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4 years

BREAKING: Major London hospital declares 'critical incident' after running out of ICU beds due to surge in Covid-19 cases One senior director in the capital just told me - 'this is f**king petrifying' Free to view

Exclusive: Critical care unit overwhelmed by coronavirus patients

A major London hospital has declared a "critical incident" due to a surge in patients with coronavirus, with one senior director in the capital calling the development "petrifying".

www.hsj.co.uk

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Off record from a North West hospital chief: 'A&Es so busy this week we've had staff go home after their shift...come back 12 hours later, and they see the same set of patients in the department, still waiting to be admitted... 'I can't tell you how demoralising that is'

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3 years

'Worst kind of insult' - Unison 'Pitiful' - Royal College of Nursing ‘Disappointment’ - NHS Providers 'Enormous slap in the face’ - Unite 'Kick in the teeth' - BMA No wonder Rishi Sunak omitted to mention the 1% NHS pay rise in his Budget

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4 years

Matt Hancock asked to clarify new lockdown rules by @BBCRadioManc "I'll make it absolutely clear...er...which is that its...um... its...theres a... um... distinction... er... between... er... the... er... guidance & the law...let me....let.......I'll absolutely get back to you"

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2 years

BREAKING: Steve Barclay appointed Health Secretary (again) Last time round health leaders told us he viewed the NHS as a 'bottomless pit, resistant to change and unaccountable' They also described him as 'vindictive, arrogant, a bully & micro-manager of the wrong things'

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1 year

Off record from senior medic in Gr Manchester - re junior docs strike 'Whats App abuzz with colleagues coping...well resourced with a lot of support from all over the hospital. Shame the juniors don't get this on a normal day'

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4 years

Struggling to get my head around HOW the Nightingale's cost £220m to set up... That's the cost of running a decent sized hopsital for a full year, paying thousands of staff salaries.

Revealed: Government spent more than £200m on Nightingale hospitals

The government has spent more than £200m on setting up and running England's Nightingale temporary hospitals, HSJ can reveal.

www.hsj.co.uk

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3 years

This is really heartbreaking...

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3 years

Govt 'comms playbook' orders NHS trusts to describe new-build wings and refurbishments as 'new hospitals' Scoop from @Davewwest

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2 years

BREAKING: Hundreds of pension payments being delayed after a really worrying surge in retirements from the NHS

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4 years

Today's briefing.... Minister George Eustice claimed care home deaths were reducing. He was asked for the evidence on this by two different journalists, but twice ignored the question.

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2 years

BREAKING: HSJ understands all 10 ambulance trusts now in 'critical incidents' due to extreme pressures from heatwave & high staff covid rates One boss says situation is 'dire', with many ambos queued @ A&E with patients left in extreme heat in the back

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2 years

FULL letter from managers in the emergency service at Royal Preston: -Staff left "crying with frustration & anger" -Routinely 50+ patients waiting for more than 2 days to be admitted -Patients dying without dignity of privacy -Rise in incidents, patient harm, pressure ulcers

Lawrence Dunhill

@LawrenceDunhill

2 years

BREAKING: Clinical director & several senior managers warns A&E patients are having to wait over TWO DAYS to be admitted to a bed at Royal Preston Hospital -- in internal letter leaked to HSJ Along with multiple other patient safety concerns...

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9 months

Our coverage of how Countess of Chester dealt with concerns over Lucy Letby - FREE TO READ We've seen documents showing the trust tried to force doctors who raised concerns about Letby to apologise to her

Revealed: How trust execs resisted concerns over Letby

Trust bosses questioned the integrity of doctors who first raised concerns about a nurse who has now been convicted of murdering seven babies, and forced the medics to apologise to her, an HSJ...

www.hsj.co.uk

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Lawrence Dunhill

@LawrenceDunhill

3 years

Top NHS chiefs are being gagged from criticising the Govt decision to lift covid restrictions on Monday.... Exclusive from @HSJEditor

Trust CEOs vent frustration at being unable to warn about threat ...

Three trust chief executives have told HSJ that NHS England has refused to let them discuss the lifting of covid restrictions on 19 July in the national media.

www.hsj.co.uk

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Lawrence Dunhill

@LawrenceDunhill

4 years

Leaked data shows around 6,400 ppl had waited >100 days after a referral to cancer services. For the 1st time, it shows the length of the cancer waiting list in the wake of the pandemic peak, when much elective cancer care was paused. from @Rebeccasmt

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2 years

Emergency care was starting to creak before covid - but that was nothing compared to now Including new figures for Nov...

