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NewsNHSE recovery target in doubt as 18-month elective waits continue to rise
The number of 78-week breaches on the NHS waiting list has risen for the sixth consecutive month, despite a fall in 65-week waiters and the overall list size, according to official data published today.
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News‘High trust’ GP contract sought by NHS England
An NHS England primary care director has said she is hopeful it will be able to shift to a more “high trust” contract with general practice, less reliant on micromanaging poor performance.
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NewsGovernment ‘taskforce’ to plan ‘future of general practice’
Government will launch a “taskforce” this year to consider the “future of general practice”, it has announced, while describing this year’s GP contract as a “stepping stone” towards “more fundamental reform”.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The trusts going Further, Faster
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsNHSE looks to scrap ‘follow ups’ target
NHS England is looking to ditch a key elective target that aimed to deliver large reductions in follow-up appointments, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWhy 1.9% for general practice won’t cut it
The government’s proposed 1.9 per cent funding uplift for general practice this year would undermine providers and their GP partners, argues NHS Confederation primary care network director Ruth Rankine, in a rare intervention in the contract negotiation.
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NewsNHSE ‘treads tightrope’ with new cash bailout for deficit ICSs
NHS England is set to give around £650m to some health systems to offset financial deficits and ease cash pressures, HSJ has learned.
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CommentCouncils and the NHS can ‘level up locally’ together
Rachael Shimmin, Buckinghamshire Council’s chief executive, sets out how local government and NHS leaders collaborating can “level up” local inequalities in prosperity and health.
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HSJ Local‘Risk to intensive care’ at hospital where DHSC delayed rebuild
Hospital chiefs are warning of “significant risks” to patient services caused by obsolete infrastructure which needs modernising sooner than current government plans stipulate.
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CommentWe must ‘hire before we fire’ declares ICB
Integrated care boards have been told to cut costs, but these things don’t do themselves. Taking a leaf out of the NHS England playbook, NHS Blithering explains that it is committed to taking on the additional resource needed to drive its rationalisation. By Julian Patterson
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NewsNHSE seeks to ease key elective target
NHS England is in negotiations with ministers to formally push back the target to eliminate 65-week waiters, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: National agency ‘decimated’ in DHSC restructure
Ministers have “effectively dismantled” England’s national public health unit less than three years after creating it, sparking criticism from a former Tory health minister and sector leaders, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLargest 78-week backlog to be wiped out by reporting change
The trust with by far the largest backlog of 18-month waiters will see almost all the cases wiped off its main elective waiting list under a change to national reporting rules, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE imposes ‘return to office’ policy
Full-time NHS England staff will be required to work at least two days in the office from April, despite union concerns.
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NewsNHSE reverses plan to cut beds in new hospitals
NHS England has reversed a plan to cut bed numbers in the programme to build 40 “new hospitals”, HSJ understands.
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CommentThe NHS’s approach to sickness absence is ineffective and discriminatory
The NHS’s over reliance on the Bradford Factor is potentially discriminatory and highlights the urgent need for a shift in how the service manages sickness absence, writes Roger Klein.
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HSJ LocalICS row breaks out over patients being shunted to GPs
A row has broken out between senior leaders in Norfolk and Waveney over the volume of work being passed to GPs by the acute sector.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Directors and their clout
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: What ‘virtually eliminating’ 78-week breaches really means
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a 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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NewsTrusts fall short of new outpatient target but are praised for progress
Trusts remain short of NHS England’s target for 5 per cent of outpatient follow-ups to be on patient-initiated follow-up pathways, although significant progress towards the benchmark has been made, according to an internal review.