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: 800 consultants refuse to cover juniors strike without extra pay
More than 800 consultants in London have signed a letter saying they will not cover the junior doctors’ strike next week unless their trusts agree to pay a higher overtime rate set by the British Medical Association.
North by North West: The good, the bad, and the overlooked
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Waiting list hits new record high as attention shifts to 65-week breaches
The NHS waiting list hit a record 7.3 million incomplete pathways in March, according to new official data, as trust bosses gear up to clear the circa 95,000 patients who have waited over 65 weeks.
Forty trusts are set elective target less ambitious than last year
NHS trusts have been given targets to increase elective activity that range from 103 per cent of pre-pandemic levels to nearly 130 per cent, internal data seen by HSJ reveals.
North by North West: Manchester must get a grip on electives
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Watch: How Birmingham and Manchester developed the longest elective waits
HSJ has tracked acute trusts’ average waiting times since the start of the pandemic, revealing how the providers with the longest and shortest waits has changed.
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.
North by North West: Magna Carta to ‘mandated support’
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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.
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.
New hospital delays costing £13m a month, trust CEO scolds Barclay
One of the NHS’s most influential chief executives has written to Steve Barclay to complain about the ‘lack of progress’ around the government’s hospital building programme.
North by North West: Liverpool promises to change
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North by North West: Hospitals face intervention on ambulance handovers
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Give us more power to deal with trust performance, says ICS chief
The leader of a prominent health system says integrated care boards should be given more responsibility to manage the performance of trusts in their area.
North by North West: Cutting staff numbers in ICBs
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London Eye: The nursing walkout isn't really about pay
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
NHSE director appointed CEO of country’s largest trust
A national director has been appointed to lead the largest NHS provider in England, HSJ has learned.
Biggest ever monthly rise in 12-hour trolley waits, stats show
Long waits in emergency departments rose by their highest monthly margin in October as performance continued to deteriorate across emergency services and planned care.