All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 94
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Red Meat for the NHS
This week we discuss the politics around the elective recovery plan, following suggestions it could be announced imminently to distract from the goings on at Number 10.
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NewsAnother NHSE national director announces departure
NHS England’s national director for improvement has announced he is retiring.
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CommentWhy NHSE’s plan to abolish the 4 hour A&E target is a mistake
The study shows that long waits in A&E are associated with higher patient mortality. So, if waits much longer than 4 hours are demonstrably bad, what does this imply about policy?
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NewsTechnology ‘tsunami’ creates funding challenge, says regulator chief
The ‘tsunami’ of digital health technologies being adopted by the NHS is putting a strain on regulators’ ability to determine which ones offer value for money, according to outgoing National Institute for Health and Care Excellence chief executive Gill Leng.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The legal headaches of mandatory vaccination
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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NewsTroubled trust’s A&E shake-up bid sent back by NHSE
The controversial reconfiguration of a struggling hospital trust’s A&E services – plans for which have been in the pipeline for more than a decade – has suffered further delay after NHS England and Improvement sent proposals back for revisions.
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NewsHospital-acquired covid on course for pandemic record
The NHS is on course to record the highest proportion of hospital-acquired covid infections across any single month of the pandemic so far.
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NewsLong-serving national director leaves for Microsoft
An NHS data chief has left his position after nine years of working for the national NHS.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The politics of the elective recovery plan
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter will track prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsExclusive: National database giving trusts false picture of unvaccinated staff
The national IT systems responsible for recording whether NHS staff have been vaccinated against coronavirus are ‘inaccurate’ and forcing trusts to resort to ‘labour intensive methods’ to work out which employees have not been immunised, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsNHSE warns trusts not to use costly clinical locums
NHS England has ‘strongly discouraged’ trusts from using insourcing solutions which involve paying locum clinical staff ‘escalated rates’.
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HSJ PartnersCommunication systems must be updated if patient initiated follow up is to work effectively
This approach to appointment management has enormous promise, says Jane Tyacke, but getting it right means updating how the NHS communicates with patients
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NewsNHS England director to step down
One of NHS England’s longest-serving senior figures is to leave their role with the national body.
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CommentLetter from Scotland: Health funding gap with England narrows to 4pc
Health service funding is set to rise substantially in real terms –15 per cent in 2022-23 compared to 2019-20. But it is far from clear this will be sufficient to meet government recovery targets previously described as ‘unrealistic’, writes Henry Anderson
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NewsStroke patients waiting nearly an hour longer to get to hospital
Some stroke patients are waiting nearly an hour longer to get to hospital than before the pandemic, risking their lives and chances of recovering without severe disability, HSJ has found.
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NewsDon’t ‘rush out’ incomplete elective plan, ministers warned
Ministers have been urged not to ‘rush out’ their elective recovery plan this week by NHS Providers because the full impact of omicron on the service has not been established.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The omicron damage
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: Pfizer extends shelf life after revelation NHS could waste ‘millions’ of vaccines
The expiry date on some covid vaccine supplies has been extended by two weeks, following concerns that large quantities would be wasted.
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News‘Millions of covid vaccines’ set to expire within two weeks, leaked memo warns
Large supplies of covid vaccine delivered to local centres before Christmas have not been used and are set to reach their expiry date within two weeks, a leaked memo suggests.
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NewsNo payments for unvaccinated staff, trusts told as NHS prepares for dismissals
17 Jan 10:40 Please can you kindly provide any links 17 Jan 10:40 Please can you kindly provide any links NHS organisations have been told to prepare for redeploying or dismissing thousands of unvaccinated staff without an exit payment, and to raise the alarm about services which may be rendered ...