All Planning guidance articles – Page 2
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Great expectations for virtual wards
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsDon’t ‘rush out’ incomplete elective plan, ministers warned
Ministers have been urged not to ‘rush out’ their elective recovery plan this week by NHS Providers because the full impact of omicron on the service has not been established.
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NewsStevens intervenes to force transparency on funding amid fears of service cuts
Lord Simon Stevens has proposed amendments to the Health and Care Bill which would force the government to be transparent about levels of mental health funding.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: What the 2022-23 NHS planning guidance really means
On this week’s podcast, we explain what the latest planning guidance from NHS England – published over Christmas – means for the service and its patients.
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NewsNew NHS contract sets ‘realistic’ watered-down targets
NHS England’s proposed new standard contract confirms a watering down of several waiting-time targets, following the big deterioration in performance accelerated by covid.
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NewsNHS given its 10 priorities for 2022
NHS England has set out 10 priorities for the 2022-23 financial year in its annual planning guidance, which was published late on Christmas eve.
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NewsTwo-year waiters rise by over 3,000 in a month
The number of patients breaching the two-year mark on the waiting list rose 28 per cent from 9,754 to a record 12,491 between August and September, according to the latest NHS England data.
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NewsTrusts must ‘stabilise’ waiting lists and eliminate two-year waiters by March
Trusts have been told to hold the line on elective performance, keeping year-plus waiters at current levels, and eliminate two-year waiters by the end of March.
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NewsTrust efficiency target lower than feared
Efficiency targets for the second half of the financial year will be lower than providers were told to plan for, NHS guidance published today reveals.
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NewsLong-term plan target will fail without staffing increases, experts warn
Efforts to meet key NHS England ambitions to bolster community services are set to fall short without significant extra investment in staffing, experts have warned.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Will the planning guidance’s new approach be enough?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The PM’s hymn to greed marks an unhappy anniversary week
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why this year’s NHS marching orders are so different
The NHS has been given its planning guidance for the first half of this year – and it strikes a markedly different tone to previous years. But what else would you expect from 2021?
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NewsCCGs to be absorbed into integrated care systems by autumn, says NHSE
Most clinical commissioning group teams at ‘sub-ICS level’ should not be operating by October, as they are effectively subsumed by integrated care systems, new NHS England guidance says.
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NewsPrivate providers fear unfair treatment under new NHS financial regime
Private providers have warned they face unfair treatment under new financial rules unless the NHS distributes additional funding for covid in an ‘equitable and transparent’ way.
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NewsNHS England pushes for more private capacity and cancels planning round
NHS England has told local leaders to outline plans to use up to 100 per cent of their private sector capacity from next week.
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Expert BriefingPassing the buck on spec com
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan
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NewsSelect group of trusts to pilot Hancock’s new tech scheme
A small number of trusts will pilot Matt Hancock’s new plan for improving technology in the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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Comment‘System by default’ – how to make a good idea a reality
Implementing the new ‘system by default’ approach to running and organising the NHS must be delivered through incremental change that identifies what is needed and what will work, not through central diktat. Writes Nick Ville.
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Expert BriefingSpeed over safety
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.