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Trusts face uncosted £4m rise in energy bills
Some NHS trusts are reporting huge hikes to their gas and electricity bills, with finance chiefs expecting increases of up to £4m in this financial year.
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Another ambulance service declares critical incident after IT outage
An ambulance provider has declared a critical incident after suffering significant IT issues – the second ambulance trust to have done so in as many weeks.
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Chief investigator announces retirement
The first chief investigator of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has announced his retirement.
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‘Bullying, intimidation and reprisals’ undermined patient care at trust, review concludes
A ‘culture of distrust’ between consultants and the use of incident reporting as a tool of ‘reprisal’ impacted patient care at a trust’s cardiology department, a review has concluded.
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NHS trouble-shooter appointed chair of trust where governors are resisting merger
One of England’s smallest trusts – which is in dispute with its governors over an impending merger – has appointed a new chair.
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Revealed: the ICSs given the highest and lowest ratings by NHS England
Only one integrated care system, but 32 provider trusts, have been deemed ‘consistently high performing’ by NHS England under its new regulatory regime.
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Messenger review could ‘set NHS leaders up to fail’, Javid warned
A government-commissioned review of NHS management could turn into a ‘blame game’ with leaders ‘set up to fail [against] unrealistic expectations’, NHS Providers chief Chris Hopson has warned.
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Trusts with huge drops in A&E performance cite ‘aged’ and ‘outdated’ hospitals
Several hospital trusts whose A&E performance was in the top half of trusts last summer have seen the biggest drops this year, with some of them citing out-of-date buildings as a major reason.
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160,000 risk harm each year from ambulance handover delays
Ambulance handover delays could harm 160,000 patients a year, 12,000 of them severely, according to a structured clinical review of cases by service bosses earlier this year.
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NHS launches biggest central patient record programme since NPfIT
Seven trusts have been selected for a new centralised approach to buying major IT equipment in a bid to “accelerate” digitisation across the health service, HSJ has learned.
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NHS England reviewing remote GP appointments
NHS England has launched a review into remote consultations in primary care amid a row over GP appointments.
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in September 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Major shake-up of child cancer services ordered by NHS England
NHS England has finally ordered a major shake-up of paediatric cancer services in London after a long-running battle which saw national cancer director Cally Palmer accused of being ‘hugely conflicted’ because of her dual role as the chief executive of the trust at the centre of the storm.
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New national guardian for freedom to speak up revealed
A management coach has been appointed as the new ‘national guardian’ for the ’freedom to speak up’ programme.
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Ambulance and trolley waits soar to record levels
Ambulance response times hit new lows last month, leaving heart attack and stroke patients waiting nearly an hour to be reached on average, despite the system having an 18-minute target for this cohort.
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Two-year waiters rise by over 3,000 in a month
The number of patients breaching the two-year mark on the waiting list rose 28 per cent from 9,754 to a record 12,491 between August and September, according to the latest NHS England data.
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First three ICS chief executives announced
Designate chief executives have been announced for three NHS integrated care boards, the first to be named ahead of integrated care systems being put on a statutory footing next year.
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NHS expecting covid negligence claims totalling over £800m
The NHS is expecting to receive compensation claims totalling over £800m over its handling of covid-19, HSJ can reveal.
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Ambulance trust’s comms system knocked out by system failure
An ambulance trust today suffered a system failure severing the communications link between control room and crews, raising fundamental concerns about staff and patient safety, HSJ has learned.
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NHS England asks ICS leader to review ‘next steps’ for primary care
An integrated care system leader will review and set out how ICSs and primary care networks should go about improving out of hospital care, NHS England has announced.