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NewsNHS Providers boss: Tackle consultant strikes to unlock progress on juniors
Ministers should focus on resolving the consultants’ pay dispute first, and use an agreement to help facilitate a deal with the junior doctors, NHS Providers’ boss Julian Hartley has told HSJ.
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NewsTrusts’ ‘incorrect forecasts’ blamed by DHSC for capital overspend
Government documents seen by HSJ cite “incorrect cost forecasts” – as well as inflation and delivery delays – for overspending on the capital budget for upgrading hospitals.
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NewsSeven trusts relegated to NHSE’s poorest performers group
Seven trusts have been added to NHS England’s list of providers with the worst elective and cancer problems, putting the number of organisations in the ‘tier 1’ group back into double figures – and five leaving it, HSJ has learned.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Is this the answer to getting the NHS to think long-term?
The UK’s struggle with long-term public service investment, particularly in the NHS, prompts consideration of Demos’ proposed ‘PDEL’ category, but deeper systemic change may be necessary, writes Steve Black
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HSJ PartnersPopulation health tools and new pathways are helping Cheshire and Merseyside support those most at risk of fuel poverty.
In response to the UK’s rising fuel poverty crisis, a collaborative initiative in Cheshire and Merseyside utilises data-driven strategies to identify and assist vulnerable individuals, making a meaningful impact on their lives and setting a precedent for broader implementation in the region
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News£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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CommentWe should not tolerate the NHS's suboptimal cardiovascular care
Dr Matt Kearney challenges the longstanding NHS tolerance of suboptimal care that drives cardiovascular disease – and the potential use of routine GP data that would prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes in three years.
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HSJ LocalICBs must pay £1.7m for competition failure
Three integrated care boards have had to pay £1.7m to a technology firm, after commissioners manipulated a procurement, new figures reveal.
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CommentMarking your own homework and other stories
In the latest edition of the Blithering Informant, director of values-based stakeholder communications Martin Plackard brings you the latest news from the country’s most challenged integrated care board
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How much have strikes cost the NHS?
Less than halfway through the financial year all 42 integrated care systems are in deficit.
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NewsMore trusts find RAAC concrete on estates
At least seven more trusts have confirmed lightweight concrete on their estates following NHS England-ordered reviews and widespread safety concerns, HSJ has found.
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NewsTrust boss accuses private provider of ‘overpromising and underdelivering’
The boss of a large acute trust has accused a private provider of ‘overpromising and underdelivering’ after significant problems emerged with a local arrangement which have piled further pressure on its waiting list.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: In search of bold policy
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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CommentThe seven ways AI can help ease NHS workforce pressures
AI technologies hold significant promise for alleviating workforce pressures and improving healthcare across the NHS, with applications in clinical decision-making, imaging, digital pathology, remote care, administrative tasks, operational efficiency, and patient communication, writes Thomas Burden
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NewsAmbulance sector vows to improve sexual safety
The ambulance sector has signed up to a consensus statement in a bid to tackle misogyny and improve sexual safety for its staff and patients.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed a data strategy to enable clinical and operational transformation through data science and automation
In association with Integrated data is a vital component of the future NHS data architecture, offering the potential of more efficient operational processes and improved patient care. However, from even before vendor selection to after implementation and through attempted transformation efforts there are opportunities to ...
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News‘No alternative’ to paying more to struggling provider, ICB admits
An integrated care board has no ‘viable alternative’ to persisting with a contract for several struggling urgent treatment centres, and paying more for them to try to hire more staff, it has decided.
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HSJ PartnersNew Pilot to improve cancer outcomes and tackle inequalities launches in Dorset
NHS England InHIP programme, Dorset Integrated Care System Cancer Programme, NHS Dorset, Wessex AHSN, and Wessex Cancer Alliance partner with C the Signs to take an innovative approach to improve cancer outcomes and tackle inequalities across Dorset
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NewsHSJ intelligence congress to offer unique insight into national data strategy
NHS England’s chief data and analytics officer Ming Tang is due to give the keynote address at HSJ’s new Health and Care Intelligence Congress on 6 December.
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NewsICS salaries face eight-month wait for ministerial sign-off
Ministers took nearly four times as long to sign off integrated care board directors’ appointments as those of NHS trusts last year, HSJ has found.