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Comment
New stroke service standards are a necessary reset
A new scoring system reflects updated stroke care standards, revealing some worrying service gaps
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Comment
We don’t need a ‘national blueprint’ for neighbourhood care
While the NHS Neighbourhood Programme marks a welcome step towards addressing health inequalities, it risks repeating past mistakes unless it abandons centrally prescribed solutions and truly empowers local communities
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News
ICBs told to ‘urgently review unacceptable waiting times’
NHS England has warned integrated care boards it is “not acceptable” to set “minimum waiting times” of more than 18 weeks for elective care.
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Comment
Flawed league tables risk confusion and harm
A flawed approach to the government’s new league tables for trusts risks rewarding the wrong things, say the chief executives of NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation
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News
Boards told to rate their own ‘capability’
Trust leaders have been told to rate their own boards’ “capability” under new rules that could influence which providers are put in a new special measures regime.
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Targets revealed for £40m bonus fund
NHS England has published the criteria trusts must meet to secure a share of a £40m elective incentives pot.
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The 17 trusts missing NHSE’s new A&E handover target
More than a dozen trusts have not been meeting a new “maximum” NHS England standard through the spring and summer, HSJ can reveal.
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Named: The three trusts failing in every aspect of care
NHS England has named the three trusts that it believes are in need of national intervention on all four major clinical performance areas.
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News
Exclusive: Ministers using ‘misleading indicator’ to champion waiting list reduction
The recent reduction in the waiting list repeatedly cited by ministers as evidence of the NHS’s recovery has given a “misleading” impression to the public about the service’s underlying performance, leading policy experts have warned.
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Private providers’ NHS revenues booming as waiting lists increase
Two private companies used by the NHS to carry out ADHD and autism assessments have seen another huge increase in income, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Elective recovery is leaving minority ethnic patients behind
New analysis reveals stark inequalities in elective care waits, highlighting deprivation, ethnicity, and digital exclusion as key barriers to equitable recovery
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News
Rise in year-long elective waits
Year-long waits for elective care have risen for the second month in a row, despite a reduction in the overall waiting list.
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Comment
List cleaning keeps elective recovery on track
Validation exercises kept waiting list recovery on track in May… but the outlook is poor for June and July’s figures.
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News
Exclusive: The best and worst hospitals for A&E performance
Performance against the headline A&E waiting time target got worse at 69 hospitals last year amid NHS England warnings of persisting regional variation, unpublished stats have revealed.
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90,000 three-year waiters revealed in unpublished data
The huge numbers of very long waits for NHS mental health care have been exposed in new data – revealing figures much larger than those waiting for physical health treatment.
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Comment
How improved patient flow meant no out-of-area placements for two years
Graeme Caul, chief operating officer at Central and North West London Foundation Trust, outlines how the trust achieved two years without out-of-area placements
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News
ICBs exempt from performance regime
Integrated care boards will not be put into performance “segments” in 2025-26, while they go through major reorganisation and job cuts, NHS England has decided.
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Comment
ICBs have staged a quiet revolution in the commissioning of services
On 1 July, integrated care boards mark their third anniversary. It’s a milestone that comes at a moment of significant challenge and change, writes Paul Burstow
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Comment
Elective recovery on track after validation boost
When the validations are over, we will see if the NHS really is on track to restore 18 weeks
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News
Failing trusts face ‘administration’ regime, says Streeting
Trusts which fail to address longstanding financial problems “may be placed into administration” or be taken over by another provider, Wes Streeting has said.