News – Page 63
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NewsNHSE wants more hospital beds opened as covid and flu ‘peaks’ approach
NHS England is aiming to boost hospital bed numbers ahead of expected peaks in flu and covid in mid-January, after missing a previous beds target.
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NewsA&E target set to be raised, despite NHS missing lower bar
NHS England and government are set to raise their target for four-hour A&E performance, despite most hospitals failing to meet the current ask.
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NewsNHSE to catalogue ‘harm and near misses’ where BMA rejects derogations
The NHS will start recording harm caused to patients during strike action where exemptions have been rejected by the British Medical Association – amid an escalating row between the union and NHS England.
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NewsGovernment seeks £150k lead for '40 new hospitals' programme
The government is advertising for a top civil servant to permanently lead its “new hospitals” building programme, leaving it unclear whether the current director will remain in place.
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NewsTrusts ‘strongly recommended’ to stop buying their own energy
The NHS has announced it will move to buying energy centrally in a bid to cut costs, though the deal will not be mandated for trusts.
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NewsFire risk discovered at PFI hospital
An acute trust is facing years of disruption after discovering parts of its building – including cladding – pose a potential fire safety risk.
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NewsNHSE trying to ‘undermine’ doctors strike, claims BMA
NHS England has been accused of bowing to political pressure and trying to “undermine” the junior doctors strike.
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NewsNHSE claims 20% cut in long waiters before latest strikes
Trusts reduced the number of 65-week breaches by around 20 per cent and cut the overall elective waiting list between October and mid-December, according to provisional NHS England data.
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NewsSurgeon CEO takes on interim role leading second trust
The CEO of a children’s hospital trust has taken an interim role leading a general acute provider in the same system, whose substantive chief is “undertaking an assignment with NHS London on provider collaboratives”.
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NewsLondon gets well over ‘fair share’ of specialised services while rural areas miss out
People in some more rural areas are missing out on specialist treatments they should be getting, while Londoners are receiving a lot more than their “fair share”, new NHS England figures suggest.
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NewsCleaning company sues NHS property firm over £237m contract
A state-owned property management firm set up to manage community health facilities built with private finance is being sued for breaking procurement rules when it awarded a £237m cleaning contract.
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NewsRevealed: Doubling of average waits for critical stroke treatments
Stroke patients in England are waiting an average of almost seven hours for a specialist bed, double the wait reported before covid.
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NewsHealth policy chief made a dame
A health think tank chief has been made a dame and a health department mandarin given a CB in the new year’s honours.
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NewsFT chair steps down after critical CQC report
The chair of a trust, which was given a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after an inspection earlier this year, has stepped down.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read quality and performance stories of 2023
2024 has arrived, but there’s still time to have a look over the most-read quality and performance stories for the year just gone.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read policy stories of 2023
It’s the last day of 2023 so we’ve taken a look back at HSJ’s most-read policy stories for the year.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read technology stories of 2023
While 2024 gets ready to launch, we’ve crunched the data to find HSJ’s most-read technology stories of 2023.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read workforce stories of 2023
As we prepare to part ways with 2023, we’ve taken a look back at the most-read workforce stories of the year.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read integration stories of 2023
As 2023 turns into 2024, we look at the integration stories which climbed their way up the most-read list this year
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read finance stories of 2023
As we prepare to close the book on 2023, we’re taking stock of our most-read finance stories of the year