All Acute care articles – Page 32
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NewsTwo-year waiters for elective care up by half to just under 4,000
The number of patients waiting more than two years for elective care has grown by nearly half in the space of one month, HSJ analysis can reveal.
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NewsRecord number of patients treated at major A&Es last month
A record number of people attended major emergency departments for treatment last month, the latest figures from NHS England have revealed.
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HSJ InteractiveVirtual clinics can enable remote monitoring of rheumatology patients
North Devon Healthcare Trust has pioneered virtual clinics to improve access for patients stable on advanced therapies for rheumatoid arthritis bringing benefits both to patients and to the NHS
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NewsNHSE suspects trust managers abused position and acted in their own interests
NHS England/Improvement has set out suspected major governance failings, and a breach of the management consultancy cap, by an acute trust.
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NewsNew No.10 health unit will ‘intervene where delivery is slowing’
Number 10 Downing Street is setting up a new unit to oversee ‘recovery’ in the NHS and other health priorities, and ‘intervene where delivery is slowing’.
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NewsICS boundary changes will worsen patient care, Hancock warned
Plans to change integrated care systems’ boundaries risk worsening patient care, the health secretary is warned today.
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NewsDistancing measures now ‘impossible’ in overcrowded EDs
NHS England officials are examining a recent spike in emergency department attendances, with multiple reports that crowded units can no longer meet distancing guidelines.
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HSJ LocalTrust pleads for cash advance to fix ‘UK’s most cramped A&E’
An acute trust with the ‘most cramped and limited emergency department in the UK’ has warned delaying promised capital funds will mean treating patients in unsuitable facilities until 2030.
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NewsStevens: My successor must ‘speak out for what is right’
Sir Simon Stevens has advised his successor they should not ‘be afraid to stand up and speak out for what is right’.
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NewsNew health bill may create ‘bureaucratic nightmare’, ICS leader warns
The senior NHS leader who is representing integrated care systems has warned government and NHS reform proposals risk creating a ‘bureaucratic nightmare’.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Chiefs’ fears over staycation wave
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHS covid and Brexit chief awarded knighthood
The man who was charged with overseeing the NHS’ response to Brexit and then to the coronavirus pandemic has been awarded a knighthood in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsThe trusts with the most patients waiting over 18 months
The trusts with the biggest share of their waiting list at more than 18 months and two years has been revealed for the first time.
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NewsMore than 50,000 people have waited over 18 months for planned care
There were 64,959 patients on the elective waiting list who have waited over 18 months for procedures as of April – 2,722 of whom have waited over two years, new NHS data reveals today.
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Trusts and GPs told to scrutinise all deaths from next year
Acute trusts must from next April review all deaths in their area which are not referred to coroners, NHS England has said.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The real waiting list problem (clue: it isn’t longest waiters)
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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NewsNHS to ‘retain all documents’ ahead of covid public inquiry
Local NHS organisations have been told they must start preparing for the public inquiry into the covid-19 pandemic.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: City sees covid patients almost double over weekend
The number of covid patients in Manchester’s hospitals has almost doubled over the weekend, HSJ understands.
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NewsDozens of hospitals hit dangerous bed occupancy levels
Dozens of acute trusts have operated at very high levels of bed occupancy in the past month, as they deal with a surge in non-covid patients with thousands fewer beds than normal.