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NewsMajor pricing shake-up for elective care announced
NHS England is to carry out a wide-ranging review of how elective care is paid for, according to a new joint NHSE-government plan published this morning.
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NewsEvery 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.
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NewsAmbulance handover delays surge in the north and Midlands
Long ambulance handover delays have surged in the Midlands, the North West, and the North East and Yorkshire as the winter emergency care crisis deepens, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsCEO of NHS’s largest trust to stand down
The NHS trust with the largest annual income has started an “international” search for a new chief executive.
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NewsCharity donates £330m to trust’s hospital rebuild
A charity has donated £330m to the building of a new cancer centre, financial documents reveal.
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NewsGPs to be paid to seek consultant opinion before referring
New payments for GPs to incentivise a significant reduction in referrals are among a range of measures being announced by the prime minister in a “radical” new plan to slash the elective waiting list.
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NewsNext year's elective target revealed
NHS England is set to commit to treating 65 per cent of elective patients within 18 weeks by next March, as a staging post to meeting the 92 per cent constitutional target by 2029, under plans to be unveiled next week.
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NewsHospital group takes over £450m trust after years of talks
A hospital and community services trust has been taken over by its neighbour.
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HSJ LocalCEO criticises ‘hugely disappointing’ CQC delay amid downgrade
A trust has criticised what it called “hugely disappointing” delays to a Care Quality Commission inspection report, in which one of its hospitals was downgraded.
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NewsTen-year plan development ‘lacking diversity’
Government must “move quickly” to address a lack of diversity in responses to its 10-year plan consultation, an adviser on the work has warned.
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HSJ LocalTrust's fifth CEO in five years made permanent
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has announced interim CEO Caroline Donovan, who was previously expected to leave this summer, will take up the role permanently.
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NewsRegion targets prescription cuts under ‘enormous financial pressure’
All but one of a region’s integrated care boards have stopped prescribing gluten-free products to save money, with a charity saying the move will exacerbate inequalities and risk “debilitating symptoms”.
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LeaderThe return of grown-up financial planning offers hope for 2025
The most pressing task facing NHS England and the service it oversees in the next three or four months will be to agree on a trust by trust, system by system financial and operational settlement that is both credible and acceptable to both parties and the government.
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NewsICB chairs made dames in New Year Honours
Two integrated care board chairs, one a former health secretary and the other a leading antiracism campaigner, have been made Dames in the 2025 New Year Honours.
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NewsHSJ’s most read technology stories of 2024
Discover HSJ’s 10 most read technology articles of 2024, covering the latest digital news in healthcare.
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NewsHSJ’s most read finance stories of 2024
Read on to discover the 10 finance stories that most captured HSJ’s readers’ attention in 2024.
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NewsHSJ’s most read integrated care stories of 2024
Discover HSJ’s 10 most read integrated care articles of 2024, highlighting the year’s key developments and insights
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read stories of 2024
As another year draws to a close, we take a look back at HSJ’s 10 most read articles of 2024
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NewsTrusts’ pathology venture pays £25m profit to Australian co-owner
A public-private pathology partnership has paid £25m in profit to its majority share owner, and another £25m to two NHS trusts, accounts reveal.
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NewsStreeting seeks ‘unfiltered’ reform ideas from DHSC staff
The health and social care secretary has asked his department’s civil servants to submit innovative policy ideas, saying he will read them all and they will not be filtered by line managers.