All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 85
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CommentUnderlying pressure still rising on elective waiting times
Although elective headline waiting times fell slightly in February, both the waiting list and the wait to diagnosis went up, writes Rob Findlay
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Midwifery in crisis
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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CommentMaking virtue part of everyone’s job
A new unit will professionalise virtue-signalling and oversee a national humility strategy, reports Julian Patterson
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NewsTrusts with the most two-year elective breaches revealed
The NHS has improved its position on one- and two-year-plus breaches for the first time since the system was forced to start reporting waiters over 104 weeks last April, data published today shows.
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NewsBiggest ever rise in 12-hour waits
The number of patients recorded as waiting longer than 12 hours in emergency departments increased by more than 6,000 in March – by far the largest monthly increase ever recorded.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The great follow-ups revolution
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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NewsTrust board backs medical director who wrongly dismissed whistleblower
A trust board has backed the medical director who oversaw the dismissal of a whistleblower in a case linked to patient deaths.
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NewsNew controls on FT capital spending
NHS England has set out the new rules and circumstances in which it would seek to curtail capital spending by foundation trusts.
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NewsOne tech chief leaves NHSE and another gives up ‘budgetary authority’
A long-serving NHS tech chief is departing from his national role, while another leader’s responsibilities have changed – amid the merger between NHSX and NHS England.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Thorn in the flesh
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence. Mental Health Matters is written by HSJ’s new mental health correspondent, Emily Townsend. Tell her what you think, or about issues she could write about, by emailing her in confidence at ...
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NewsRevealed: The ethnically diverse trusts with all-white leadership
Analysis of new data has identified multiple trusts which appear to have no executives or very senior managers from a minority ethnic background, despite their workforces being relatively diverse.
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NewsSystems push back on NHS England’s ‘financial break even’ ask
Multiple health systems are pushing back on their financial targets for 2022-23 and seeking to negotiate more ‘realistic’ plans with NHS, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalFormer NHSE director confirmed as trust chief executive
A former NHS England director has been confirmed as permanent chief executive at an East of England trust.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Christie rebuffs NHSE and refuses to apologise
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsLeaders ‘pay lip service’ to public engagement, NHSE director says
Health leaders ‘pay lip service’ to engaging with patients and ‘do not look like or live the lives of the people they are making decisions about’, an NHS England director has said.
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CommentSpeaking truth to Twitter: A brief guide to leaderism
Leaders are a dying breed, but the ever-resourceful NHS has come up with a plan to replace them. We’re all leaderists now, writes Julian Patterson
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The inequalities challenge laid bare
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: A painful recovery
On this week’s episode we explore the pressure points hindering the NHS’s recovery this spring.
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Comment‘Get your team back to the frontline’: an open letter to the new NHSE chair
In an open letter to NHS England chair Richard Meddings, Sir Sam Everington outlines tips to improve the performance of the NHS
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NewsRacial equality report reveals drop in executive board directors from ethnic minorities
The number of executive directors from ethnic minority backgrounds on the boards of English NHS trusts has declined for the first time since records began to be collected four years ago, a report has revealed.