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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Paying the consultants
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsRevealed: Only two ICSs seeing more elective inpatient activity than pre-covid
Providers in just two integrated care systems carried out more inpatient elective procedures in the first quarter of this year than before the covid pandemic, HSJ analysis of official data has revealed.
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NewsICS chair resigns after ‘illegal’ recording sent to journalists
A prominent system leader in London has resigned after a recording of a private conversation in which she made several disparaging comments was sent to journalists.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The best and worst cancer waits by ICB
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsRevealed: The areas with the strongest and weakest primary care
Official workforce statistics reveal huge variation in primary care staffing across different health systems – with London and the South East appearing to be particularly underserved and the South West relatively well resourced.
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HSJ LocalPatients asked to travel 200 miles in push to cut elective waits
Long waiting times at Devon’s acute hospitals have forced commissioners to offer patients treatment 200 miles away in London in a bid to reduce the elective backlog.
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News‘Disproportionate’ infection control holding back electives, say NHS bosses
Infection control rules in the NHS are ‘now disproportionate to the risks’ posed by covid and should be relaxed, including potentially allowing staff with covid to work, some of the NHS’s most senior leaders have said.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: What will we get for the £1.5bn?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Omicron in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Five go chief exec-ing
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ LocalICS sounds alarm as fifth of hospital patients stay more than three weeks
Regional bosses say they need to understand ‘if and how’ hospitals can reduce the number of long-stay patients – with some areas reporting more than one in five beds being ‘blocked’.
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NewsTrust’s new CEO means three London chiefs have a minority ethnic background
A London mental health trust has appointed an interim chief executive, who will be the third provider chief known to have a minority ethnic background in the capital.
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NewsNamed: the first 25 integrated care board chairs
The chairs have been chosen for 25 of the 42 NHS integrated care boards which will plan health services from April.
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NewsLondon struggling to catch up on covid vaccine uptake
London has failed to make up ground with the rest of England on covid-19 vaccine uptake among eligible groups in recent weeks, despite the programme seeking to focus on reducing variation.
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NewsCovid patients now fill fewer than 10pc of general hospital beds in every system
All of England’s health systems now have fewer than 10 per cent of general hospital beds occupied by covid-positive patients, and half are at 5 per cent or below, according to HSJ analysis.
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NewsBig cities and staff lag on vaccine uptake
Major urban areas are trailing in the vaccine rollout, with health systems covering London, Birmingham and Manchester reporting lower uptake than the rest of England, new NHS data reveals.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Why focusing on year-long waiters is futile
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsExclusive: NHS in London asked to plan for ‘possible covid surge later in 2021’
The NHS’s London regional team has told its integrated care systems to draw up plans for ‘another possible [covid-19] surge later in 2021’, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFive trusts still have a fifth of beds filled by covid patients
Five hospital trusts still have at least a fifth of their general and acute beds occupied by covid patients, HSJ analysis suggests.
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NewsNHS England faces ‘external review’ of private sector covid contracts
There will be an ‘external review’ into the national capacity contracts with the private sector during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leaked NHS England document.