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HSJ LocalDoctors ‘embarrassed and ashamed’ by care at new hospital
A clinical director and 30 senior medics have told trust executives they are ashamed of the ‘dreadful conditions’ faced by patients after moving into a ‘chaotic’ new emergency department.
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Doctors union plans 72-hour strike
Junior doctors across England will walk out for 72 hours in March if a ballot for industrial action is successful, the British Medical Association has told ministers.
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NewsNHSE names new regional director
A new interim NHS England regional director has been appointed for London.
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NewsNHS must improve efficiency before asking for more money, claims ICS chief executive
An ICS chief has said the NHS workforce crisis is not the result of a ‘funding issue’ but caused by an inefficient use of resources.
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NewsAmbulances ‘lose’ 55,000 hours in one week during handover delays
Hours lost to ambulance handover delays, and the numbers of ambulances waiting more than an hour outside hospitals hit new highs in the week after Christmas.
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NewsAmbulance trust asks ICSs for 300 staff to step in on strike day
More than 300 clinicians are being sought from primary care to help London Ambulance Service during next week’s strike, according to a letter seen by HSJ, amid fears it will have a greater impact than last month’s industrial action.
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NewsPatients ‘warehoused’ and ‘lost in the system’ amid rush to discharge
More and more older people are being “warehoused” in inappropriate care beds, condemned unnecessarily to long-term care, and “lost” to health and care services, due to the rush to discharge from full hospitals and a lack of community rehab services, leaders have warned.
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NewsTrusts told to appoint board director with responsibility for reducing racism
Mental health trusts will be expected to appoint a board member responsible for improving racial equality and to develop individual plans to eliminate systemic racism, according to new draft NHS England guidance seen by HSJ.
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NewsSunak: Covid elective cancellations are to blame for long waiting lists
Rishi Sunak has appeared to suggest the NHS should not have cancelled so much elective activity during the pandemic and attributed the service’s ‘huge waiting list’ to the extent of the hiatus.
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HSJ LocalTrust that banned corridor care ‘reluctantly’ brings it back
An acute trust has announced the ‘reluctant’ return of ‘corridor care’ – having previously eradicated the unsafe practice – due to extreme ambulance handover delays and other emergency pressures.
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NewsGovernment appoints three new NHSE board directors
The government has appointed three senior clinicians to sit on NHS England’s board for three years.
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NewsNHSE pays £11.5m to extend Palantir data contract
NHS England has extended a controversial contract with tech firm Palantir, following a long delay to its procurement of a new data platform.
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NewsStaff mental health support faces axe after national funding cut
Mental health and wellbeing hubs for NHS and social care staff could be axed within months, as national funding for them is likely to be cut, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: The targets the NHS no longer has to meet
NHS England has shelved priorities on long covid and diversity and inclusion – as well as a wide range of other areas – in its latest slimmed down operational planning guidance, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsNew Year honours for NHS England directors and hospital chiefs
NHS England directors and hospital chief executives were among those included in the 2023 New Year’s honours list.
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LeaderThe year of the great distraction
That 2023 will be the fourth in a series of increasingly brutal years for the service will come as no surprise to HSJ readers.
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NewsExclusive: Ambulance crews urged to conserve oxygen
Ambulance staff are being urged to conserve oxygen supplies because of a national shortage of small cylinders used both on ambulances and in some A&E departments.
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NewsExclusive: Some ICSs need ‘an awful lot of central control’, says Hewitt
Some integrated care systems still require ‘an awful lot of control’ from the centre, Patricia Hewitt has told HSJ, tempering any expectations that her government-commissioned review will bring about a wholesale roll-back of national performance management.
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NewsNHS has too few managers but too many admin staff, Hewitt suggests
International comparisons suggest the NHS has too few managers but too many administrative staff, former health secretary Patricia Hewitt has claimed.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read technology stories of 2022
As we welcome in 2023, it’s time to take a look back at HSJ’s most read technology stories of 2022.