All Policy articles – Page 21
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CommentWhat the NHS needs from the winter plan
With NHS England’s winter plan due in a few days, Dr Layla McCay outlines the steps that must be taken to minimise patient harm and overcome current challenges, all while taking the present political paralysis into account.
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NewsLong cancer waits double in a year
The number of patients waiting three months or longer following referral for suspected cancer remains at just over 10,000 patients last month, internal NHS data seen by HSJ and BBC Newsnight reveals.
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CommentInvolving disabled people in service design is financially shrewd
Deborah Fenney highlights the importance of including people with a disability in the health and care service design to help improve access and experience
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Expert BriefingThe Download: No time to waste
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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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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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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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: NHS England’s £2bn dilemma
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 finance correspondent Henry Anderson
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CommentThe elective backlog casts a long shadow
Lord Victor Adebowale emphasises the significance of upgrading mental health services within the NHS, pointing out that increasing living costs have simply widened the gap for mental health facilities.
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CommentNew research refund 'fantastic news' for trusts
NHS trusts can now claim back more of the costs involved in carrying out clinical research following a national policy change. Dr William van’t Hoff is calling for trusts to use this additional funding as an incentive to further support and embed clinical research delivery – benefitting their staff, patients ...
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HSJ LocalTrust begins ‘most ambitious’ outpatients project in NHS
A large acute trust is carrying out a major expansion of patient-initiated follow-up appointments, which is said to be “the most ambitious” project of its kind in the NHS.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The terrifying non-acute backlog
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsBarclay calls urgent ‘hackathons’ over ambulance crisis
The new health and social care secretary has asked officials to hastily organise several “hackathons” to try to address the crisis in ambulance performance.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: What’s gone wrong at the NHS AI lab?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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News‘Arrogance and bullying’ persist from ‘less understanding’ regulators, say trusts
NHS England and the Care Quality Commission are becoming less understanding of the pressures on trusts, their leaders report, with one CEO complaining “the arrogance and bullying continues to get worse”.
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CommentRegulators not yet walking the talk of a new approach to inspection
Mariya Stamenova emphasises the importance of implementing regulations to ensure systematic and efficient functioning within the NHS Framework
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NewsLong-standing NHS England director to step down
One of the NHS England’s longest serving senior leaders is set to stand down after seven years in post.
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NewsCEOs could get £30,000 bonus for joining troubled trusts
Senior managers could be paid one-off bonuses to take over the most troubled NHS organisations, according to draft proposals being considered by government and NHS England.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Why the NHS will struggle to hit 78-week target
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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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Council/NHS rows flare
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentHow the largest ICS will tackle inequality
A new framework for addressing inequalities, from one of the largest integrated care systems, aims to shape an integrated future to improve health for the most disadvantaged communities, say Niall Bolger and Carolyn Regan.