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@LawrenceDunhill

5 months

A pretty important fact which Govt omitted from any of its PR on this has now been revealed by @CNOEngland Ruth May -that just 7% of 50,000 were recruited from within UK , all the rest coming from overseas When plan was set out was meant to be 75% from UK/better retention

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5 months

🎯 5️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ We've hit the target of 50,000 more nurses in the NHS - but we won't stop here. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will expand the nursing workforce even more to help cut waiting lists and give patients the care they need. Details:

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3 years

Jesus... Covid occupancy has now breached 30,000 in Eng for the first time (April peak was around 18k). A very big rise in today's figures of well over 1,000 - driven by just about everywhere. Stats from NHSE

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3 months

Latest on the massive PPE stockpile that was never used & will likely now be binned. Value of the inventory written down by £9.9 BILLION... as items either unusable, or were bought at huge inflated prices. (from NAO)

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8 months

Spot the difference in The Christie's press statement re whistleblower Rebecca Wight (left)....and what they said internally to 3,000 staff (right), where the CEO effectively calls her a liar

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1 year

'The staff are trying their absolute best, and it's devastating for them that they can't deliver the level of care they want to'

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3 years

NHS trusts are meant to be ramping up electives to start tackling huge waiting lists But reality of new covid wave means they're having to think about cancelling activity instead. Last week Leeds, now @mattdiscombe reveals Newcastle having to cancel ops

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2 years

BREAKING: NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard has described the financial situation facing the health service as a "f**king nightmare" HSJ has spoken to multiple sources at a private meeting of NHS chiefs yesterday...

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@LawrenceDunhill

4 months

Locum junior doctor wins right to accrued holiday pay after taking @ELHT_NHS to tribunal Judge agreed she had worked for East Lancs in one continuous period of employment over 2yrs -making her eligible. (trust had treated her employment as separate daily contracts)

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@LawrenceDunhill

4 years

Cumulative covid-19 related deaths in each region - charted against Italy at the same stage. Within that, West Birmingham and the Black Country have had the highest number of deaths as a % of population. Top number crunching from @JackSerleHSJ

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2 years

Revealed: NHS balance sheets are in a far stronger position than pre-covid, with cash levels 3x what they were in 2019. Much of the ££ that poured into the NHS during covid couldn't be spent -but finance teams were able to 'mask' that surplus Thread🧵

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@LawrenceDunhill

4 years

Matt Hancock just saying how grateful he has been to Public Health England staff during the pandemic... So grateful that his team briefed the Sunday press about PHE being scrapped before the org's staff had been informed

Lawrence Dunhill

@LawrenceDunhill

4 years

CEO of Public Health England says he's "sorry beyond words" that decision to scrap his organsiation was briefed to a Sunday newspaper before his 5,000 staff had been told... reports @SharonBrennan

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1 year

Am told NHS Eng's weekend letter to hospitals about discharging patients before the strike, to ensure 15 minute handovers, didn't go down well with many staff... One senior person said: 'Staff were like, no shit sherlock, we've been trying to do that for months already'

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2 years

BREAKING: Clinical director & several senior managers warns A&E patients are having to wait over TWO DAYS to be admitted to a bed at Royal Preston Hospital -- in internal letter leaked to HSJ Along with multiple other patient safety concerns...

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4 years

Statements about Amged El-Hawrani, a 55-year-old hospital doctor who has died after testing positive for coronavirus. His son Ashraf, said: "I am incredibly proud to say that for 18 years of my life, Amged El-Hawrani was my Father."

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3 years

Much frustration at NHS Eng/DHSC paranoia over external comms. Senior NHS boss in Cheshire (where C19 beds now @ 50% in Chester & Warrington A&E had to be diverted on Tues) tells HSJ they're effectively prevented from getting important msgs to public.

