All Policy articles – Page 4
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Comment
Amanda Pritchard’s diary: Passionate about priorities
This exclusive extract from the NHS chief executive’s diary is brought to you by the letter P (as told to Julian P)
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News
NHSE seeks chair with ‘strong commercial’ skills to adjudicate on contract disputes
NHS England wants a healthcare insider to lead scrutiny of contentious decisions made under new commissioning rules, as well as to adjudicate on complaints the NHS has not provided patients with sufficient choice.
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Comment
ICS teething troubles are the price they must pay for success
Richard Taunt says ‘grounded hope’ about integrated care systems might hold the key to their success.
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Hunt’s productivity review has the NHS in its sights
Ed Jones explains how the chancellor’s Productivity Review aims to reshape the NHS, addressing fiscal challenges and unlocking transformative changes to enhance efficiency, quality, and long-term productivity in healthcare services
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News
‘High number’ of ambulance staff could face sack for striking
Up to 80 per cent of key ambulance staff could be required to work during a strike or risk being sacked, documents released by the Department of Health and Social Care have revealed.
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Four-plus pathway patients account for 700k of waiting list
New data suggests around 700,000 cases on the elective waiting list relate to patients who are on at least four different pathways, and NHS England says personalised care plans must be developed to treat them more efficiently.
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NHSE failing to hold trusts to account on inequalities, study finds
NHS England ‘lacks a clear vision’ on a key part of its health inequalities agenda and is not holding trusts to account for delivering an ‘inclusive recovery’, a study by the King’s Fund has concluded.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: ICS shuns ‘payment by results’ in favour of own model
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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News
Stevens hits out at raft of ‘pound foolish’ government decisions
‘Chronic short-termism’ by government is undermining the nation’s ability to respond to another pandemic, a previous NHS England chief executive has said.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: NHS must tackle scandal of follow-up black hole
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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Hunt tech adviser calls for ‘new central investment’
The NHS requires a ‘new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity and realise the potential of emerging technologies, according to the person who was commissioned by Jeremy Hunt to examine the issue in 2015.
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ICBs face £5.5m cost for CQC assessments
The Care Quality Commission is planning to charge integrated care boards up to £290,000 each annually to fund system inspections, it has revealed in consultation documents.
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Reliance on private hospitals being ‘hard wired’ into NHS elective care
The drive to cut NHS waiting lists is becoming ‘disproportionately reliant’ on the private sector, experts have warned, as new data suggests rapid growth in the elective activity carried out by non-NHS providers.
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Comment
Tough choices (mostly) on hold
The recent party conferences revealed shifts in public health policy and heightened rhetoric on industrial action in the UK, but they fall short of addressing critical healthcare challenges, writes Richard Sloggett
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News
‘Vital’ safety deadline thought to have been missed by most trusts
Most trusts are thought to have missed the deadline to launch a new national incident reporting system that has already been beset by difficulties and delays.
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Comment
Labour will throw everything but money at the NHS
The shadow health minister Wes Streeting sets out a bold vision of a reformed health service not run by a Conservative government. As told to Julian Patterson
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News
Major blow to NHSE recovery plan as 65-week waits rise
The number of elective care waits over 65 weeks rose by nearly 13,000 between July and August – the biggest monthly increase in over two years, according to official data published today.
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£1.1bn for ‘around the clock’ electives promised by Labour
The Labour party today said it would fund an additional two million elective appointments a year, to take place at weekends and evenings and funded with an extra £1.1bn for overtime shifts.
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Comment
We must remember the lessons of the pandemic and prioritise lung health
A lack of funding for lung tests is leaving people with conditions like asthma and COPD at increased risk of being hospitalised this winter, a new report reveals. Sarah Woolnough, CEO of Asthma + Lung UK, says lung disease must be treated with the same urgency as other health conditions
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Comment
The crucial target that most NHS staff don’t know about
Achieving net zero emissions while delivering quality healthcare requires integrating environmental sustainability with core care priorities, engaging staff, and reshaping policies, write co-authors Luke McGeoch and Tom Hardie