All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 34
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NewsCommunity waiting list surges back above 1 million
The community services waiting list has risen sharply to more than 1 million, with children suffering the longest waits, new data has revealed.
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NewsPatients put ‘at risk’ by NHSE plans to cut follow-ups
NHS England’s plans to reduce follow-up appointments is leading to patient safety risks and increasing waiting lists, an acute trust has warned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Death during the 'Christmas Day' strikes
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTreasury ‘legitimately sceptical of DHSC and NHSE’, claims Streeting
The shadow health secretary has called the relationship between the Treasury, NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care ‘appalling’, adding he will address HMT’s ‘legitimate scepticism’ about health spending if Labour wins power.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: There’s no ‘reset’ for ICS finances
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsMore hips replaced in private hospitals than in NHS
The number of NHS-funded hip replacements carried out last year remained well below pre-covid levels, while the total funded privately nearly doubled to cover the shortfall, new data reveals.
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NewsAgency profits growing due to ‘acute shortage of staff’
Two companies supplying staff to the NHS saw large growth in income and profits last year, annual accounts reveal.
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NewsTrusts’ ‘incorrect forecasts’ blamed by DHSC for capital overspend
Government documents seen by HSJ cite “incorrect cost forecasts” – as well as inflation and delivery delays – for overspending on the capital budget for upgrading hospitals.
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NewsSeven trusts relegated to NHSE’s poorest performers group
Seven trusts have been added to NHS England’s list of providers with the worst elective and cancer problems, putting the number of organisations in the ‘tier 1’ group back into double figures – and five leaving it, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWe should not tolerate the NHS's suboptimal cardiovascular care
Dr Matt Kearney challenges the longstanding NHS tolerance of suboptimal care that drives cardiovascular disease – and the potential use of routine GP data that would prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes in three years.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: In search of bold policy
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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HSJ PartnersNew Pilot to improve cancer outcomes and tackle inequalities launches in Dorset
NHS England InHIP programme, Dorset Integrated Care System Cancer Programme, NHS Dorset, Wessex AHSN, and Wessex Cancer Alliance partner with C the Signs to take an innovative approach to improve cancer outcomes and tackle inequalities across Dorset
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NewsHSJ intelligence congress to offer unique insight into national data strategy
NHS England’s chief data and analytics officer Ming Tang is due to give the keynote address at HSJ’s new Health and Care Intelligence Congress on 6 December.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The trusts slipping the most on PM’s pledge
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsNHS wastes ‘equivalent of 100,000 meals a day’
NHS England is throwing away the equivalent of 100,000 meals every day, its net zero food lead has said.
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NewsExclusive: Government and NHS in talks over £1bn funding gap
Government is in talks with national NHS leaders over how to fill an urgent funding gap of at least £1bn this financial year, HSJ has learned, as new analysis shows all 42 local integrated care systems were behind their own plans less than halfway through 2023-24.
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NewsStrikes now endangering heart and cancer patients, NHSE warns BMA
The impact of successive doctors’ strikes is now ‘causing significant disruption and risk to patients’, including to those needing urgent heart and cancer treatment, NHS England leaders have told the BMA in their strongest warnings yet.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The new president’s in tray
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence
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NewsNHS can’t prepare for pandemic surge due to lack of staff, NHSE warns
The NHS has too few staff to prepare for a pandemic surge, while its ageing buildings and social care’s weak ‘resilience and capacity’ would also undermine its response, NHS England has warned.
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NewsTrusts and ICBs asked to give ‘honest’ assessment of their ‘improvement culture’
Trust leaders have been asked to “self-assess” the quality of their “improvement culture” as part of an initiative launched by NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard in the spring.