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NewsTrust abandons £65m EPR procurement after legal challenge
Trust in the North West reverses decision to award EPR contract to its preferred bidder after a legal challenge Says it abandoned the procurement rather than face cost and disruption of litigation It has yet to decide how it will proceed with procuring a new EPR An NHS ...
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The 10-year plan groups seem focused on virtue signalling – not radical change
Steve Black critiques the approach to the forthcoming 10-year plan, warning that its focus on vision-building and virtue signalling could hinder meaningful change
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CommentElective recovery gets underway
The pace will need to be even higher in 2025-26, writes Rob Findlay.
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CommentGreater clarity is still needed on the roles of trusts and ICBs
The new emphasis on ICBs’ strategic role needs to be followed through in NHSE’s revised oversight and assessment framework, writes Saffron Cordery
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NewsAcute chair and CEO take over at community provider
The chief executive and chair of a North West acute trust are taking over a neighbouring community provider, the organisations have confirmed.
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NewsHospital porters to strike over ‘diabolical’ treatment by trust
Hospital porters at an acute trust are set to strike over what a union has called “diabolical” treatment.
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NewsUnnecessary training wastes 100,000 days a year, says NHSE
Unnecessary “mandatory training” is wasting more than 100,000 days of NHS staff time every year, NHS England estimates.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Slow reactions, familiar faces and salaried GPs
Your essential update on health for the week.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What we want from the 10-year plan
A leading trust CEO, ICS leader and policy guru join the HSJ podcast to tell us what’s needed from the government’s 10-year health plan.
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NewsThirteen ICSs now in deficit turnaround
Another integrated care system has been ordered to bring in consultants to fix its finances, meaning close to a third of the 42 systems are now in mandatory escalation over their finances.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Group model moves up a gear
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsEnd GP partnership model to help A&E waits, says NHSE lead
The NHS needs to take more “radical” steps to improve emergency care waiting times, including making primary care a salaried service, a senior national clinical lead has said.
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NewsTrusts given new target as elective milestone is missed
Trusts that missed a target to virtually eliminate 65-week elective waits by September have been given another three months, as NHS England confirmed it had failed to hit the milestone nationally.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: How the new performance regime will work
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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HSJ PartnersIntroducing HSMR+: Professor Jones’ review validates HSMR+ as the new benchmark in mortality data analysis
Telstra Health UK’s new Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio model, HSMR+, represents a significant advancement in mortality benchmarking, incorporating key updates to enhance accuracy and applicability.
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CommentICSs need to do more for young children
Rukshana Kapasi and Raj Jain highlight the urgent need for a shift from crisis intervention to early, preventive measures to tackle rising health inequalities and improve children’s long-term wellbeing and development
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HSJ Local‘Exceptional’ chief leaves trust to make way for group model
The chief executive of a trust that just opened a new hospital after years of delays is leaving, paving the way for a group model.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Did Streeting pick the right fight?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsI’ll slash targets and devolve power, says Streeting
Wes Streeting has vowed to end the NHS’s national “command and control” culture and slash targets for local NHS organisations in the next planning guidance, which he said would be “short”.
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NewsStreeting names and shames trust for ‘really poor’ care
The health and care secretary has singled out a trust for “really poor-quality care,” just moments after he said he was “not in the business of public humiliation.”