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3 years

Breaking: Number of covid patients at Royal Bolton Hospital DOWN by three today - to 41 - according to internal data seen by HSJ Red line in the chart gives the current level, compared to Apr last year

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3 years

"Shouldn't our entire focus for next 12 weeks be on saving lives, getting the 1st dose of vaccine out to every single vulnerable person, stopping the NHS collapsing & putting NHS front line satff at the front of the queue?" @Jeremy_Hunt questioning Hancock over school reopenings

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9 months

BREAKING: Govt has restarted ‘informal’ talks with junior doctors in bid to end strikes, HSJ understands Thought to be first discussions in several weeks (Free to read if you register)

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1 year

🚨Really shocking Ambo response times from today, leaked to HSJ C1 target (cardiac arrests etc) is 7 mins C2 target (inc heart attack/stroke) is 18 mins Some trusts could be down to 20-30% of normal crew capacity on Wed - which is seriously scary

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4 years

Wow - setting up the Nightingale hospitals cost £220 million !!? (according to FOI response from Govt)

Revealed: Government spent more than £200m on Nightingale hospitals

The government has spent more than £200m on setting up and running England's Nightingale temporary hospitals, HSJ can reveal.

www.hsj.co.uk

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@LawrenceDunhill

4 months

NHS Eng just released official data on cancellations due to junior docs strike - lots of big numbers but nowhere near full story (as many trusts avoid scheduling appts during strike) Stats below perhaps more meaningful- suggesting more JDs walked out than prev rounds

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6 years

Huge story here.....at least 40 patients in the East of Eng were harmed or died after 'significant ambulance delays' in 3 week period this winter, a senior whistleblower has told @Jamesillman

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2 years

BREAKING: Senior NHS leader warns of ‘life-threatening’ situation where clinically vulnerable people are having their Gas & Elec disconnected due to unpaid bills. Evidence that some in the North East have been admitted to hospital as a result... 🧵

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1 year

Could you tell us what that fair and reasonable offer was @SteveBarclay ? Then maybe people can make a fair & reasonable judgment on it....

Steve Barclay

@SteveBarclay

1 year

It is disappointing that @BMA_JuniorDocs have decided to call for more strike action. We made a fair and reasonable offer, and were in active discussions on a range of issues. I am still keen to continue talks if these hugely disruptive strikes are called off.

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4 years

DM from a senior director in one of London's primary hospitals.... 'I swear the Nightingale is trolling us'

Gareth Grier

@gareth_grier

4 years

Every day @NightingaleLDN all the clinical leads and teams who are free, gather for a quality and learning session. What have we learned and how can we implement improvements and do it quickly? Everyone on the same mission, trying their utmost to attend to every detail 1/2

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3 years

This is really significant. NHS Eng tells trusts they must include ethnicity & deprivation categories when reporting on performance targets. We think these'll be published, which should create real pressure to tackle inequalities via @journo_kituno

NHSE: Trusts must report performance by deprivation and ethnicity

All NHS trusts are now expected to include performance reporting by deprivation and ethnicity in papers to their boards, NHS England has said.

www.hsj.co.uk

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@LawrenceDunhill

3 months

EXCL Hospitals are being pressured by NHS England to shift resources to treat patients with less serious conditions to meet 'politically motivated' A&E target by March - senior sources tell HSJ (Elective target missed - so desperation now on A&E target)

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1 year

BREAKING: Ambulance trust chiefs make final plea to Gov/Barclay over Wed's planned strike action - stressing the extreme risks posed to patients HSJ has seen leaked data showing servcies already in a dire state this eve...before the strike has even hit

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2 months

EXCL: Desperation now from NHS Eng to hit 76% on A&E target in March - telling local CEOs to sign a declaration of commitment to delivering Warned that failure would damage confidence in the NHS and risk funding cuts from Govt 1/🧵

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1 year

NEW: @LivHospitals to bring 670 cleaners, porters & catering staff back in house at the Royal and Broadgreen sites. These contracts have been outsourced to ISS Healthcare for many years. Trust says staff will see improved T&Cs

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2 years

'Every single system indicator is now flashing red , and winter virus season isn't even underway. 'Govt needs to urgently roll out its Plan B - working from home, mandatory mask wearing, covid passports for public events etc...' Writes @BWDDPH for HSJ

Why we need to trigger ‘Plan B’ for covid now

The government should now trigger covid "Plan B" ahead of winter, if we are to minimise excess deaths from both covid and non-covid causes, writes public health director Dominic Harrison.

www.hsj.co.uk

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@LawrenceDunhill

2 years

NEW: Latest covid+ bed occupancy - shows London up another 200 on yesterday, approaching 2,000

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@LawrenceDunhill

2 years

Wow, why didn't anyone think of these before?

