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NewsMedical chiefs demand inquiry into ‘unrealistic’ national workforce plan
An inquiry into the NHS long-term workforce plan must be reopened because of “significant concerns” over how its proposals were determined, royal college chiefs have insisted.
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HSJ LocalTransfusion never events just ‘tip of iceberg’ at troubled trust
Fourteen never events recorded at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s transfusion service were the “tip of an iceberg”, an external review has concluded.
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NewsNHSE seeks to calm row over ‘advice and guidance’
NHS England has sought to quell concerns from GPs around “advice and guidance” by saying it will not be mandated before referrals.
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NewsSurge in hip fractures could be sign of ‘post-covid deconditioning’
A rise in hip fractures last year could be a symptom of a wider increase in general physical deconditioning in older and vulnerable people following the pandemic, senior clinicians have warned.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: NHSE will struggle to modernise the Lowry outpatient 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 bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsDirect GP referrals may cease for many non-urgent cases under new national strategy
National leaders are looking to greatly reduce the number of direct hospital referrals made by GPs, by insisting that they first discuss cases with hospital consultants.
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NewsNHSE rows with royal college over ‘unhelpful’ virtual ward targets
NHS England’s virtual wards target is leading to some lower risk patients being ‘over-monitored’ in pursuit of a headline ambition ahead of winter, a leading royal college has told HSJ.
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CommentThe NHS is not being ambitious enough on emergency care
In this exclusive piece, the presidents of the Royal College of Physicians, Society for Acute Medicine, British Thoracic Society and British Geriatrics Society jointly respond to NHS England’s winter plan.
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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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NewsNHS will not hit virtual wards target, internal data suggests
The NHS is on trajectory to fall short of a flagship pledge to have around 24,000 “virtual ward beds” in place by December 2023, internal data has revealed.
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CommentMake publishing NHS workforce planning forecasts a legal duty
Despite workforce being the biggest challenge facing the health service, the Health and Care Bill provides no clarity on the numbers of staff this country needs, says Andrew Goddard
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News‘Patients at risk’ from ‘hastily rolled out virtual wards’
NHS England’s plans to rapidly expand virtual wards are being ‘hastily rolled out’ and could put patients at risk while taking up significant staffing capacity, leading clinicians have warned.
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HSJ Local‘Bullying, intimidation and reprisals’ undermined patient care at trust, review concludes
A ‘culture of distrust’ between consultants and the use of incident reporting as a tool of ‘reprisal’ impacted patient care at a trust’s cardiology department, a review has concluded.
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HSJ InteractiveVirtual clinics can enable remote monitoring of rheumatology patients
North Devon Healthcare Trust has pioneered virtual clinics to improve access for patients stable on advanced therapies for rheumatoid arthritis bringing benefits both to patients and to the NHS
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News‘Significant risks to patient safety and trust’s reputation’ uncovered by external review
A gastroenterology service was ‘in a very poor state with significant risks to patient safety’ and had poor teamworking which ‘blighted’ the service, an external review found.
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NewsTrust calls in outside help after mortality rate rises
A trust has said it ‘cannot fully explain’ a high mortality rate which has led it to seek support from intelligence firm Dr Foster and a royal college.
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HSJ InteractiveWhat should the future of outpatient care look like?
A recent HSJ webinar supported by Vantage Health heard that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to creating a new model of outpatient care
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NewsTrust ‘could have avoided four never events’ if it had acted on alert
A trust which had four ‘never events’ where patients were connected to air rather than an oxygen supply could have avoided them if it had been more proactive when a national patient safety alert was sent out several years earlier, a report has found.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Fall in training set to have major impact on future workforce
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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NewsHSJ100: Exclusions
Based on the results of the last 15 years, we have drawn up an exclusion list of leaders who were certain to be part of our list, allowing a deeper dive beyond them