Trust gives in on consultant overtime rates
The third biggest trust in the NHS has agreed to increase consultant overtime rates ahead of next week’s junior doctors strike, despite a regional attempt to hold the line, citing patient safety and the need to treat cancer patients, HSJ can reveal.
Exclusive: Leaked data reveals ‘distressing’ scale of ‘unacceptable’ A&E waits
One in five cases in which patients attend A&E needing mental healthcare are spending more than 12 hours in the department – at least double the rate of patients with physical health problems.
NHSE ploughed ahead with PbR return despite major trusts’ objections
NHS England pressed ahead with a controversial return to payment by results despite strong opposition from some of the service’s largest trusts, HSJ can reveal.
Less than a quarter of new hospital ‘enabling’ funds received by trusts
Less than a quarter of the funding requested for crucial preparation works for the government’s ‘new hospitals programme’ has so far been received, trusts have told HSJ.
Cost of new hospital now triple funding allocation says CEO
The chief executive of a trust waiting for a new hospital said the cost of the project is now likely to be triple the allocation that was announced by the government.
London Eye: Where’s the harm?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Exclusive: Trusts abandon renewable electricity commitment
Around half of the largest trusts are not buying all their electricity from renewable sources despite a national requirement to do so, as prices of this type of energy rocket, HSJ understands.
London Eye: Catastrophic failure, but not the trust you’d expect
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
London Eye: Surviving winter
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Four in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target
Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.
London Eye: The nursing walkout isn't really about pay
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Updated: IT failure disrupts patient care ‘at number of trusts’
An IT failure left clinicians at ‘a number of trusts’ which use the Cerner Millennium system unable to access patient records on Tuesday but was fixed overnight.
Emergency care in ‘dire’ situation as performance plummets over weekend
Several ambulance trusts have moved to the highest level of alert in the wake of severe pressure on emergency services in recent days.
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The Download: Simple tech slashes lists
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NHSE’s federated data platform explained
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Revealed: NHS England’s list of trusts with worst elective and cancer problems
Almost a third of acute trusts have been identified by NHS England as being ‘at risk’ of missing key targets for electives and cancer recovery, with some facing ‘periodic calls between ministers and CEOs’, HSJ can reveal.
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Trust’s IT crash stops staff accessing patient information
An IT crash at one of the country’s largest trusts has prevented some of its staff from logging in to access patients’ medical information.
NHSE pushes large London acute to join pathology network
NHS England is using the prospect of diagnostics funding to push a large London acute trust into joining a pathology network.
Major trust appoints hospital CEO
A major trust has appointed a permanent chief executive to one of its largest hospitals.
Clinician appointed hospital’s new chief executive
A new chief executive has been appointed to one of England’s largest hospitals
London Eye: The city with one in eight on a waiting list
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London Eye: 12 great expectations
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Fears of delay to flagship ‘new hospitals’ after funding cut
Several of the ‘40 new hospitals’ promised by government face further delay and disruption because the trusts are receiving less cash than needed for crucial planning work this year, HSJ can reveal.
Deputy chief gets England’s biggest hospital job
UPDATED: The deputy chief executive of Barts Health Trust has been promoted to be joint CEO of the trust and its neighbour, one of the biggest jobs in the English hospital system.
London Eye: Later, iller, less productive
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Trusts failing on waiting list ask told to ‘get act together’
Trusts have been told to ‘get their act together’ on health inequalities, after HSJ research suggested only a small minority have so far published data on disparities in waiting times between different patient groups.
London Eye: Why the capital's NHS staff are, relatively, happy
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London Eye: Why a medic may get the biggest job in hospital-land
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Neonatal units face ‘redesignation’ under national shake-up
A major shake-up of neonatal care, aimed at reducing mortality and illness, could see dozens of units restricted to caring for less premature babies.
Trusts routinely bank income as ‘savings’, contrary to NHSE claim
Financial data obtained by HSJ shows trusts have routinely used additional income received from NHS commissioners to boost their reported ‘cost improvements’ – despite regulators claiming this did not happen.
Joint CEO for two large hospital trusts
A group chief executive will be appointed to run two hospital trusts with a combined turnover of £2.3bn.
Acute CEO retiring after major trust turnaround
The chief executive of one of the largest acute trusts in England has announced she will step down later this year.
London Eye: Same chair everywhere
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Five ‘new hospital’ projects due to miss 2025 completion target
Only one of the six ‘new hospitals’ prioritised for construction by the government more than two years ago is on track to be operating by the original target date of 2025, HSJ can reveal.
Exclusive: Absences hit 120,000 as military sends 200 staff to help hospitals
Staff absences from NHS trusts hit nearly 120,000 on Wednesday after another increase, HSJ has learned, as the government deployed 200 military staff to plug gaps.
Trust spent £2.1m on extra covid beds plan axed after two weeks
A trust had to pay £2.1m to a company it had hired to set up temporary beds at the peak of the first covid wave, despite cancelling the order two weeks later.