Great thread by @charlestallack.bsky.social unpicking why the “4.6 million extra NHS appointments” championed by the prime minister & health secretary have only had a “modest impact” on reducing waiting list clock stops

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Transforming the world one run at a time On 2 October 2004, a man went down to his local park in London with some friends.  What they did there would change the world.  Although they didn't realise it at...

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It's a technical term :)

I'm so going to steal that phrase "dips a smidge" next time I need to point out a small decrease on a graph!

Royal College of Surgeons points out delayed discharges, when patients r medically fit 2 leave hospital but cant cos there is no post hospital care package in place for them, hit highest level this winter last week. They warn this makes waiting list progress "feel like wading through quicksand"

Here are the 20 most challenged trusts on performance against the NHS's main elective target: % of patients waiting less than 18 weeks to start treatment. Princess Alexandra in Harlow is bottom (42%) v national ave 59%. Long term target 92%. Target for March 2026 is 65%.

Better news on long waiters: Number of patient cases waiting over 52 weeks drops again – down by over 10% from 222k in Nov to 200k in December. This is 2.7% of waiting list - lowest proportion waiting 52+ since August 2020. New target is for this to b c.70k by March 2026

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NEW NHS DATA: NHS performance on main waiting list target (improving % waiting <18 weeks for treatment) stays flat at 59% between Nov & December (overall target 92% - but a 65% target to hit by March 2026).

Overall list dips a smidge from 7.48m to 7.46m cases

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*Important announcement for local NHS leaders & finance types* The amount of extra waiting list funding trusts can earn is to be capped in the remaining months of the financial year, @henryanderson1.bsky.social has learned £

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Plans to pay trusts to validate and sometimes remove patients from their waiting lists could be “wide open to gaming” and create a public perception problem, senior NHS figures have told HSJ £

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Following the Money: PFI is overdue a comeback HSJ's expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.

The last Labour government came under heavy criticism for its use Private Finance Initiatives, with examples of hospitals being charged £100s ton change a lightbulb.

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ICYMI, some of the @hsj.co.uk editorial folks are now here!

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Ten-year plan development ‘lacking diversity’ Government must "move quickly" to address a lack of diversity in responses to its 10-year plan consultation, an adviser on the work has warned.

Government must “move quickly” to address a lack of diversity in responses to its 10-year plan consultation, an adviser on the work has warned.
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'What’s needed now is political will and long-term investment to finally implement reform and improve the lives of millions of people and their carers.' Hugh Alderwick, Director of Policy at the Health Foundation

Director of Policy, Hugh Alderwick welcomes a new independent commission on adult social care reform but notes the past three decades have seen the recommendations of many reports go unfulfilled, resulting in delays and broken promises.

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Nuffield Trust response to announcement on social care commission and support measures Natasha Curry responds to the announcement of a new social care commission.

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Exclusive: New ‘elective reform’ targets revealed NHS England is set to commit to treating 65 per cent of elective patients within 18 weeks by next March, as a staging post to meeting the 92 per cent constitutional target by 2029, under plans to be u...

NHS England is set to commit to treating 65 per cent of elective patients within 18 weeks by next March, as a staging post to meeting the 92 per cent constitutional target by 2029, under plans to be unveiled next week.

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NHS England set to commit to new elective plan which @hsj.co.uk understands due next week.

NHSE to commit to treating 65% of elective patients within 18 weeks by next March, as staging post to hitting 92% target by 2029. At mo just 59%of patients treated in 18 wks. £
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The return of grown up financial planning offers hope for 2025 The most pressing task facing NHS England and the service it oversees in the next three or four months will be to agree on a trust by trust, system by system financial and operational settlement that ...

The most pressing task facing NHS England and the service it oversees in the next three or four months will be to agree on a trust by trust, system by system financial and operational settlement that is both credible and acceptable to both parties and the government.
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