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From the Bureau Editor
Tuesday January 31
Reviews of the NHS recovery plan are guarded, most commentators pointing out that more beds and ambulances need to be staffed. In other news, a new report suggests that obesity levels are linked to lower productivity, NHS 111 is to more retired clinicians and the BMA’s ratecard for doctors in training has been branded unaffordable.
Angus Wrixon Editor
the briefing
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NHS Performance / £ / Policy
That plan in full DHSC - and a less than enthusiastic response from the D Mail - but more supportive from NHS Providers
Hospitals in England cancel 88,000 appointments in seven weeks due to strikes Guardian
Higher obesity levels linked to lower productivity in England - report by former government adviser says plan needed to tackle obesity, thought to cost UK economy £27bn a year Guardian
NHS England sets new elective targets for each ICS for 2023-24, ranging from 3 per cent to 14 per cent above pre-pandemic levels HSJ
Trusts ‘coping better with strikes’ and on track to eliminate 78-week waits, says NHSE’s Paul Doyle, programme director for elective recovery NHS
Workforce
NHS 111 to hire more retired doctors and allow more staff to work from home D Mail
BMA proposes “unaffordable” £150/hour rate card for doctors in training HSJ
The NHS plan to increase the capacity of urgent and emergency care services has been criticised by nursing leaders for failing to address the workforce crisis Nursing Times
Trusts
NHS England reveals a new intervention regime for worst A&E performers - systems will be placed in three “tiers of intervention”, with those systems deemed “off-target on delivery” being given “tier three intensive support” from NHSE, which will include on-the-ground planning, analytical and delivery capacity, “buddying” with leading systems and “targeted executive leadership” HSJ
Primary care, pharmacy, dentistry, optical, community
‘GPs on the cheap’? Pharmacists must not be seen as GP substitutes, says RCGP C+D
One in four cannot even get a GP appointment - ONS data D Mail
what the bloggers are blogging
NEW! Tell it to the birds - Editor's blog
NEW! Keir Starmer’s private prescription for the NHS is dangerous Guardian
NEW! Mark my words: this will be the end of the NHS if the Tories have their way Gordon Brown
Don’t panic when Starmer refers to NHS ‘reform’. He is thwarting Tory moves to destroy it - Polly Toynbee
Wes Streeting’s plan to turn GPs into salaried NHS staff is misguided Guardian
Crisis of health service resilience is years in the making - Nuffield’s Sarah Scobie responds to the latest monthly NHS performance statistics.
what's on when
NEW! Tues 7 Feb 11.30-1.30: Healthchat with Professor Ian Abbs - Chief Executive of Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust Details here
NEW! Thursday March 2 -17.15-18.15: Healthchat: Roy Lilley in tripartite conversation with Angela Hillery, Ann Marr and David Loughton Details here
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