ONS moves to correct misleading reports on coronavirus deaths. Meanwhile new figures raise concerns about reinfection rate with Omicron variant and NHS warns it remains under significant pressure.
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Though core integrated care board allocations will grow by 3.6% in 2022/23, the NHS will be expected to deliver ‘maximum productivity’, according to NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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The NHS in England is forecasting a surplus of £1.3bn at year-end, according to month eight figures published by NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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Omicron continuing to sweep across the world, warns international health leader. Meanwhile NHS trust chief executive says workforce remains the key challenge in navigating the way out of restrictions. And new data highlights unequal uptake of vaccinations.
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) will aim to give patients earlier access to new treatments by allowing greater flexibility on value for money assessments and by considering a wider evidence base.
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Trusts have been ‘strongly discouraged’ from over-riding existing temporary staffing regulations as they seek to meet workforce needs and tackle elective waiting lists.
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Social care providers are under relentless pressure from Covid-related staff absences and there are calls to delay the timetable for mandatory staff vaccination in the NHS. Meanwhile, academics have been discussing the likely trajectory of the Omicron variant.
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The Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (Cquin) financial incentive scheme is to be reintroduced in 2022/23 with a focus on short-term clinical improvements that support Covid recovery and reductions in variation between providers.
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The independent sector will be guaranteed up to £90m a month under the three-month deal with the health service, which will also have to pay significantly more than the NHS-provided equivalent should surge support be triggered.
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Guidance will be issued soon on the pricing and funding of a short-term contract with independent sector providers that aims to ease the pressure on the NHS in England.
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