All Strikes articles – Page 3
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NewsStrikes spread to more trusts over backpay dispute
Strike action by healthcare assistants looks set to spread to more trusts, having so far been confined to the North West region.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The threat of regime change
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentWhy 1.9% for general practice won’t cut it
The government’s proposed 1.9 per cent funding uplift for general practice this year would undermine providers and their GP partners, argues NHS Confederation primary care network director Ruth Rankine, in a rare intervention in the contract negotiation.
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HSJ LocalManager and doctor ‘camaraderie’ eroded by strikes, ICBs warn
“Camaraderie” between NHS managers and senior doctors has been eroded during the past year of medical strikes, a review by several integrated care boards has warned.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Time up for two smallest trusts?
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsJuniors plan latest five-day strike
Junior doctors have announced a further five full days of strike action this month, while their union has accused the health and social care secretary of refusing to extend their strike mandate to allow pay talks to continue.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Admitting the game’s up
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsEmergency unit faced closure amid ‘significant staffing crisis’
A hospital trust has considered closing its new “same day emergency care” facility twice in the past month or so, because of a “dire” A&E position.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust left isolated as strike nears 50 days
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The specialised commissioning lottery
HSJ recently revealed the dramatic differences in access to specialist medical treatments around the country.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Patient harm? ‘Definitely’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsDoctors who worked during strike thanked by NHSE chief
Amanda Pritchard has thanked junior doctors who “returned to work to ensure minimum levels of cover” during last week’s strike, “whether or not formal patient safety mitigations were granted” by their union, along with others who helped “keep patients safe”.
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CommentThe 'two minute' NHSE director and other stories from 2024
It’s that time when all newspapers fill space with new year predictions. Not to be outdone, Julian Patterson imagines the headlines you can look forward to in the next 12 months
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NewsNHSE to catalogue ‘harm and near misses’ where BMA rejects derogations
The NHS will start recording harm caused to patients during strike action where exemptions have been rejected by the British Medical Association – amid an escalating row between the union and NHS England.
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NewsNHSE trying to ‘undermine’ doctors strike, claims BMA
NHS England has been accused of bowing to political pressure and trying to “undermine” the junior doctors strike.
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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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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read policy stories of 2023
It’s the last day of 2023 so we’ve taken a look back at HSJ’s most-read policy stories for the year.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read workforce stories of 2023
As we prepare to part ways with 2023, we’ve taken a look back at the most-read workforce stories of the year.
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NewsFocus on productivity in 2024, NHSE tells boards
Letter from NHSE calls for ’focus on recovering our core service delivery and productivity’ Planning guidance delayed to 2024 after Treasury refused to sign it off Guidance now planned for January The Treasury has refused to sign off the NHS’s annual planning guidance in the wake of disruption ...
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read stories of 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, HSJ takes a look at its most-read stories of the year.