All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 149
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News
Almost all NHS detox units face closure without reform to 'precarious' funding
Inpatient detoxification units in England are warning they could close — causing possible increases in substance and alcohol related deaths — unless NHS England changes the “precarious” way they are currently funded.
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Trust chief: ‘I don’t expect another top NHS job without progressing diversity’
A trust chief who oversaw a national equalities guidance group said he would not expect another top NHS job if he could not demonstrate substantial progress on diversity in his current role.
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HSJ Partners
2020: The healthcare revolution with patients at the centre
Livi’s new model NHS 2.0 aims to deliver seamless, tech-enabled care with patients at the centre, creating one digital front door.
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News
GP practices may be doing more work than reported, says NHSE
Under recording of appointments in general practice, particularly since the outbreak of covid-19, may be giving a ‘false picture’ of overall workload in surgeries, according to NHS England.
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CQC describes ‘normalisation’ of poor care at scandal hit trust
The Care Quality Commission has warned of a ‘normalisation of poor care’ by staff in its latest damning report on Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital’s Trust.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Why the mistake in the People Plan matters
The NHS People Plan included an ‘unacceptable’ mistake about LGBTQ+ people, fuelling debate about diversity and inclusion in the NHS, and its workforce culture and policy. HSJ Health Check covers the latest developments.
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News
Long waits for cancer treatment double
The proportion of cancer patients receiving their treatment 104 days or more after referral has doubled year-on-year, new data shows.
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Comment
Efforts to treat long-waiters were overwhelmed in June
The NHS managed to admit more long-waiting patients in June, but the numbers were small and waiting times rose rapidly.
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News
Record poor performance ‘dashes hopes of near normal’
Unprecedentedly poor waiting time data for electives, diagnostics and cancer suggests the chances of NHS England’s ambitions for ‘near normal’ service levels this autumn being met are very unlikely, experts have warned.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Social care ‘Nightingales’ - or not?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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HSJ Local
Getting shielded staff back before winter key priority, says hospital CEO
A teaching hospital which had over a thousand staff shielding or working from home at the peak of the covid outbreak has made getting these employees safely back on site a top priority before winter, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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News
Trust chief: NHS should cut spend on suppliers where bosses lack diversity
Firms should not be able to “readily” access public money if they cannot demonstrate diversity among their senior leadership, an NHS trust chief advising NHS England has told HSJ.
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Comment
Leave Prerana Issar alone and do your bit for BAME staff
Professor Partha Kar on the need to read the NHS People Plan and then make any constructive suggestions about it
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News
Region predicts it needs 1,000 more beds to meet winter demand
NHS leaders in the West Midlands claim 1,000 new hospital beds are needed to meet expected demand over the coming winter.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: ‘Whatever we think the NHS needs’
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Comment
Revealed: the region where 1 in 4 of the population could be waiting for hospital care by April
George Batchelor sheds light on the regional impact of covid-19 on elective waiting lists
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News
NHS told to let patients initiate follow-up appointments
Trusts are being encouraged to adopt a system in which patients initiate follow-up appointments by the latest guidance from NHS England designed to help the NHS recover from the covid crisis.
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News
NHS England warned fixing e-referral system now ‘critically urgent’
Hospital and GP leaders in east London have warned problems with the capital’s e-referral system have become a ‘critically urgent matter’.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Prepare for a winter of discontent
National guidance for the remainder of 2020-21 reveals NHS rows with councils over care funding will be back this winter, and sets a series of unattainable targets for resuming planned care. HSJ Health Check this week explains why.
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News
NHS and private sector on collision course over plans to reduce hospital waiting list
The NHS and private hospitals are on a collision course over a new multibillion-pound deal for how the service will access the independent sector’s capacity.