All Winter pressures articles – Page 4
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NewsGovernment promises GP appointments within two weeks
The new health and social care secretary will set out her NHS “plan” today, which will promise patients non-urgent GP appointments within two weeks, with urgent needs “seen within the same day”.
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News‘Life threatening’ risk to clinically vulnerable after firms disconnect energy supply, warns NHS chief
A senior NHS leader has warned of a “life-threatening” situation in which clinically vulnerable people are being admitted to hospital after having their energy supplies disconnected.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The NHS’s most dangerous buildings
This week HSJ revealed the final trusts added to the ‘new hospital’ programme, which are also thought to have some of the most dangerous estates in the NHS.
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Comment‘Warm hubs’ may potentially save lives this winter
Claire Kennedy and Simon Morioka discuss the importance of bringing people together to share resources and the need to look beyond traditional planning, to control the impact of the coming winter
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CommentThe next best thing to a plan
The NHS faces the toughest winter on record. With a renewed promise of support from national leaders, integrated care systems now have even more to worry about, writes Julian Patterson
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: What’s the point of the NHSE winter plan?
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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NewsNew NHSE national director role advertised
NHS England is advertising for a new deputy chief operating officer and national director of urgent and emergency care.
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NewsLong-standing NHS England director to step down
One of the NHS England’s longest serving senior leaders is set to stand down after seven years in post.
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NewsNHSE sets trusts ‘100-day challenge’ to reduce delayed discharges
NHS England has set trusts and systems a ‘100-day challenge’ to discharge more patients from hospital and free up beds before winter.
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LeaderThis Easter will be worse than any winter for the NHS
Two years ago the first wave of the covid pandemic reached its peak. The NHS had reacted with impressive speed to prepare for an influx of patients with an infectious disease that few knew much about, had no cure for, and for which there was no known vaccine.
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NewsSoaring trolley waits spark warnings A&E pressures getting ‘worse and worse’
The number of 12-hour waits in accident and emergency departments rose by 27 per cent in one month to reach record levels in January amid warnings overcrowding is harming an increasing number of patients.
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NewsDelayed discharges worsen despite NHSE’s reduction targets
The number of patients in hospitals who are ‘medically fit’ to leave has increased in January, despite NHS England targets for trusts to dramatically reduce the numbers.
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HSJ LocalCCG opens ‘care hotel’ after critical incident
A hotel in the centre of Norwich is temporarily being converted into a care facility to help ease local bed pressures, as Norfolk becomes the latest area to pilot the model.
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NewsTwo-year breaches rise by 15pc to record high
The number of two-year elective breaches jumped 15 per cent to 18,585 patients between October and November, although the NHS’s overall waiting list size stabilised at just under six million patients.
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NewsNHS guarantees private sector at least £225m to reserve capacity in case of new covid surge
NHS England has guaranteed to pay independent providers around £225m between now and March to reserve capacity in case of a covid admissions surge – but the figure could rise to up to £525m if the capacity needs to be fully utilised.
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NewsTrusts fall far short of NHSE discharge target
NHS trusts have been unable to get anywhere close to the target for reducing delayed discharges set by NHS England last month ahead of the omicron wave.
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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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NewsUpdated: Javid says non-urgent elective operations will have to be postponed until 2022
The Prime Minister has admitted the NHS drive to provide booster vaccinations to as many people as possible by the end of the month will cause widespread disruption in the service before Christmas.
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HSJ PartnersThe importance of prevention in managing winter respiratory viruses
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more. The public, NHS and economy face significant pressures annually from winter respiratory viruses, which can require substantial resources to manage.1,2,3 With covid-19 now also included within the seasonal illnesses being tackled, this winter could ...
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HSJ PartnersWe’re with you this winter
Working more flexibly gives staff the chance to find that elusive balance: the balance between patients, colleagues, loved ones and, of course, themselves; writes Melanie Simmonds