All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 58
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NewsExclusive: 800 consultants refuse to cover juniors strike without extra pay
More than 800 consultants in London have signed a letter saying they will not cover the junior doctors’ strike next week unless their trusts agree to pay a higher overtime rate set by the British Medical Association.
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NewsTrust seeks hundreds of millions for refurbishment after ‘new hospital’ rejection
A trust which was promised a new hospital by Boris Johnson faces bills of hundreds of millions of pounds to keep its services safe after it failed to get any funding through the new hospitals programme.
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NewsICSs most ‘off target’ on recovery named by NHS England
Seven integrated care systems and one ambulance trust have been placed in ‘intensive support’ because of their performance against urgent and emergency care metrics.
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NewsA lot more ICSs will hit financial targets this year, says NHSE chief
NHS England’s chief finance officer has said he expects ‘a lot more’ integrated care systems to hit their spending plans in the current year than in the past.
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NewsMayor intervenes in NHSE reconfiguration row
The mayor of London is independently reviewing NHS England plans to reconfigure children’s cancer services in the capital, which were triggered when the commissioner finally accepted the current arrangements are unsafe.
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NewsNHSE merger halts plan to boost district nurses
Plans to procure more district nursing courses to start this September have been paused because of the merger of Health Education England into NHS England, HSJ understands.
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NewsExclusive: Leaked data reveals ‘distressing’ scale of ‘unacceptable’ A&E waits
One in five cases in which patients attend A&E needing mental healthcare are spending more than 12 hours in the department – at least double the rate of patients with physical health problems.
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News‘Archaic’ and risky patient records still used by most GP practices
Most GP practices in England are still using ‘archaic’ Lloyd George paper records despite a commitment to digitise them, HSJ has found.
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CommentPointless exercise will be ‘most thorough ever’
A body set up to find out what arm’s-length bodies do could have sweeping powers to change their branding and influence their slide decks, reports Julian Patterson
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The elective activity the NHS wants to cut – but can’t
Targets to reduce the number of outpatient appointments are not being met by trusts. On this episode, we discuss why there were still more than 124 million outpatient appointments in the NHS last year – despite pressure to cut them – and what is being done about it.
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NewsICB defies NHSE over patient record access
An integrated care board has advised its GP practices not to give patients automatic access to their records, contradicting NHS England national requirements.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Making the best of the overseas recruitment surge
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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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: New data lays bare outpatient transformation failings
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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NewsICSs failed to find alternatives despite ‘shock and panic’ over PbR
Local systems failed to come up with realistic alternatives to bringing back payment by results for planned care despite an initial ‘panic’ around its return, according to NHS England’s elective recovery boss.
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NewsOutcry over 123 rejected ‘new hospital’ bids
Multiple trusts have expressed disappointment at being overlooked in the government’s latest announcement on the ‘40 new hospitals’ programme.
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NewsRegion trapped in ‘vicious circle’ as NHS ‘incentivises poor performance’, says ICS chief
People in the North East of England are being trapped in a ‘vicious circle of ill health’ due to national funding structures which ‘incentivise’ poorly performing areas, according to the chief executive of the largest commissioning board.
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NewsNHSE expands overseas recruitment drive
NHS England has expanded its drive to increase overseas recruitment, introducing funding for trusts to hire more types of health professionals from abroad.
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NewsIT ‘crash’ hits 1,000s of GP practices
An IT system used by thousands of general practices has suffered major technical problems today, with GPs struggling to access patient records and give prescriptions.
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NewsAHSNs face cuts and uncertainty despite ‘relaunch’ and renaming
The 15 academic health science networks have been renamed ‘health innovation networks’ and given a new five-year ‘licence’ by NHS England, but face further review and uncertainty.