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NewsDelayed discharges rise in 17 ICSs despite Barclay’s £250m fund
A high-profile £250m government intervention to free up hospital beds has so far failed to deliver any significant reduction in delayed discharges – with multiple systems instead reporting large increases.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2022, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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HSJ LocalFlagship merger ‘effectively scrapped’ after ‘wasting millions’
The leader of a flagship ‘hub and spoke’ pathology merger has criticised regulators after the project was effectively dropped due to delays in receiving £31m of capital that was allocated to the scheme in 2018.
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HSJ LocalICB shelves 30 primary care investments
Four planned primary care ‘hubs’ are in doubt – according to local politicians – after an integrated care system said it could not afford a large number of requested GP premises improvements.
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HSJ LocalMcKinsey wins £1m contract to devise new NHSE data model
Consultancy firm McKinsey has been awarded a contract worth almost £1m by NHS England to provide a new data and analytics operating model.
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HSJ LocalFree coffee for delayed ambulance crews paused after £20k bill
Trust chiefs have paused a scheme which enabled ambulance crews facing long accident and emergency handover delays to get a free tea or coffee, after receiving a £20,000 bill for a single month.
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NewsHSJ and AphA team up to champion health analytics
HSJ and the Association of Professional Analysts have launched a strategic partnership to increase awareness of the vital role of health analytics and analysts.
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NewsStriking ambulance staff must cover all ‘emergency’ calls, say ministers
Ambulance staff will need to respond to category 2 calls during strike action under new government proposals.
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News£100m redundancy budget set for NHS England, HEE and NHSD
NHS England is set to spend up to £100m on voluntary redundancies and associated costs, as part of its restructure and merger with NHS Digital and Health Education England, the next phase of which is being announced today.
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News‘NHS factors’ lead to more than a third of delayed discharges
More than a third of delayed discharges for long-stay patients are being caused by factors generally associated with the NHS, according to new data obtained by HSJ.
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NewsDirector’s discrimination claims ‘staggering’, NHS England tells tribunal
A tribunal has been urged to throw out claims of race and sex discrimination by an NHS England director against his employer and its former chief people officer.
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NewsNHS tech funding falls to less than £1bn
NHS England’s technology budget is now worth less than £1bn after a significant amount of cash was diverted elsewhere, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalDetails of 14,000 salaries shared by mistake
A spreadsheet containing the personal information of nearly 14,000 staff, including their salaries, has been mistakenly emailed to hundreds of people at a major trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPayment by results transition ‘painful’, Mackey admits
NHS England has ‘wrinkles to iron out’ with the elective recovery funding guidance, but national director Sir Jim Mackey has dismissed some concerns about the new regime as ‘nonsense’.
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NewsNHSE must ‘demonstrate it is trustworthy’ on data, says watchdog
The independent data watchdog has called for greater clarity from NHS England on how it will ensure there are ‘as strong… if not stronger’ safeguards on health and care data following its takeover of NHS Digital.
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NewsNHSE’s former HR chief felt ‘personally attacked’ by director
NHS England’s former chief people officer felt ‘personally attacked’ by a former director when he ‘lost his temper’ with her, she told an employment tribunal, while ‘categorically denying’ she had blocked a promotion based on race.
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HSJ LocalTrust set for ‘significant’ windfall after court victory
An acute trust is set to recoup at least £14m from the taxman after winning a judicial review over VAT.
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NewsStaff at final ambulance trust vote to join strikes
Staff at the East of England ambulance trust – the only one to escape strike action so far – have voted to join the industrial action.
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NewsTrust leaders ‘welcome rigour’ of A&E target, says new NHSE director
Trust leaders have said they will welcome the ‘rigour’ of ‘a lot more focus’ on the four-hour A&E target nationally, alongside other indicators, NHS England’s new emergency care director told HSJ.
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NewsBranding agency hired to help ‘cultivate new personality’ for NHSE
NHS England will attempt to ‘cultivate the right personality’ as an ‘empowering coach-like leader’ in part to ‘rebuild lost trust’ with the service.