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News
Just one in 10 scans moved to community centres despite push
Only about one in 10 CT and MRI scans are taking place in “community diagnostic centres” despite a national drive to shift these services into the community.
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Comment
Being a patient taught me things I hadn’t learned as a trust CEO
NHS CEO’s patient journey helps him realise the strengths of the NHS and areas requiring improvement, particularly in EDI and the use of emerging technologies
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News
Three ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.
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News
Major diagnostics review kicked into long grass
There are “no plans to publish” a much-anticipated NHS England review of diagnostic services that had been expected this month, a government source has told HSJ.
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News
Trust to limit ‘non-essential’ CT scans as deficit rises
A Yorkshire acute trust is reviewing its use of diagnostic scans with a view to “limiting non-essential procedures” as it tries to bring down its deficit, according to internal messages sent to staff.
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Comment
Changing the shape of services key to eliminating cervical cancer
NHS leaders, services, and health professionals must listen to women’s experiences to collect better data for meeting the new goal of ending cervical cancer by 2040, writes Rebecca Curtayne, External Affairs manager at Healthwatch England
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Improving Care for Children and Young People Initiative of the Year
WINNER Manchester University FT: Retinopathy of Prematurity Imaging Network
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Deteriorating Patients and Rapid Response Initiative of the Year
WINNER NCL Imaging Academy: Clinical Simulation Training To Support And Manage A Deteriorating Patient In Both The Acute And CDC Clinical Settings
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HSJ Local
11,000 patients may have been given wrong test result
Up to 11,000 patients may have received incorrect test results – including being misdiagnosed as diabetic – due to an equipment error at a trust, HSJ has learned.
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News
‘Unrealistic’ new targets set for cancer tests
New activity targets set for community diagnostic centres this month will not be met on current staffing levels, experts have warned.
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HSJ Interactive
Could artificial intelligence help refine diagnostic pathways for arrhythmia?
A recent HSJ webinar, in association with iRhythm Technologies, explored challenges in arrhythmia diagnosis, highlighting AI’s potential and the need for patient trust
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HSJ Partners
A model of efficiency: Reducing cancelled procedures with digital prep support
One in 20 colonoscopies do not go ahead as planned due to poor or insufficient prep. King’s College Hospital’s Mayur Kumar explains how his trust worked with Healthcare Communications to reduce cancellations by 28 per cent, saving £336,000 a year.
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Comment
Wait list and wait times worsened again in May
A worsening situation in the penultimate waiting times data for the outgoing Conservative government
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HSJ Interactive
HSJ webinar discussed if artificial intelligence could help refine diagnostic pathways for arrhythmia
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. More than 2 million people in the UK are said to have arrhythmia and 1.4 million of those have atrial fibrillation – a heart rhythm disturbance in which the heart beats irregularly ...
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Digital Awards 2024: Optimising Clinical Pathways Through Digital
WINNER Humber NHS Teaching Foundation Trust and Owl Therapy Centre: Hybrid Neurodiversity Assessments
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News
5,500 managers would be cut under Conservatives’ primary care plan
The Conservatives have announced they would cut a further 5,500 NHS managers from organisations not providing “frontline patient care” to fund an expansion of primary and community services.
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HSJ Partners
New report reveals how insourcing and capacity optimisation can transform NHS delivery
18 Week Support’s innovative insourcing model enhances NHS efficiency, reduces waiting times, and strengthens patient care, writes Paulo Sergio Andrade
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Comment
Dementia is a system challenge
Fiona Carragher, director of research and influencing at Alzheimer’s Society, discusses the findings of The King’s Fund’s research and how ICSs could achieve more in improving dementia diagnosis
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Takeover
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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News
Trusts face threat of legal action due to new quality standards
Trusts could be exposed to increased negligence claims as a result of new NHS England guidance for a rare spinal condition, a royal college has claimed.