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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Return of the control totals
NHS England has announced incentives and penalties in a bid to improve the health system’s financial plans, so this week we discuss what the new regime involves and if it will make any difference to the national £3bn deficit.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What the July election means for the NHS
Rishi Sunak took Westminster by surprise with a July election – this week’s podcast reveals what the campaign and timing mean for the health service; and how a new government might shape up.
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HSJ LocalNew hospital set to open with £40m running cost gap
A new hospital which has taken over a decade to deliver will open without all the funding needed to run it, the trust’s chief executive has warned.
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HSJ LocalTrust scraps ex-chair’s building tribute after ‘legacy reassessment’
Plans to name a new major trauma centre after a long-serving trust chair were scrapped after a reassessment of his legacy, HSJ has been told.
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NewsTrust wins fifth of new grants to decarbonise NHS estates
A trust has won a fifth of new government grants awarded to the NHS to decarbonise its estates.
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HSJ Local‘Rolls-Royce’ EPR still being driven ‘like a Ford Focus’ admits trust CEO
The chief executive of an acute trust operating in one of the country’s most troubled healthcare economies has admitted his organisation is struggling to get the most from its top of the range electronic patient record system three years after rollout.
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NewsDon’t sack CEOs over long A&E waits, warns NHSE deputy chair
The government should not seek to dismiss chief executives whose trusts fail to tackle long A&E waits.
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HSJ LocalMore than 100 appointments cancelled due to faulty lifts at acute site
More than 100 appointments have been cancelled in a month due to problems with lifts at an acute hospital site, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘Patients are choosing palliative care over cancer treatment’ due to lack of local services, CEO warns
Patients in part of the East of England are choosing to begin palliative care over cancer treatment because of prohibitive travel times and costs to get to the nearest specialist centre, a local system leader has warned.
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NewsBuilding a hospital ‘not difficult’, says re-elected mayor
A mayor is planning to launch a consultation to build a new hospital the government says he has no powers to build – claiming the project “doesn’t seem difficult”.
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CommentMaking liars of us all
As the pledges of the new hospitals programme inevitably unravel, Julian Patterson wonders who will have the last laugh
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News‘Strained’ estate threatens national workforce plan, NHSE leak reveals
NHS England has found that one in five GP surgeries – and more than two-fifths in some regions – were built more than 75 years ago, and is concerned a lack of space will stop it meeting targets to train more GPs, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAnother of government’s ‘40 new hospitals’ admits it will miss 2030 target
A second trust in the government’s flagship NHS building programme has publicly admitted it does not expect its new hospital to be built by ministers’ 2030 target.
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NewsHospital rebuild ‘highly unlikely’ to hit government deadline
Replacement of a hospital in dire condition is “highly unlikely” to be completed before the end of the decade – as promised under the government’s “40 new hospitals” plan – a trust has warned.
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NewsTrusts with ‘distressing’ mixed-sex ward breaches blame poor estates
The trusts with the worst breach rates of mixed-sex ward rules in hospitals are revealed today by HSJ analysis after national levels hit a record high in 2023-24.
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NewsNew Hospital Programme admits 50% vacancy rate amid recruitment problems
The New Hospital Programme team has faced issues recruiting to internal roles and recently had a 50 per cent vacancy rate, the government has admitted.
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NewsChair of NHS property quango returning to Australia
The chair of an NHS estates quango has announced she will be stepping down this summer.
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NewsNew Hospital Programme fails to recruit chief
The government’s New Hospital Programme has failed to appoint a new chief after conducting a recruitment process for a permanent senior responsible officer, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFire warnings yet to be fully dealt with at eight hospitals
Eight hospitals in England have fire safety warnings attached to them, with half in place since 2022 or earlier, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE promises to review ‘return to office’ progress after six months
NHS England has promised to review its controversial “return to the office” policy after six months.