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NewsFlagship waiting time target ‘expected’ to be relaxed
Bosses at a trust trialling new access targets “expect” the existing 18-week referral to treatment requirement to be replaced by an 8.5 week average wait — a move experts say would represent a relaxation of standards.
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Manufacturer to fund safety audit after NHSE funding stopped
A manufacturer has stepped forward to pay for a clinical safety audit after NHS England cut its funding.
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Expert Briefing
A dance to the music of winter
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Trust takes ‘drastic’ step to cancel electives over winter
An acute trust has taken the “drastic” step of halting some planned surgery activity for a period of four months, as it bids to free up capacity for emergency care.
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NHSE and government agree ‘stopgap solution’ to pensions crisis
NHS England is set to outline a major policy change agreed with government which they hope will act as a short-term solution to the NHS pensions crisis.
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Exclusive: New top A&E doctor ‘could support replacing target’
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine could support replacing the four-hour target – but only if it was satisfied a replacement regime would demonstrably improve patient outcomes and cut bureaucracy for staff, according its new president.
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Revealed: The trusts with the worst orthopaedics outcomes
Outlier trusts for orthopaedic surgery have blamed above average infection rates, a need for closer supervision of trainees, and frail and overweight patient cohorts for their results.
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Independent review ordered at FT after claims of patient safety concerns
An independent review has been ordered into a hospital trust’s urology unit after patient safety concerns were put to an employment tribunal.
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Exclusive: Review finds 'chaos and uncertainty' at teaching hospital
An independent review has cited concerns about safety and culture within a trust’s surgical theatres and has warned multiple pressures were creating a sense of “chaos and uncertainty”.
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New targets could lead to 'bad practice', warn clinicians
A new one-hour target for sepsis, set out in NHS England’s standards review this month, could encourage “bad clinical practice to beat the clock”, a senior clinical leader has cautioned.
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Royal colleges: A&E target could stay alongside new measures
The four hour accident and emergency standard could be retained “in conjunction” with new targets for emergency departments, the leader of the medical royal colleges has told HSJ, as NHS England considers ditching the flagship measure.
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RCS: Outsourcing surgery damages training
The transfer of a “substantial volume” of NHS work to the independent sector has “negatively impacted” surgical trainees, the Royal College of Surgeons has warned.
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NHS England pledges to minimise report delays
NHS England has said it is “working to ensure delays are minimised” around the publication of national clinical audits amid “significant concerns” raised by royal colleges.
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Patients 'at risk' as NHS England delays clinical reports
Patients are being put at risk because NHS England is delaying the publication of national clinical audits, HSJ has been told.
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Performance Watch: Blanket elective ban ruled out this winter
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Performance watch: running out of levers
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Private sector could do ‘extra 100,000 ops’
Private providers could carry out around 100,000 additional inpatient procedures by the end of the 2018-19 year, senior industry sources told HSJ, as the NHS grapples with its growing waiting list.
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Medical regulator loses Bawa-Garba appeal case
The Court of Appeal has backed Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba in her appeal against the General Medical Council’s bid to have her struck off the medical register following a conviction for gross negligence manslaughter.
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Patients 'pressurised' into treatment to hit cancer target
GIRFT report finds some clinicians believe patients “pressurised” into unnecessary treatment to hit target Small number of providers “demoralised” by “constant failing” at targets despite doing their best for patients Report recommends networking services Some prostate cancer patients are
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NHS England tells staff groups to act on flu vaccine
NHS England is calling on the royal colleges to provide an action plan to encourage uptake of the flu vaccine among staff, after a clinical study made a direct link between vaccination and mortality rates.
