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NHSE: Cancelling electives is ‘last resort’ despite ambulance strikes
Elective activity should only be reduced “as a last resort” during ambulance strike action next week, NHS England has told trust leaders.
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Only half of new virtual beds occupied, internal figures reveal
Just over half of the 7,000 virtual ward beds opened under the new national programme are occupied by patients, according to recent internal figures seen by HSJ.
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Pandemic collaboration ‘no longer exists’ between NHS and private hospitals
The collaboration seen between the independent sector and the NHS during the peaks of the pandemic “doesn’t exist any more”, the boss of one of the UK’s largest private hospital companies has said.
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Trust CEO to leave within weeks after merger abandoned
The chief executive of England’s smallest provider will leave after its merger with a neighbouring provider was abandoned.
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ICSs risk becoming ‘rebadged CCGs’ warns Hewitt
Integrated care systems could become ‘rebadged clinical commissioning groups’ or ‘another layer of performance management’, former health secretary Patricia Hewitt has warned.
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Watchdog stops monitoring trust over sexual harassment
An ambulance trust will no longer be monitored by the UK’s equality watchdog over sexual harassment.
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‘Constructive’ first ambulance strike agreement revealed
Elderly people who fall may only be sent an ambulance after they have spent four hours on the floor, and some category 2 calls may not be responded to under one of the first agreements with ambulance unions about next week’s strikes.
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Ambulance strike threatens ‘different magnitude of risk’
The ambulance staff strike next week represents a far higher risk to patient safety and services than the nurses’ strike, but a blanket elective ban will only be used as “an absolute last resort”, a senior NHS England director said today.
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Vulnerable patients facing long delays for beds amid funding rows
Vulnerable patients, including some children, have faced long delays for a suitable bed as organisations argue over whose responsibility it is to fund and deliver their care, HSJ understands.
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Ex-hospital chief takes over new trust
A former acute boss is returning to NHS management to lead a mental health and community services trust.
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ICS has ‘strained and challenging’ relationships, review finds
Relationships between commissioners, providers and the local authority in a troubled integrated care system are ‘strained and challenging’, according to an external review it commissioned.
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Trusts appoint joint CEO
Two coastal trusts embarking on a new leadership model have appointed a joint chief executive.
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Trusts press for more ‘life and limb’ cover during ambulance strike
Ambulance trusts are pressing unions to confirm that crews will cover at least some ‘category two’ calls — which include suspected heart attacks and strokes — during next week’s strike, amid growing fears for patients’ safety.
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Acute trust appoints new CEO
An acute trust in the North East has appointed a new chief executive.
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Barclay orders ICSs to publish ‘organograms’ by 6 January
The health secretary has told integrated care systems to publish a breakdown of staffing numbers and costs so the “public and those on the frontline understand how money is spent”.
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Exclusive: RCN agrees more strike exemptions after CNO pressure
The Royal College of Nursing has agreed to staff some of the most high-risk mental health and community services during its upcoming strikes, following pressure from the UK’s four chief nursing officers, a letter leaked to HSJ reveals.
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Urgent call for help as ambulance trust faces relying on ‘first aiders’ during strikes
Medics and nurses have been urgently called upon to support London Ambulance Service during next week’s strike action, as it will otherwise have to rely on staff only able to provide ‘first aid’.
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All new hospitals must have single rooms only, government rules
All new hospitals built in England must have only single patient rooms, health infrastructure chiefs have confirmed, requiring an overhaul of many trusts’ current proposals.
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Every ambulance trust on highest alert level
All ambulance services have declared the highest level of alert due to ‘extreme pressures’ facing the urgent and emergency care system.
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Midwives will not strike, after ballot falls short
The Royal College of Midwives has not met thresholds required to strike in its vote in England, it announced today, but physiotherapy staff are set to strike at more than 100 trusts in their first ever action ballot over pay.