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Exclusive: Govt abandons commitment to hit cancer, mental health and A&E targets
The government cannot commit to meeting national cancer, A&E, diagnostic, mental health and ambulance waiting time targets by the end of this Parliament, Wes Streeting has told HSJ.
Trusts to take on ICB responsibilities next year
Some trusts will take over responsibility for the “planning and transformation” of services from integrated care boards by March next year, according to the 2025-26 national planning guidance.
18 ICBs warned over deaths following care failures
Disjointed, delayed, and substandard care for people with both mental illness and additional needs are highlighted throughout reports sent to integrated care boards on the deaths of 24 people, HSJ has found.
Exclusive: Expert review concludes NHS ‘got winter it prepared for’
A new plan authored by six leading expert groups and shared exclusively with HSJ has concluded the NHS “got the winter it prepared for” and warned poor standards of urgent and emergency care has been “normalised and accepted”.
Every trust given individual elective waiting time target
Every trust must improve its performance against the 18 week elective care target by a minimum of five percentage points by March next year, a new government plan has revealed.
Winners of HSJ Awards 2024 revealed
The winners of the HSJ Awards 2024 were revealed last night to honour exceptional achievements in the NHS, with Wes Streeting telling them they were an “inspiration” who showed they could “get the NHS back on its feet”.
The 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health: Full list
The top 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders in English health and care – listed alphabetically
No point in having ‘honest conversations’ with centre on finance, say trust CEOs
Trusts are increasingly deciding there is little benefit in resisting the imposition of unrealistic financial plans demanded by NHS England, some of the country’s leading provider chief executives have told HSJ.
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024 winners announced
The winners of the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024 were revealed last night at Manchester Central Convention Complex, marking the end of another highly competitive year for the event.
Shrink the centre to boost local management, Darzi concludes
The NHS needs to urgently reconfigure the “balance of its management resources”, says Lord Darzi’s report into the state of the NHS.
Exclusive: Streeting has ‘total confidence’ in Amanda Pritchard
The shadow health and social care secretary has “total confidence” in NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard, he has told HSJ.
HSJ Digital Awards 2024: Winners revealed
Last night’s HSJ Digital Awards showcased the best in NHS technological innovation and adoption, celebrating the achievements of individuals and teams driving digital transformation in healthcare.
Use your ‘operational muscle’ to improve performance urges NHSE director
Commissioners and providers must get back their “operational process muscle” and use it to drive improvements to care, NHS England’s emergency care lead has told HSJ.
Revealed: ICBs plan pay bill squeeze and provider consolidation
Strict pay bill controls and more provider consolidation are key to recovery plans in most integrated care systems, according to an HSJ survey of NHS leaders.
Trusts told to justify workforce increases, as NHSE warns the service must ‘consolidate’
NHS England has told trusts to review and justify their staffing increases over the last four years, saying there must now be a drive to “consolidate” services and workforce.
Winners of HSJ Partnership Awards 2024 revealed
Last night’s HSJ Partnership Awards celebrated the best collaborations between the NHS and private sector and introduced a new judging system featuring gold, silver and bronze awards.
The best and worst acute trusts to work at
Which trusts receive the highest recommendations from staff as a place to work? HSJ has analysed the full results of today’s 2022 NHS Staff Survey for general acute and acute/community trusts.
Nearly a third of ICSs admit finance plans will be missed
At least 13 integrated care systems have now admitted they will miss the financial plans they signed up for at the start of the year.
Trust leaders raise alarm over ‘mad’ approach to scrutiny of maternity services
The management of fragile maternity services is being hamstrung by a lack of clear standards and direction from government and regulators, trust chairs and chief executives have told HSJ.
Finance directors ‘incensed’ at comments by safety watchdog
Revealed: the 10 most influential Black and minority ethnic leaders in English health and care
Winners of Patient Safety Awards 2023 revealed
Revealed: 60pc of trusts have a ‘first-time’ CEO
Revealed: How trust execs resisted concerns over Letby
Information on directors’ fitness to lead will be added to staff record by October
Winners of first HSJ Digital Awards revealed
Outcry over 123 rejected ‘new hospital’ bids
Trust refuses to wait for hospital rebuild
Hewitt: Give the 10 best ICSs greater powers by next year
Whistleblowers ‘frustrated and disappointed’ by CQC, review finds
HSJ Partnership Awards 2023 winners revealed
Trust with few minority leaders sets up diverse ‘shadow board’
New number one trust CEO revealed
The best and worst acute trusts to work at, according to staff
Race and deprivation set back medical trainees, GMC analysis finds
‘Local management’ harder in ‘enormous’ trusts, says new NHS Providers chief
4,000 temporary beds to be made permanent under NHSE recovery plan
Exclusive: Some ICSs need ‘an awful lot of central control’, says Hewitt
NHSE reveals new A&E waiting time goal
Winners of HSJ Awards 2022 revealed
South West and specialist trusts saw biggest strike vote
Less star quality, but more influence in the 2022 ranking of minority ethnic leaders
Winners of HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022 revealed
Hunt: Tax will need to rise to fund health and care
Exclusive: Cabinet Office clamps down on trust spending freedom
Dozens of referrals for vulnerable mothers refused due to ‘lack of beds’
Exclusive: NHSE leak reveals 1m patients on hidden waiting list
‘Arrogance and bullying’ persist from ‘less understanding’ regulators, say trusts
‘We are presiding over a failing NHS,’ say leading trust CEOs
Exclusive: Three-month cancer waits top 10,000
HSJ100: Power reshapes around the new bosses
Revealed: The trusts hit hardest by covid
Trusts may have to close services to make savings, say NHS leaders
Primary care networks must become ‘neighbourhood teams’, says review for NHSE
‘One last chance to get it right’ for ‘inadequate’ trust, says chair
Trusts with the most two-year elective breaches revealed
White men form the minority of HSJ’s Top Chief Executives
Two out of five NHS staff would not recommend their organisation as a place to work
Exclusive: A&E tents ‘borderline immoral’ and ‘dangerous’, claims royal college