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An acute trust has come out of NHS England’s “recovery support” regime, more than seven years after it was placed in special measures. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH) has made significant improvements in finance, performance, and governance, a review by NHS England has decided. It was initially put in “special measures” by regulators in… Continue reading Hospitals exit special measures after seven years

There has been a huge drop in the Department of Health and Social Care staff who feel their “senior leaders have a clear vision for the future of the organisation” – making it the lowest in Whitehall. Staff survey scores from across national government, published yesterday, show overall staff engagement among DHSC staff was down… Continue reading Huge drop in confidence in DHSC leaders

NHS England plans to spend around £120m on an “activity sprint” to boost performance against its main elective target by March, HSJ can reveal. The funding, drawn from NHSE’s existing budget, began in January, with trusts asked to develop plans and increase activity as quickly as possible. The pot will primarily support additional outpatient work,… Continue reading A sprint against the numbers

One of the biggest factors disincentivising NHS improvement efforts is largely ignored There are a number of big NHS problems that keep recurring. Hospitals often overspend their budgets; the level of capital investment is far too low; improvement efforts fail because there is no spare money for the upfront investments they need; despite a goal… Continue reading The NHS must be ruthless in removing disincentives to improvement

 The 2023 staff survey results were a mixed bag, with important improvements in some scores, but others showing morale still in the doldrums in the post-covid malaise – especially in integrated care boards. Alarming signs on discrimination, too, and new figures putting a size on the NHS’s sexual harassment problem. The results can also be… Continue reading Trusts up and down in the staff survey

The top 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders in English health and care – listed alphabetically The top 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders in English health and care Dr Kamran Abbasi, editor-in-chief, British Medical Journal Kamran Abbasi has been editor-in-chief of the BMJ since 2021 and has spent much of his… Continue reading The 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health

NHS England is to have a new chair, albeit the current incumbent Richards Meddings has agreed to stick around until March in line with the government’s tactic of getting the previous administration to ‘own’ a very difficult winter. But a new chair is only one of the many changes that are coming the way of NHSE. Those… Continue reading The future of NHS England