NHS England has awarded a contract for additional ambulance service capacity nationally to help cope with high demand and handover delays, with the capacity available from today.