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Surgeons’ performance data published in NHS league tables
Performance data of 5,000 consultant surgeons has been published on the new MyNHS website to increase transparency. Critics say the data is “crude” and can be misleading as it does not include essential information such as duration of hospital stay and returns to theatre. This year’s publication, which covers 10 specialty areas of surgery ...
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Net zero: Hospital harnesses innovative green technology
Sep 16, 2024 · North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is set to take a giant leap towards net zero, as workers at University Hospital of Hartlepool gear up to enable the use of a 1,400kW ground source heat pump system and a 70,000 litre thermal store.. Contractor Veolia is expected to complete the works within the year – by which time, the hospital is expected to meet its 80% carbon reduction ...
Wes Streeting and Amanda Pritchard called on to launch review of ...
Oct 1, 2024 · The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has written to health secretary Wes Streeting and NHS England CEO Amanada Pritchard calling for a rapid review into the role of physician associates and anaesthesia associates in the NHS.. The roles, collectively known as medical associate professionals, are set to undergo a …
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Mounjaro: NICE consults on NHSE proposals for ’unprecedented’ …
Oct 4, 2024 · The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is consulting on a phased roll-out of Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug tirzepatide – more commonly known as Mounjaro – as NHS England looks to combat obesity.. The scale of the proposed launch from NHSE is unprecedented, with new community-based and digitally-powered operating models being developed to deliver the injection to almost ...
NHS “rationing care” amid stretched capacity and longer patient …
Jun 23, 2023 · Even though the NHS admitted 800,000 (12%) fewer people to hospitals in England last year compared to 2019, the average length of stay increased, new research from the Health Foundation has found.. England saw 6.8 million admissions in 2019 with the average time a patient stayed in hospital amounting to 7.3 days, whereas in 2022, despite the reduced demand, the length of stay was a full day ...
Northern Ireland launches new mental health plan
Aug 29, 2024 · The 2024/25 plan comes as part of Northern Ireland’s wider 10-year mental health strategy, which will last until 2031. The requisite funding for the actions outlined in the 10-year plan is not currently available which has led to Northern Ireland focussing instead on this type of one-year approach. The plan says that 19 out of 35 actions ...
Priorities for new health secretary Wes Streeting
Jul 8, 2024 · The think tank projected just before the election that the NHS is set for a massive £38bn funding hole by the end of this parliament. In his first speech as health secretary, Wes Streeting spoke of a broken NHS that needs fixing. He also confirmed that negotiations with the British Medical Association’s (BMA) junior doctors committee will ...