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NewsElective payment cap could be axed
NHS England and the government are considering scrapping a cap on elective payments which is set to take effect at the end of the month, HSJ understands.
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NewsPaying consultants more ‘helped trust cut waiting lists by nearly 20%’
A single trust accounted for nearly a fifth of the reduction in the national waiting list last year – and a director says the improvement was in part driven by paying staff higher overtime rates.
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NewsHospital trusts name first joint chair
The chair of an acute trust in the Midlands is to leave after seven years in the role to take up a joint chair position in the North West.
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NewsDoctors back CEO in row with MP
A group of senior consultants have expressed their confidence in a teaching trust’s embattled CEO and “accessible, engaged, and committed” leadership following allegations against them of cover-ups, bullying, and racism.
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NewsNHSE chief operating officer quits
Two more NHS England board members are stepping down, as much of the organisation’s senior leadership team is overhauled following the appointment of transition CEO Sir Jim Mackey.
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NewsCentral staff to be cut by 50%
NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care are planning a huge cut of around 50 per cent in central staffing, NHSE has announced.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE finance chief quits in top team overhaul
Julian Kelly, NHS England’s chief financial officer, is to step down in a matter of weeks as part of an overhaul to bring NHSE under closer government control, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsVirtual ward cost similar to inpatient care, says contentious study’s author
The cost of discharging patients to virtual wards becomes “equitable” with inpatient care over time, analysis suggests – despite initial findings that it was much more expensive.
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NewsNew finance chief for region with biggest deficits
A trust leader in the North West has been appointed as the director of finance for one of the most financially challenged NHS regions.
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NewsCancer tests and virtual wards targeted for new cuts
Recently-opened cancer testing centres and virtual wards will be among the services cut back as the NHS seeks to eliminate a £6.6bn forecast deficit, senior leaders have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalAt least £200m needed to ‘bridge gap’ to delayed new hospital
At least £200m will be needed to maintain a London hospital’s existing estate after plans for a new site were delayed by a further five years, early estimates by the provider suggest.
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NewsEx-NHSE board member joins major private provider
A former NHS England board member has been appointed vice chair of private provider Spire Healthcare.
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News‘Profound’ improvement takes trust out of ‘recovery’
An ambulance trust is set to be promoted from the bottom tier of NHS England’s performance regime after nearly three years.
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NewsTrust bosses summoned to ‘get a grip’ on £7bn deficit
Amanda Pritchard and Sir Jim Mackey are calling in NHS local leaders to London for an urgent meeting after first-cut financial plans warned of a £7bn deficit for the coming year.
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NewsTrusts overspending with ‘no consequence’, says senior MP
Reforms will be lost in the “black hole of the NHS” unless the health service fixes productivity and stops overspending with “no consequence”, senior MPs have said.
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NewsWorst trusts for food, cleanliness and privacy revealed
The best and worst trusts for food, cleanliness and privacy – as judged by patients and staff – have been revealed.
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NewsNational medical director retires
The most senior medic in the NHS in England is stepping down.
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HSJ LocalTrust sticks by overtime pay cut despite harm to elective recovery
Despite the decision to cut doctors’ overtime rates slowing elective recovery at one of the service’s most challenged trusts, HSJ has learned the provider does not plan to reverse the move.
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NewsNHSE names critical care doctor as interim national director
An interim national director of patient safety has been appointed, after the permanent postholder was seconded to the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsSocial care delays take 6% off A&E performance, NHSE estimates
NHS England has for the first time put a figure on the potential impact on A&E performance of eliminating discharge delays for patients going into adult social care packages.