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Consultants don’t want to strike, but after 18 months without formal negotiations, they cannot wait any longer. These strikes are planned to take place on 25 and 26 November, with Christmas Day levels of cover provided. There is still time for the Government to make progress.
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Breaking - Ministers have dropped plans to scrap a independent health investigations body following opposition in Parliament. Letter from minister also reveals new maternity commissioner will not be able to make binding recommendations hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulat…
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A new maternity commissioner for England will be able to launch reviews and monitor progress - but not be able to make binding recommendations That's according to letter from a minister seen by HSj W/ @emilyltownsend hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulat…
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Yday in Commons Yvette Cooper was asked by @DamianHinds if she believed NHS England would be abolished by 1st April 2027. The health secretary did not exactly answer the question... hansard.parliament.uk/common…
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Exclusive: An independent review into 10 child deaths has identified fundamental governance and sepsis care failings at Mid and South Essex FT Comes amid CQC prosecution over deaths of two young children from sepsis hsj.co.uk/patient-safety/rev…
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New: Greater Manchester Mental Health FT chair Tony Warne is leaving at the end of this year, as the trust faces further scrutiny from the Care Quality Commission. The trust has already received two warning notices this year. hsj.co.uk/quality-and-perfor…
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Trust bosses seconded into NHS England after it criticises govt delays signing off appointments Interim London boss appointed after it had “become clear that it is likely to take longer to make a substantive appointment”, says Jim Mackey hsj.co.uk/emergency-care/tru…
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Oh dear - it's all going in the wrong direction. What's the plan to tackle it?
BREAKING: NHS waiting list rises, waiting times worsen, while no. of year-plus waiters rise for fifth month in a row, latest NHSE data shows * Total list up 7.33m to 7.37m * Long waiters over 52 weeks up - 111,379 to 113,339 * No. >65 weeks: up from 9,095 to 10,782 (+18.6%)
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Compare this performance with the comments made by @wesstreeting as he quit as health sec in April and made his bid for PM. Worst piece of political mis-selling on the NHS since Bojo's '40 new hospitals' pledge
BREAKING: NHS waiting list rises, waiting times worsen, while no. of year-plus waiters rise for fifth month in a row, latest NHSE data shows * Total list up 7.33m to 7.37m * Long waiters over 52 weeks up - 111,379 to 113,339 * No. >65 weeks: up from 9,095 to 10,782 (+18.6%)
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BREAKING: NHS waiting list rises, waiting times worsen, while no. of year-plus waiters rise for fifth month in a row, latest NHSE data shows * Total list up 7.33m to 7.37m * Long waiters over 52 weeks up - 111,379 to 113,339 * No. >65 weeks: up from 9,095 to 10,782 (+18.6%)
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The NHS was off the agenda at the party conferences. And this is why the Government doesn't want to talk about it. But neither it seems do any of the other parties....
NHS chiefs have told ministers that their top health manifesto pledge - to restore the 18-week elective target by 2029 - is “not going to happen”, as a new analysis confirms the service is significantly off track £ hsj.co.uk/quality-and-perfor…
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NHS chiefs have told ministers that their top health manifesto pledge - to restore the 18-week elective target by 2029 - is “not going to happen”, as a new analysis confirms the service is significantly off track £ hsj.co.uk/quality-and-perfor…
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Imagine the waitng list!
🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch says the Tories would end the current sick note system If a worker wants a sick note for 4 weeks or more, GPs would have to refer them to an occupational therapist who would assess if and how much they can work
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Punchy meeting of NHS England's board today - sounding alarm on merger, internal cultural, slow pace of digital change, less than six months out from its abolition
A late start to NHS England's board meeting today - stay tuned for updates...
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This developing NHSE Board thread is well worth a read....It looks the Board is not holding back... just at the point it is being abolished....
A late start to NHS England's board meeting today - stay tuned for updates...
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Great to see 'Sure Start' back (sort of), but I think it's reasonable to conclude from the conference speech by @YvetteCooperMP that the enthusiasm to significantly recover hospital performance in the near(ish) term that marked the Streeting period is waning.
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Thanks @EditorsUK for putting me on the shortlist for young journo of the year! Chuffed to see @Holly_JoyB on there too✨ societyofeditors.org/soe_new…
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A real loss to the system - and not a good sign of the government's commitment to the "left shift" toward primary/community care. I hope Claire finds an influential new role soon
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