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CommentWait list and longest waits all worsen in last figures before election
The waiting list has grown since Rishi Sunak pledged it would fall, but his promise people would get care quicker has come true
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NewsProgress on 65-week cases stalls as waiting list rises
The number of 65-week waiters has risen back up to more than 50,000, halting six consecutive months when the cohort was falling, NHS England’s monthly data shows.
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NewsConservatives promise to consult on disbarring managers
The Conservative Party has said it will consult on a disbarring scheme for NHS managers if it wins the general election.
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CommentCrack teams to get spin backlog under control
As election fever intensifies, the Labour leadership has set out a clear and detailed plan to save the NHS, writes Julian Patterson
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CommentWhy the NHS needs politicians
Trying to remove politics from the NHS is akin to trying to block out the sun, please can we start to harness its power for good, writes Toby Brown
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NewsFocus should be on waiting list size, as well as long waiters says planning guidance
NHS England has told local leaders they must start to focus on reducing the overall size of the elective waiting list and not just the longest waiters.
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NewsDecade long battle ends with decision on cancer services
Children’s cancer services in London and the south east will be hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, NHS England has announced, following more than a decade of safety concerns surrounding the current model.
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NewsNHSE recovery target in doubt as 18-month elective waits continue to rise
The number of 78-week breaches on the NHS waiting list has risen for the sixth consecutive month, despite a fall in 65-week waiters and the overall list size, according to official data published today.
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NewsNHS to target same elective activity next year
Health systems will be asked to deliver the same amount of elective activity next year as they were tasked with completing in 2023-24, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Planning guidance heads for March
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman and finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsNHSE seeks to ease key elective target
NHS England is in negotiations with ministers to formally push back the target to eliminate 65-week waiters, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLargest 78-week backlog to be wiped out by reporting change
The trust with by far the largest backlog of 18-month waiters will see almost all the cases wiped off its main elective waiting list under a change to national reporting rules, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE claims 20% cut in long waiters before latest strikes
Trusts reduced the number of 65-week breaches by around 20 per cent and cut the overall elective waiting list between October and mid-December, according to provisional NHS England data.
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NewsAmbulance handover delays soar as winter bites
Ambulance handover delays rose last week with close to 13,000 crews waiting more than an hour to offload patients — marginally more than the comparable week last year.
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CommentWhy the Treasury said ‘no’ to the NHS’s extra £1bn ask
Treasury scepticism about NHS funding is ever more engrained. Local and national NHS leaders can help change it, argues Chris Thomas.
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NewsTory leadership candidate appointed health minister
Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle.
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NewsAtkins appointed health and care secretary
Victoria Atkins has been named as health and social care secretary, replacing Steve Barclay.
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NewsFour-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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NewsPritchard warns strikes threaten elective targets and safety
NHS England boss Amanda Pritchard has warned that meeting key elective recovery targets to eliminate 65-week waiters by March and ensure the waiting list is falling by next year is becoming “increasingly challenging”.
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NewsProjects excluded from ‘40 new hospitals’ programme had ‘political issues’
Internal government documents show some of the building schemes that failed to make the final list of ‘40 new hospitals’ were flagged as having potentially serious ‘political issues’, HSJ has discovered.