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Advice from emergency consultants one phone call away
A Scottish health board has rolled out a system that provides GPs and paramedics with immediate advice and guidance from emergency department consultants, reports Jennifer Trueland
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NewsCCG regains financial independence after three years
Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group has regained full financial independence for the first time in nearly three years.
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NewsCommunity trust upgraded to ‘outstanding’
A community trust has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsPrivate mental health hospital told to improve safety
A private mental health hospital has been downgraded to “requires improvement” and told it must do more to ensure safe care.
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NewsThree organisations in STP leave special measures
Three organisations, which are part of a sustainability and transformation partnership once seen as one of the country’s most challenged, have left financial special measures.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Seen in sixty minutes
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NewsSerious incident declared over cancer diagnostics backlog
A serious incident has been declared at a trust after a backlog in scans delayed five patients’ cancer diagnosis.
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CommentWaiting times reach 23 weeks as admissions falter
Elective waiting times have risen from 22 weeks to 23 weeks over the last 14 months, and there is still no end in sight. The target, of course, is just 18 weeks.
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NewsRevealed: The new CCG ratings
Sixty-three clinical commissioning groups have seen their overall performance ratings change over the past year, according to NHS England’s latest assessment framework.
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NewsFirst quarter A&E performance worst since records began
The NHS has recorded its worst first quarter accident and emergency performance since records started, data released this morning revealed.
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CommentMove towards alternative approaches to NHS contracts
Aligned incentive or guaranteed income contracts shift the focus of providers to reducing waste and cost to achieve financial stability, notes Chris Ham
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HSJ LocalCCG raises concerns over controversial patient records system
Commissioners have raised concerns about a hospital trust which has failed to report basic waiting time data for almost two years after it went live with a controversial government-subsidised patient records system.
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CommentThe NHS needs to talk about productivity
The NHS needs to engage with local industrial strategies to boost booth health and economic sustainability says Michael Wood
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NewsPlans to trial sepsis target could be dropped
Plans to trial a new standalone one-hour sepsis target for emergency departments as part of the NHS standards review pilot could be dropped, HSJ understands.
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NewsCCG lifted out of legal directions after two years
A clinical commissioning group has been lifted out of legal directions after more than two years.
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HSJ LocalDGH launches service to grab market share from teaching hospitals
A north west London trust has launched a new vascular centre to challenge the capital’s major teaching hospitals a year after it was found to be struggling to provide adequate procedures
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CommentWe need more social enterprises to deliver the long-term plan
New research has highlighted how social enterprises are in many ways outperforming traditional providers, arguably offering a blueprint of a better way of doing things, notes Alison Reid
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NewsData changes “traumatic” but vital, says A&E chief
Moving to new data standards will be “traumatic” for the NHS but is vital because “we are really struggling to measure and understand the activity at the front door of our hospitals,” a senior NHS England figure has said.
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HSJ LocalPension tax worsens gastroenterology backlog
The pension tax has stopped a major London trust from dealing with the growing number of patients waiting over a year in one of its specialisms.
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Expert BriefingPerformance watch: Opaque A&E trial won’t wash
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