All NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST articles – Page 2
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NewsTrusts miss out on £50m of pledged ‘net zero’ funds
Nearly a fifth of the capital funding allocated to the NHS for ‘net zero’ projects was never received by trusts, with at least two schemes prevented from going ahead due to a lack of flexibility in the scheme.
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NewsTrust leaders using ‘aggressive tactics’ to ‘break’ strikes, BMA claims
The BMA has hit out at a trust after it emerged that striking junior doctors could ‘needlessly’ have eight days’ wages deducted from July’s pay, despite there being five days of strike action this month.
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NewsSixteen trusts win £150m for green energy projects
Sixteen trusts have been allocated a combined £150m for heat pumps and other projects to reduce emissions from their estates.
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NewsLong cancer waits hit record high, despite drop in backlog
The number of people waiting for cancer diagnosis and treatment for more than three months has passed 12,000 for the first time.
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NewsRevealed: Four trusts added to NHSE ‘help list’
NHS England has revealed the latest list of trusts which it has identified as needing the most support to meet electives and cancer targets.
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NewsAll new hospitals must have single rooms only, government rules
All new hospitals built in England must have only single patient rooms, health infrastructure chiefs have confirmed, requiring an overhaul of many trusts’ current proposals.
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NewsTrust boss urges Sunak to avert strike action
A trust leader has written an open letter to prime minister Rishi Sunak asking him to urgently avert strike action planned by the Royal College of Nursing.
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HSJ LocalTrust boss ‘depressed’ by NHSE spending crackdown
The chair of an acute trust has criticised NHS England’s new spending curbs, saying they make her “depressed” and significantly hamper the organisation’s ability to take strategic decisions.
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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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NewsLongest diagnostic waits at highest level since covid lockdown
The share of referrals waiting more than three months for a diagnostic test – one of the key problems behind long waits for cancer treatment – is worse than at any point since February 2021, during the second national covid lockdown.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Debate over ‘sticking plaster’ A&E model
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 emergency care correspondent Matt Discombe
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NewsExclusive: New hospitals could be required to have single patient rooms only
New hospitals may be required to have single patient rooms only, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: Long-wait cancer patient list grows again
The backlog of urgent cancer referral patients who have waited 104 days or more for treatment has increased month-on-month again, internal NHS data reveals.
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NewsPatients fit for discharge stuck in hospital for up to nine months
Medically fit patients are waiting up to nine months to be discharged from some NHS hospitals as increasing numbers of working age people develop more complex conditions amid ongoing social care shortages.
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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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NewsRevealed: NHS England’s list of trusts with worst elective and cancer problems
Almost a third of acute trusts have been identified by NHS England as being ‘at risk’ of missing key targets for electives and cancer recovery, with some facing ‘periodic calls between ministers and CEOs’, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLong cancer waits double in a year
The number of patients waiting three months or longer following referral for suspected cancer remains at just over 10,000 patients last month, internal NHS data seen by HSJ and BBC Newsnight reveals.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts where at least one in 20 suspected cancer patients have waited three months
More than 5 per cent of patients with suspected cancer have been waiting more than 104 days at 14 trusts, data leaked to HSJ reveals.
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NewsExclusive: Three-month cancer waits top 10,000
More than 10,000 people are waiting three months or longer following a referral for suspected cancer, internal NHS data seen by HSJ reveals.
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NewsFew staff using wellbeing hubs despite rise in sick days
Only 53,500 staff have used a flagship NHS staff wellbeing initiative in its first year of operation, HSJ can reveal, while separate analysis finds mental health sick days have soared in the last five years.