All Winter pressures articles – Page 3
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NewsPritchard admits NHS behind on elective catch up
NHS England’s chief executive has admitted the service is behind on its commitment to increase elective activity to 130 per cent of pre-covid levels by 2025, saying the recovery would need to be ‘reprofiled’ to catch up after this year.
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NewsNurses at half of NHS organisations vote for strike
Nursing staff at around half of NHS organisations have voted in favour of strike action over pay and safety concerns, the Royal College of Nursing has said.
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NewsNHSE investigates concerns over-65s have received ineffective flu jab
NHS England is investigating a “potential serious incident” in its flu programme following concerns people aged 65 and over are being given a vaccination jab known to be ineffective for this age group.
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NewsNHS England orders ‘arctic willow’ test run for strikes
Systems have been told by NHS England to prepare to take part in a “multi-day exercise” to stress test the health service ahead of a winter of extreme operational pressures and possible strike action.
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CommentRevealed: How cost of living pressures will exacerbate emergency care demand
NHS analysts and modellers from Bristol University investigate the possible impact of cost of living pressures for the coming winter, finding an estimated 5 to 13 per cent additional demand for 111, 999, and mental healthcare.
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NewsNHS lacks councils’ ‘financial discipline’, warns ICS chair
An integrated care partnership chair has criticised NHS England for requiring systems to work to “meaningless” indicators, adding he is worried health organisations lack financial discipline.
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CommentHow Healthwatch will help the NHS this winter
Community organisations rallied to help the NHS during the pandemic. With services facing another challenging winter, Louise Ansari, national director of Healthwatch England, explains how Healthwatch are planning to lend a hand again
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HSJ LocalTrust criticised over handling of 60-hour A&E waits
Senior staff have questioned why a major hospital did not seek support from neighbours when emergency patients were left waiting more than 60 hours to be admitted to a bed.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022: Improving Care for Older People Initiative of the Year
WINNER NHS England - East of England Region: Winter (De)-Conditioning Game
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CommentPrice hikes could devastate the nation’s lungs this winter
Sarah Woolnough, CEO at Asthma + Lung UK, urges the government to step up for people with lung conditions as millions of people risk being plunged into fuel poverty.
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CommentWhy the cost of living crisis is a catastrophe for people with MS
People with multiple sclerosis are at breaking point, and unless urgent action is taken we will soon be faced with a catastrophic health crisis, writes Nick Moberly
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News‘Mothballed beds’ must be brought back into service to boost elective activity says NHSE
NHS England has warned trusts that it is “essential” that elective procedures go ahead over winter, despite acknowledging hospital occupancy is running at an “all time high”.
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News12-hour A&E waits soar to new record as waiting list hits 7m
Long waits in emergency departments spiralled to a new record high as the elective waiting list continued to grow, NHS England’s monthly performance data published today revealed.
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HSJ PartnersHow improved management of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in infants can reduce burden on the NHS
This piece was fully funded, initiated and written by Sanofi. Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a leading cause of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia.[1] RSV impacts nearly all infants, with 90 per cent contracting the virus before the age of two.[2] While most infections are ...
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Elective recovery in a challenged rural area
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 and performance lead James Illman.
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HSJ PartnersBetter together, why collaborative delivery hubs provide strength to primary care?
Helen Holmes-Fogg believes there is a need to move away from short-term solutions to a more sustainable ongoing system support for primary care – and delivery hubs can help meet this need.
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HSJ PartnersUnderstanding the burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in infants on the NHS and families
This piece was fully funded, initiated and written by Sanofi. Respiratory viruses have significant impact for the NHS in primary and secondary care, especially during the winter months when pressure on the system typically heightens. Building resilience within the health service to try and mitigate the burden of ...
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NewsNew minister: Cutting capital budget ‘deeply short-termist’
New health minister Robert Jenrick has declared that cutting the NHS’s capital budgets would be ‘deeply short-term’ and undermine the government’s ability to put the service on ‘a sustainable footing for the future’.
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NewsCost of living crisis stoking appetite for ‘co-ordinated’ NHS strikes, warn trust CEOs
The cost of living crisis is increasing the chance of strikes by NHS staff this winter, fear trust chief executives, who are also concerned there are “increasing numbers of staff… unable to afford to work” in the service.
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NewsNo new money in Coffey’s £500m winter social care fund
The £500m winter “adult social care discharge fund” announced by government will be funded from existing health and care budgets – including money freed up for NHS employers by ministers’ cancellation of this year’s national insurance rise – HSJ has established.