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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: The specialised commissioning lottery
HSJ recently revealed the dramatic differences in access to specialist medical treatments around the country.
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Comment
ICBs will not improve collaboration if they also try to be performance managers
Sara Gariban describes three essentials to ensure trust leaders make system working a success and thus build efficient, resilient and responsive services
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: HSJ’s predictions for 2024
In our final episode of the year, we make our predictions for what 2024 could hold for the NHS, including the first integrated care system merger, how the strikes will pan out and manager regulation.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: The chronic covid hangover
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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News
Exclusive: NHSE crackdown on 10-hour ambulance delays
NHS England has launched a new crackdown on trusts it says have a ‘management strategy’ to hold patients in the back of ambulances to cope with emergency pressures inside their hospitals, HSJ has learned.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: The target no one wants to talk about
Three years ago the NHS was the first healthcare system in the world to set an ambition to become net zero, but it struggles to prioritise this in the face of daily operational and financial pressures.
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News
Ditch normal procedures to avoid A&E handover delays, trusts told
Regulators have warned hospital leaders they may have to ‘depart from established procedures’ over winter to minimise ambulance handover delays.
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Comment
Better community services not more beds are the answer to delayed discharges
Amid the growing winter healthcare challenges it is imperative to adopt a holistic approach and strategic solutions to enhance elderly care, optimise patient flow, and build an overall resilient healthcare system writes Martin Tett
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News
Exclusive: Funding for winter clinics axed despite NHSE backing
Community clinics credited with easing pressure on A&E and GP practices nationally last winter have not yet been funded for this year, and are struggling to run a full service, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
We must remember the lessons of the pandemic and prioritise lung health
A lack of funding for lung tests is leaving people with conditions like asthma and COPD at increased risk of being hospitalised this winter, a new report reveals. Sarah Woolnough, CEO of Asthma + Lung UK, says lung disease must be treated with the same urgency as other health conditions
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Comment
NHS to get ‘tough on winter’
The government is determined to crack down on the cost of winter to the NHS. Tougher regulation of cold weather could be the answer, reports Julian Patterson
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HSJ Partners
Looming winter pressures eased by targeted AI initiatives
Paul McGinness, chief executive, Lenus Health, highlights the need for proactive measures to support the NHS in reducing unnecessary respiratory-related admissions.
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News
Ministers name 30 trusts receiving share of £250m fund
Ministers have named the 30 trusts which will receive a share of a £250m fund to increase urgent and emergency care capacity.
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Comment
The NHS is not being ambitious enough on emergency care
In this exclusive piece, the presidents of the Royal College of Physicians, Society for Acute Medicine, British Thoracic Society and British Geriatrics Society jointly respond to NHS England’s winter plan.
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News
‘Cosy’ health and care relationships should be avoided, says NHSE director
Integrated care systems ‘where everybody’s getting on well’ tend to avoid tackling ‘uncomfortable’ – but critical – issues, according to NHS England’s national director of intermediate care and rehabilitation.
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Comment
The NHS needs to better understand what the care sector can offer
Dan Hayes discusses winter preparedness, challenges in communication and data exchange with health systems, and the need for long-term funding to deliver sustainable care services for older people
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News
‘Local innovation’ can improve A&E without central funding, says NHSE
An NHS England director has said innovations in urgent and emergency care should be possible without extra central funding, as she set out plans to manage the coming winter.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Will this winter be better or worse?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Virtual wards ‘passing some leaders by’
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by technology correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.