All Waiting lists articles – Page 33
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HSJ PartnersImproving mental health with digital CBT: bridging the treatment gap for insomnia
In its efforts to address insomnia and improve mental health, the NHS is grappling with long-standing challenges that leave millions every year without access to therapy. Sleepio’s digital CBT for insomnia offers an intervention that is safe, effective, and scalable – and now proven to offer multimillion pound cost reductions ...
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NewsNHS told to return to “near-normal” performance before winter
Trusts have been set a series of “very stretching” targets to recover non-covid services to nearly normal levels in the next few months, in new guidance from NHS England.
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NewsCancer hubs ‘here to stay’ after ‘massive jump’ in long waiters
There has been a “massive jump up of [cancer] long waiters particularly in the area of surgery”, NHS England and Improvement’s national cancer director has said, with treatment hubs “critical” to trying to deal with the backlog.
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CommentCovid-19 proves running the NHS ‘hot’ is far from cost-effective
Covid-19 has shown investing in long-term capacity and resilience in the NHS is cost-effective, writes Chris Thomas
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NewsBlanket isolation rule for tests and ops scrapped
A blanket requirement for adults to self-isolate for 14 days before planned tests and treatment has been scrapped under updated coronavirus guidelines.
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NewsWaiting lists for ‘extremely serious’ surgical cases set to double
Waiting lists for “extremely serious” brain and spine surgery conditions could double by the end of the year, according to NHS England modelling data.
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HSJ Local
Trust lost £11m in private income due to covid
An NHS trust lost £11m in expected private income because of the covid-19 outbreak, it has revealed.
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NewsNHS 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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CommentProof that virtual clinics can reduce waiting lists
A pilot project demonstrates that investment in proactive specialist referral management and virtual clinics can significantly reduce waiting lists, write Rama Vancheeswaran and others
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CommentThe NHS’ approach to waiting list management needs urgent reform
The NHS needs a framework that prioritises patient safety and supports the equitable prioritisation of patients in different settings, with different diagnoses, and even under the care of different trusts. By Rowan Wathes, Arup Nath and Catherine Urch
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HSJ LocalHospital group chief: NHS needs to limit referrals to deal with ‘wicked’ covid problems
NHS trusts face a “wicked problem” in restoring services in the coming months, and more patients will have to be treated with pain management and other alternatives to hospital-based care, says the leader of four hospitals in the north of England.
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NewsReferrals 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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CommentElective waits topped 34 weeks in May
An enormous and invisible backlog is building up during covid, as referrals are delayed. By Rob Findlay
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NewsGo on holiday, says NHS England
NHS England and NHS Improvement have taken the highly unusual step of reminding local leaders of the need for staff to take holidays, despite the pressures of the covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsNHS England reintroduces performance management regime
NHS England has restored parts of its performance management regime by bringing back key reporting tasks suspended since March.
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CommentHunt: Scrap national waiting time targets
Jeremy Hunt sets out his vision for the post-covid NHS
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HSJ InteractiveAs the first covid-19 peak ends, elective care demand and capacity modelling must take a new form
Amid an array of new complications, historic models for elective care will need to be reimagined and patient safety remain a guiding principle, argues Karina Malhotra
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News‘Requiring immediate action’: The patient safety issues hidden in unpublished reports
These are some of the serious findings of external reviews of NHS services from recent years, previously unpublished but now released to HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England considers ‘mandated’ system-level waiting lists
NHS trusts could be asked to create shared waiting lists for elective care under plans being considered by national leaders.
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CommentWe must offer patients hope, even if we can't offer timely treatment
With no capacity for any operations other than the urgent and emergency, waiting list growth looms large over patients, writes Polly Dickerson.