All NHS long-term plan articles – Page 2
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NewsRevealed: the trusts with the highest locum usage
The heavy reliance of mental health trusts on locum doctors has been laid bare by new research suggesting four of the five trusts with the highest locum usage were providers from this sector.
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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‘Over a year behind’ on key maternity target, NHSE admits
Pregnant women and new mothers are facing wide variation in access to mental health support, new figures suggest, as NHS England admits national performance on a key long-term plan goal to expand services is ‘over a year behind trajectory’.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Focus, not collaboration, is the key to good strategy
Mirroring the concentration of a homeopathic medicine, NHS strategy lacks a good analysis-driven identification of problems and has a long list of ‘focus’ areas that wants to please everyone, writes Steve Black
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CommentAction is needed now to reverse shocking decline in stroke care
To tackle declining performance in stroke care, investment in well-evidenced interventions, and a sustainable stroke workforce is the need of the hour, writes Juliet Bouverie
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News‘Institutionalised’ staff ‘perpetuating long hospital stays’
Nearly half of NHS patients with a learning disability or autism are still being kept inappropriately in hospitals, several years into a key programme to reduce inpatient care, a national review reveals.
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LeaderThe Hewitt review could fundamentally change the way the NHS operates
To understand the nature and importance of Patricia Hewitt’s review of the role of integrated care systems announced last week it is necessary to understand its highly unusual genesis.
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NewsFour in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target
Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.
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NewsNHSE drops tech target
NHS England has revealed it is no longer planning to meet a long-term plan maternity digitisation target, because of a change of approach.
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CommentPM Truss will demand cuts in ‘NHS bureaucracy’
We are mercifully nearly at the end. In a few days, we will know who will replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister. And unless the polls are completely wrong, that person will be Liz Truss. But during what has felt a long campaign with more heat than light what might ...
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NewsLarge hospital trusts still missing key crisis support in A&E
Some of the country’s leading acute hospitals are not meeting a key NHS standard for mental health support in emergency departments, HSJ research suggests, with some regions faring better than others.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Vulnerable mothers falling through the cracks
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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NewsExclusive: Private providers targeted in NHSE crackdown on poor quality care
NHS England has revealed plans to crack down on poor care being provided by mental health service providers.
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NewsExclusive: New capital fund to boost beds and A&E capacity
England’s mental health inpatient system is “running very hot” and operating well above recommended occupancy levels, HSJ has been told, as new funding to address the problem is revealed.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Preventing another Winterbourne View
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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CommentThe elective backlog casts a long shadow
Lord Victor Adebowale emphasises the significance of upgrading mental health services within the NHS, pointing out that increasing living costs have simply widened the gap for mental health facilities.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The terrifying non-acute backlog
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentReport reveals game-changing nature of thrombectomy
The NHS Mandate 2022-23 includes acute thrombectomy treatment as a key priority for improvement, but the NHS is currently over 70 per cent away from its original long-term plan target. Juliet Bouverie says that, with thrombectomy’s potential to significantly reduce disability and save the health and care system £73m each ...
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NewsExclusive: Leak reveals priorities of long-term plan refresh
A drive to ‘transform’ access to urgent, emergency and planned care will be added to the goals of the NHS long-term plan, a document leaked to HSJ has revealed
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Expert BriefingMental health trusts fear an ICS funding squeeze
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.