HSJ reports that NHS England and Improvement have allocated millions of pounds to outsource elective and diagnostic work to the independent sector, in an attempt to keep waiting lists down during … Read more
winter crisis
As the summer hots up, hospital trusts are busy making plans for how they are going to cope with the coming winter. A regular feature of these plans is buying … Read more
A trust reduced its “core bed base” by nearly 40 in the run up to last winter, when its emergency department endured severe problems and intervention by inspectors, it has … Read more
