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Expert BriefingThe Download: How virtual outpatients saves lives
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsStubborn cancer backlog at record high
The number of people waiting more than two months to start cancer treatment remained over 30,000 – double the pre-covid level – for three months to the end of October, according to data published this morning.
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NewsDoctors set up companies to avoid pension tax hit
More radiologists are setting up their own firms so they can do additional backlog work without risking larger pensions tax bills.
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NewsNHSE cuts £1bn from cancer, maternity and primary care funds
NHS England is raiding a national fund earmarked for improvements in cancer, maternity care and other priority services by up to £1bn this year, to pay for deficits elsewhere, and will cut it by a similar amount in 2023-24, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Surviving winter
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2022: HSJ Partnership Award
WINNER: GM Active CIC and GM Cancer Alliance Greater Manchester Prehab4Cancer and Recovery Programme
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NewsLongest diagnostic waits at highest level since covid lockdown
The share of referrals waiting more than three months for a diagnostic test – one of the key problems behind long waits for cancer treatment – is worse than at any point since February 2021, during the second national covid lockdown.
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CommentThe National Lung Cancer Audit can help tackle health inequalities
Health inequalities are complex and far reaching, hence collecting data on health inequalities at both community and individual patient level is essential, writes Dr Neal Navani.
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NewsFormer minister to chair Commons health committee
A former junior health minister has been selected as the new chair of the Commons health and social care committee.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Commissioning yourself
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ Local‘Insular’ leadership reported at struggling trust
The leadership style of one of England’s largest acute trusts was described as ‘insular’ in feedback from other NHS organisations earlier this year, it has emerged, amid intense scrutiny of the provider’s performance.
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NewsStruggling trusts’ CEOs must ‘self certify’ to NHS England
Bosses at struggling trusts must sign new commitments to national leaders about how they are approaching the task of clearing their elective and cancer backlogs, under a new protocol drawn up by NHS England.
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HSJ LocalLeadership review launched at ‘outstanding’ trust
The Care Quality Commission has launched a review of leadership at an “outstanding”-rated specialist trust, after receiving multiple concerns from whistleblowers.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Doing North Bristol here
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsSlow cancer diagnosis twice as likely for ethnic minority patients, survey shows
New patient data shows significant regional differences in the effectiveness of primary care in getting cancer sufferers diagnosed – with an even more alarming picture when the data is broken down by ethnicity.
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News12-hour A&E waits soar to new record as waiting list hits 7m
Long waits in emergency departments spiralled to a new record high as the elective waiting list continued to grow, NHS England’s monthly performance data published today revealed.
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NewsInflux of very low risk referrals sparks review of cancer services
NHS England is in talks about changing a pathway for women with breast problems after performance against the two-week target for them to be seen plummeted.
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HSJ LocalHospital merger confusion blamed for cancer deaths
A ‘leading’ cancer service has reported a series of safety incidents which contributed to patients being severely harmed or dying, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Paying the consultants
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust earned £39m from Middle Eastern country in one year
A leading hospital trust earned nearly one-tenth of its income during a single year doing private work for a small Middle Eastern state, it has been revealed.