Bureau chief at the Health Service Journal
London
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Ben Clover retweeted
NHS boss says the main way to improve health service cybersecurity is fixing the basics like "multi-factor authentication, out-of-support kit [and] weak passwords”.
...Not entirely reassuring
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Ben Clover retweeted
Nearly 50 NHS trusts that perform well on patient care have been downgraded because they are in deficit.
But analysis of NHS England's own figures shows two-thirds of those are under-funded - raising questions about the fairness of the new league tables
(link below)
Ben Clover retweeted
This graph (red dots actual performance v the grey line trajectory needed to hit the government's waiting list target) shows why NHS leaders are concerned about the waiting list ambition veering off track
The waiting list change was +11,998 in August, worse than the latest trajectory for restoring 18 weeks which required -67,159. The waiting list size was overall 230,438 worse than the latest trajectory.
As a simple rule, the wait list must shrink every single month. #nhswaits
Ben Clover retweeted
I can only talk from an orthopaedic standpoint & particularly from hip & knee surgery as that’s my area.
Referrals are going up. Locally MSK triage services seem overwhelmed; once patients finally get through and are referred on there is a 16w wait for an appointment with us.
Tough day to ask Wes for ideas to cut regulation. Day after confirmation of DHSC using public money to put private-equity owned medical equipment company NRS Healthcare on life support assets.publishing.service.go…
Our report on the biggest trial of ambient voice technology in the NHS so far
Exclusive: AI in A&Es could save £834m, major study finds ift.tt/05HZF1j
Veteran hospital leader leaving to run Welsh NHS hsj.co.uk/news/trust-group-c…
Interesting in the FT on Starmer's wanting to face down concerns over AI ft.com/content/5a849353-4c27…
A chilling sentence from a coroner's report into the death of a 2y/o: "medical staff at the Whittington did not recognise the lack of nursing observations. Observations were thought to be acceptable bcos they were not reported as otherwise, when in fact they were absent"
The coroner said nothing indicates practice was different at other trusts and notes another n. London child death a few months earlier judiciary.uk/prevention-of-f…
Ben Clover retweeted
Palantir calls for greater interoperability between suppliers ift.tt/nHxAMcR
Ben Clover retweeted
Emergency Alert day has been confirmed as 7th September. If you have a secret phone for safety go to settings and turn off all government notifications. Setting it to silent or airplane is not enough 🚨 (guidance on each step is on the internet). Spread the word
Reading the below, your reminder that at least one person died after the cyber attack on south east London's pathology network ft.com/content/83d362a3-7c11…
Lloyds Bank are still suing the NHS over a PFI hospital that caught fire hsj.co.uk/news/legal-costs-t…
The tech bits of the 10YP hsj.co.uk/expert-briefings/t…
Ben Clover retweeted
What is happening in the NHS?!
Now there is NO REQUIREMENT to have a SINGLE DOCTOR ON SITE in Urgent Treatment Centres?!
I worked in UTCs b/w 2020-23 & dealt with EVERYTHING from unwell kids to acute anaphylaxis
Doctor replacement is out to control & a HUGE RISK to the public