Here's how to save the NHS £12bn... without damaging patient care

With almost six million people on its waiting list for routine treatments, the NHS is under pressure as never before.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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@LawrenceDunhill

1 year

BREAKING Every ambulance trust now on highest alert level due to 'extreme pressures' (REAP 4), acc to internal comms seen by HSJ Response times & handover delays deteriorating quickly - & major concerns about Thurs nurses' strike (impact on handovers)

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6 months

Breaking down NHS Eng's letter to local leaders today- Big message is Sunak's big pledge to cut NHS waiting lists has been ditched (note they only refer to 'high priority' cases) **Delivering financial savings are now the first priority** 🧵1/

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4 years

New CQC grid for Pennine Acute - confirms the significant improvements over 3 years since it was taken over by Salford Royal... (& without the ££££ that were given to the likes of Royal Free and Frimley when they took over struggling neighbours.)

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@LawrenceDunhill

1 year

'Patients should only have to tell their story once across social, primary and secondary care' - senior NHS boss tells #Hsjprovider

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@LawrenceDunhill

5 months

Outpatient dept at Stockport hospital immediately closed after 'significant deterioration' to building Much of the estate at Stepping Hill is pretty dire & trust has been trying to get towards the front of the Q for capital investment for a new-build. To no avail so far

Helena Vesty

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BREAKING EXCL 🚨🏥 Greater Manchester hospital 'immediately' closes major department as 'there has been signification deterioration of the structure of the building', it comes the day after an inspection report @MENnewsdesk

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2 years

This is pretty good from the @LabourHealth / @wesstreeting team - responding to Sajid Javid's promise of a 'digital revolution' for the NHS.... They've dug out 16 previous occasions in the last 10 years where health secretaries have made similar speeches

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5 months

BREAKING National alert over patients being held in back of ambulances outside A&Es for TEN HOURS At internal meeting today, NHS Eng said some trusts are holding ambo patients outside as a 'management strategy' to cope with pressure inside hospitaL

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@LawrenceDunhill

2 years

New from @HealthFdn -Public health grants cut by around 25% since 2015 -Big reductions for stop smoking/drug & alcohol services -Areas with high deprivation tended to have deeper cuts If Govt wants to hold down NHS £ - then desperately needs to increase ££ for prevention

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8 months

Major caveat on the £200m winter fund announced by Rishi Sunak HSJ's seen a letter from NHS Eng saying its basically going to cover the costs of strike action (inc action earlier this yr), & "will not be available for new initiatives" from @HMAnderson39

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3 years

Big CEO appointment in Greater Manchester - with Owen Williams set to join the Northern Care Alliance (Salford/Pennine) later this year

Hospital group appoints CEO

A large hospital group in Greater Manchester has appointed a new chief executive with a background in business and local government.

www.hsj.co.uk

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@LawrenceDunhill

8 months

Hearing A&E pressures in the North West extremely tough right now. Royal Liverpool has declared Opel 4, with tough talks across Mersey about Ambo handover delays. 'Exit block' the worst it's ever been, says one source

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1 year

Exclusive: Letter leaked to HSJ reveals senior medics at the new Royal Liverpool Hospital - including a clinical director - told Execs they were 'ashamed & embarrassed' by standards of care being offered in the A&E dept 🧵1/7

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@LawrenceDunhill

1 year

Ambulance chief says a 'game changing thing for A&E would be a 'phone a friend' service for paramedics - where they're with a patient but don't know exactly what's wrong with them... They should be able to face time a hospital consultant for advice'

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@LawrenceDunhill

8 months

BREAKING: Public inquiry into the NHS handling of Lucy Letby case upgraded to full statutory inquiry. This will compel witnesses to give evidence under oath

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@LawrenceDunhill

6 years

You'll see lots of front pages tomorrow talking about a '£384m a week' bonanza for the NHS.....but the % increases over time give a more accurate view. Theresa May's settlement means similar rises to those under Thatcher govt.

