All articles by Tom Norton – Page 2
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Half the £15bn PPE allocation was spent by the end of July
The Department for Health and Social Care spent £7.2bn on personal protective equipment in the first four months of the coronavirus pandemic, almost half the £15bn so far allocated by the Treasury, new figures suggest.
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Cancers detected by screening services fall by over 60pc
The number of patients with cancer referred from screening services has fallen to nearly a third of pre-covid levels, new data shows.
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Patients don’t feel safe in A&E, research finds
Visiting A&E or relatives is considered much riskier than attending hospital for other reasons, according to the first in-depth piece of research into the subject.
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Revealed: New cash penalties and incentives for waiting list challenge
New financial penalties and incentives for elective activity will be decided solely by system-level performance, prompting concerns from local leaders.
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£1.4bn procurement launched for community and discharge services
NHS trusts in Yorkshire and the Midlands have signalled a need for external help for discharge and community services through a new £1.4bn procurement framework, amid the health service’s response to covid-19.
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Exclusive: No change to PHE staff ‘terms and conditions’ until spring
Public Health England staff will not see the terms and conditions of their jobs change until the spring, a senior source has told HSJ.
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Exclusive: Lockdown patch sees surge in ‘excess deaths’
The rate of “excess deaths” in Leicester and Leicestershire was significantly higher than anywhere else in England in the most recent five-week period, according to official statistics.
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5,000 jobs at risk as NHS commercial work collapses
The NHS could lose more than 5,000 research staff and around £500m in funding because of covid-19, according to senior trust leaders.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Pivotal moment for the tariff
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, this week by correspondent Tom Norton.
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NHS in talks with government over covid cash amid multibillion ‘overspend’
NHS England says it is still in discussions with the government over additional funding for the remainder of 2020-21, despite ministers announcing a budget uplift earlier this month.
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Doctors to get 2.8pc pay rise
NHS doctors in England are to receive a back-dated pay rise which will add up to £3,000 to a consultant’s salary.
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NHS England launches data validation programme to ‘improve’ size of waiting list
NHS England is carrying out a natonal data validation exercise to “improve” the size of the elective care waiting list by removing patients who should not be included on them.
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Anxiety as social care left out of £3bn spending boost
Senior health figures are increasingly concerned about the lack of new national support for social care, as it was excluded from a £3bn funding announcement by the prime minister today.
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Controversial two-week surgery quarantine stopped for children
Children will no longer have to isolate for two weeks before undergoing surgery, amid a debate over whether the rule needs to be strictly maintained for adults.
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Block contracts to be extended as NHS wrangles over cash
NHS providers have been told the block contracts they have operated under during the covid pandemic will be extended by at least another month, HSJ has learned.
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Referrals for treatment fell by nearly two thirds during covid
Referrals for treatment have dropped by almost two thirds year-on-year despite efforts made by the NHS to plug the gap during covid, new figures have shown.
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NHS coronavirus spend hits £32bn
The Treasury has revealed the NHS has been given over £30bn to fight covid19.
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Police launch investigation into alleged waiting list fix
A Midlands hospital is under police investigation for allegedly manipulating waiting list figures.
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Restoration delayed as trusts wait for covid cash
There is growing frustration from local leaders over delays in accessing covid-19 capital funds — despite government assurances the NHS would get “whatever it needs”.
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Revealed: The trusts with the biggest drop in referrals
Referrals for treatment fell by 70 per cent during covid-19 lockdown, new data has shown.