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CommentProgress on mental health is still fragile, ICSs must not let it slip
With 1.5 million people waiting for mental health treatment and no additional investment from the covid recovery funding, integrated care systems must now take the lead in delivering parity for people with mental health problems, writes outgoing MIND chief executive Paul Farmer.
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NewsNHS England reveals six targets for ICSs this winter
NHS England today identified six key metrics it will use to monitor the performance of every integrated care system this winter.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Outpatients, inpatients and safer patients
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentDo you have what it takes to be a leader?
Take this simple test to find out. Score one point for every word or phrase that strikes you as nonsense in these extracts from NHS Blithering ICS board papers. Find out what your score means at the end. Key metrics by Julian Patterson
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NewsNew covid-inspired data system delayed by NHS England
NHS England has delayed its procurement for a new flagship technology system which it hopes will greatly improve the way the health service and patients use and access data.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Tories tinker while the NHS is on fire
The NHS needs “fewer layers of management” – this remark, made by Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss, is one of the first significant comments made about the NHS by either candidate this summer.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Purge on poor quality
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed if ICSs are ready to take virtual wards system-wide
in association with On demand recording now available NHS England has asked integrated care systems to expand the number of “virtual wards” or hospital at home services to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge. The priority areas are frailty and acute respiratory ...
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NewsSummer crisis deepens as trolley waits hit new high
Performance figures deteriorated to record lows this month as the unprecedented summer NHS crisis deepens, with trolley waits reaching a new high point and the waiting list growing to more than 6.7 million people.
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CommentWhat the NHS needs from the winter plan
With NHS England’s winter plan due in a few days, Dr Layla McCay outlines the steps that must be taken to minimise patient harm and overcome current challenges, all while taking the present political paralysis into account.
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NewsExclusive: NHS chiefs fear cyber attackers have accessed patient data
Criminals have issued ‘demands’ to an NHS IT supplier targeted by a cyber attack, leading health chiefs to fear they have accessed confidential patient data, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExit payments above £95k to require ministerial sign-off
Severance payments above £95,000 will require ministerial approval under new proposals unveiled by the government.
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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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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Cash to cool a ‘hot’ system
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrusts face three weeks of ‘very dangerous’ IT disruption after cyber attack
Mental health trusts are facing reduced access to vulnerable patients’ records for at least three weeks after a cyber attack on an NHS IT supplier, HSJ has learned.
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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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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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NewsDoctors declare ‘lack of confidence’ in trust board
The medical body at Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has written to the trust’s chair saying that it is unable to provide safe care and expressing a lack of confidence in the board.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The big outpatient push
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how ICSs can effectively use data to combat health inequalities
in association with On demand recording now available The early waves of the pandemic starkly illustrated the impact of social determinants on health, sometimes leading to an enhanced focus on providing equal access to healthcare. The question now is how the NHS might maintain that ...