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5 months

Aug 2022 Steve Barclay summons CEOs of the worst hospitals for ambulance handover delays, in face of worsening crisis Dec 2023 Victoria Atkins summons CEOs of the worst hospitals for ambulance handover delays, in face of worsening crisis

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9 months

My nice old Dad got diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer in 2020 But its stabilised with treatment @GSTTnhs / @uclh & hes now set to cycle to Paris (500km) to raise £5k for @MyelomaUK -that supported him Is v close to target if u can spare a few quid🙏

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@LawrenceDunhill

4 years

Lots of reports on ICU close to being overwhelmed in the North West Important to distinguish between normal/surge capacity. Some trusts are near normal capacity, but do have potential to >double that with surge beds. Surge beds = redeploying staff & mass cancellations of ops

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3 years

BREAKING High level attempt to 'shame' private hospitals & staff to help the NHS++ in London City leaders are 'profoundly uncomfortable' that routine electives continue in private hospitals, as NHS faces 'unthinkable' C19 pressures Letter leaked to HSJ

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@LawrenceDunhill

6 years

'Crackers beyond belief'...while still apologising for Windrush scandal, the Home Office reckons its refusal of visas for 100 Indian doctors (recruited by north west NHS trusts) is 'in the national interest'

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1 year

Great job @boltonnhsft for highlighting A&E pressures on 10 o' clock news... Doing all the right things to ease pressure, but still having to treat patients in really difficult conditions.

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5 years

'Out of hospital care' is like calling women 'People who aren't men'.... Quote of the day at #HFMA2018 from mental health & community trust boss @ClaireCNWL

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@LawrenceDunhill

9 months

the financial plan for the NHS in Gr Manchester looks a tad hopeful (£48m worse than planned after 2 months😯)

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@LawrenceDunhill

3 years

A senior NHS source told us private hospitals had 'taken the piss & walked off with the money' in early months of pandemic... NHS now wants to ensure absolutely all clinicians possible are doing what's needed - & not working on private lists of non-urgent patients.

Lawrence Dunhill

@LawrenceDunhill

3 years

BREAKING High level attempt to 'shame' private hospitals & staff to help the NHS++ in London City leaders are 'profoundly uncomfortable' that routine electives continue in private hospitals, as NHS faces 'unthinkable' C19 pressures Letter leaked to HSJ

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3 years

BREAKING: Roll out covid vaccinations to frontline NHS staff ‘immediately’ --- NHS Eng has told local leaders in a letter shared with HSJ from @Rebeccasmt

Roll out covid vaccinations to frontline staff ‘immediately’, ...

Covid-19 vaccinations should now be "immediately" rolled out to front line staff, NHS England has told trust leaders.

www.hsj.co.uk

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@LawrenceDunhill

10 months

MEN goes full NHS

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3 years

A good shout out for @blackburndarwen here from the NHS' chief operating officer - for the work it's done to increase vaccine take up in BAME communities @BWDDPH

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5 years

Congrats to Silas Nicholls, who's been appointed as CEO of @WWLNHS when @andrewkfoster retires

Greater Manchester trust appoints new CEO

A new chief executive has been appointed to run an acute trust in Greater Manchester, subject to approval by governors.

www.hsj.co.uk

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@LawrenceDunhill

7 years

REVEALED: The NHS deficit figures which the Government wanted to keep hidden until after the election

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@LawrenceDunhill

10 months

BMA source says latest signals from Govt suggest junior docs to be offered 5% + £1000 (all consolidated) Would total around 9% for an FY1. That'd be a better consolidated payment than nurses received - but obviously doesnt get close to 'pay restoration'

NHS doctors’ 35% pay demand ‘not set in stone’, BMA union chief says

Ministers acknowledging long-term erosion of real-terms pay is key to resolving dispute, he argues

www.ft.com

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@LawrenceDunhill

1 year

Source says latest Govt offer was an extra one-off £1.5k for 22-23, & then 5% for 23-24. Much less generous than Govt offer in Scotland ( with the one-off element even less than that given to other NHS staff in Eng) - so **if correct**, not surprised it's been rejected

Junior Doctors

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Today, we announce a 3rd round of industrial action from 14 – 17 June. The Government’s 5% pay increase offer is an insult to junior doctors in England.

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2 years

BREAKING: NHS Eng review criticises prominent cancer trust The Christie for a 'defensive & dismissive' attitude to serious whistleblowing concerns.. How does it respond? With one of the most bullish/dismissive responses Ive ever seen from an NHS trust

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Lawrence Dunhill

@LawrenceDunhill

6 years

This would mean a 3% rise next year (eaten up by inflation) - in return for working harder. Nuffield Trust reckons the net result (taking into account the day less holiday) would effectively be a pay cut of 0.4%

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@LawrenceDunhill

4 months

NEW Am being told talks with junior docs due to restart, with Govt intimating a new offer will be made

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@LawrenceDunhill

4 years

BREAKING: Briefing document seen by HSJ says the number of covid-19 patients in North West hospitals is 'extremely likely' to reach the levels of the April peak (almost 3,000) before the end of October...

