As the NHS emerges from the pandemic with hu
ge treatment backlogs and an as-yet-undetermined level of trauma in its workforce, prioritising patients is going to be even more difficult.
This week NHS England said those needing endoscopies or other diagnostics need to go through a prioritisation process like that for elective treatment.
Among electives that means P1 (needing immediate treatment or within three days) to P3 (within three months) to P4 (longer than three months).
As of the end of March it’s not clear what proportion of the 4.95 million people on an elective waiting list in England fall into which category. Or even when they’ll all be assessed.
Sian Taylor Registered Nurse, Critical Care Complex
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The registered nurse entered the profession after the compassionate care her father received during the end of his life.
She has since undertaken a Master of Science degree and been appointed a peer reviewer for an
international palliative care journal.
She said there were many skills nurses require and was not a job you can just do .
The registered nurse said: I love that nursing has not only given me the chance to care for patients and their relatives, but has provided me with the opportunity to be a listener, an advocate, an educator, and a mentor.
NHS England and NHS Improvement made six-figure exit payments to five directors as the two organisations merged, accounts show.
They spent £30.8m on compulsory redundancies during the two years of the restructure, in which nearly all senior NHSE and NHSI teams were combined, including their top-level leadership.
Annual accounts show the bodies paid a combined £8.7m for compulsory redundancies in 2018-19 (covering 130 redundancies) and £22m (for 359) in 2019-20. Departures resulting from the effective merger spanned both financial years.
In the previous financial year, 2017-18, the total for compulsory redundancies appears to be just £1.4m.
Tough gig
Heading up the long-troubled Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust is at present among the toughest jobs in NHS management.
Early morning exercise with One Life Suffolk - Connor Hale, Tyler Beales, One Life Suffolk
9am-9.45am: Supporting good mental health in Suffolk. What can we learn from the last 12 months?
With panellists Jayne Stevens, CEO of Suffolk User Forum; Dan Dalton, from Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust; Dr Rosalind Tandy, GP, Mental Health Clinical Lead, West Suffolk CCG; Barbara Gale, CEO, St Nicholas Hospice; Phanuel Mutumburi, business and operations direction for Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust s chief medical officer, Dr Dan Dalton
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Phanuel Mutumburi, of the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality, will be among the panellists
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Jo Flack, of The ACE Project, will be one of the speakers at the event
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The EADT and Ipswich Star are hosting a day of online debates, interviews and workshops next week offering people useful tips to boost their mental health and wellbeing - and today we can reveal the full schedule.
It happens on Wednesday, May 12, with a series of scheduled discussions and activities that people can drop in and out of.
It coincides with Mental Health Awareness Week, and we ll be bringing together local experts in the field to offer insight and advice.