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@LawrenceDunhill

2 years

PAC member Mark Francois going full Daily Mail now - saying there's lots of respect for clincians & frontline staff in the NHS, but 'desperate weaknesses in its management'.... Amanda Pritchard points out that 19 out of 20 managers in the NHS are clincians

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2 months

Bas Sadiq started her NHS career as a receptionist 20 yrs ago, and has just been appointed chief executive of @NHSHomerton - great story from @Jamesillman

Trust names ‘inspiration’ former receptionist as CEO

Homerton Healthcare Foundation Trust has promoted Bas Sadiq, who joined the NHS as an outpatient receptionist 20 years ago, to chief executive.

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BREAKING: BMA consultants have voted 'yes' to strike action - 86% in favour, on 71% turnout

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4 years

How the Govt changed the definition of what counts as a covid-19 test.... And then changed the Govt website on 30th April...

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Good piece on @BBCMoreOrLess Professor Christl Donnelly saying we shouldn't pay too much attention to countries/regions doing 'better' or 'worse' than others on deaths - as so many other factors involved like population density, age profiles, inter-connectedness etc etc

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NHS Eng's ranking of health systems revealed here Frimley (green) the only 'consistently high performing' ICS Shropshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire & Devon (red) all deemed to be at level equivalent to 'special measures' From @Davewwest

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For context - this £25m will come out of the existing NHS budget

UK Prime Minister

@10DowningStreet

5 years

“It’s vital that we support our fantastic and hardworking hospice staff. So today I’m announcing an immediate £25m boost for our hospices and palliative care services.” – PM @BorisJohnson

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NHS Eng has on many occasions itself said the real cause of the A&E crisis is 'flow' & discharge delays This intervention and March push appears to do nothing about that - so it's hard to see it as anything other than purely political in showing Govt it can deliver something

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@LawrenceDunhill

2 months

EXCL: Desperation now from NHS Eng to hit 76% on A&E target in March - telling local CEOs to sign a declaration of commitment to delivering Warned that failure would damage confidence in the NHS and risk funding cuts from Govt 1/🧵

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Hope people don't buy the strikes excuse We knew in January that industrial action was highly likely... & meeting the PM's waiting list pledge was always going to depend on Govt's negotiating ability & efforts to avoid strikes

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@theipaper

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Sunak admitted his pledge to bring down NHS waiting lists is in doubt - with a record 7.68m people waiting for routine hospital treatment The PM said it was “very hard” to meet his targets due to ongoing strikes by NHS staff @janemerrick23 reports:

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CQC report for the Pennine Acute sites (now part of @NCAlliance_NHS ) due out soon. Going by these prelim findings, it's likely to be pretty positive. -Better leadership, culture, governance.....& plans to mitigate risks associated with the v poor IT infrastructure

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Long list here of NHS trusts with highest finance charges (interest + inflation) on their PFI deals (16-17) New report from @CHPIthinktank suggests buying out all Govt PFI projects would be upfront cost £2.6bn, but then annual savings of £900m

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BREAKING: Big drop in vaccinations in the North West region - despite it being at the forefront of the new covid surge. Region's leaders have been calling for programme to be scaled up - but analysis by HSJ shows its % share has dropped significantly

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Pretty much everyone I speak to reckons that individually, these are really good appointments for ICS chair/CEO roles in North West region But I know a lot of ppl will be disappointed by the lack of diversity (still 1 chair to be appointed, in C&M, so still a chance?)

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BREAKING: A&E depts have been told to prepare for 4th July 'like it's New Year's Eve' from @HSJAnnabelle

A&Es told: prepare for 4 July like it’s New Year’s Eve

Hospitals are planning for surges in A&E "similar to that of new year's eve" on the night of 4 July, when pubs and restaurants are due to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown, HSJ has learned.

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NHS often trumpeted as an efficient & 'lean' healthcare system (vs those abroad). But when this is over, there could be a pretty strong argument it should, in future, run with much more capacity- ie staff & equipment.

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