Beth Gault

London

Journalist and Editor at Freelance

Freelance journalist & editor | previously @drapers @pulsetoday | [email protected]

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ICB running cost envelope to be reduced to £19 per head

1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

The ICB running cost envelope is to be reduced to £18.76 per head, according to an NHS England draft blueprint of the future model of ICBs.The chief executive of NHS England, Sir James Mackey, revealed last month that the variation in spend per ICB per head currently ranges from £49 to just less than £21 per head.
Digitising the NHS will take £21bn over five years, report says

1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

Digitising the NHS and adult social care will take an estimated £21bn over the next five years, according to research by the Health Foundation. The research looked at what investment was needed to achieve existing ambitions for digitisation, including electronic patient records infrastructure, cloud storage, cyber security and wifi. It found that £8bn was needed in capital spending, £5bn of that on England alone, for hardware and software.
New £1.8m training programme launched to improve care for veterans

1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

Healthcare workers in England are to receive training on how best to support veterans, the Government has announced on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The new three-year £1.8m programme will see regional trainers work with GP practices and mental health services to help identify veterans, serving personnel and their families, and to provide ‘targeted’ care. It will also help ICBs deliver their statutory responsibilities under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Highest number of GP premises upgrades in Greater Manchester

1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

Greater Manchester has the highest number of GP practices due to receive premises upgrade funding, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced. The £100m funding for estates was initially announced in the autumn budget in October, with plans to upgrade 200 GP estates across England. However, the DHSC has today said that 1,027 practices spread out across the 42 ICBs will receive funding to create additional space, boost productivity and improve patient care.
AI making an impact in cancer and cardio diagnosis

1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

Artificial intelligence (AI) is having an impact across cancer and cardiovascular diagnosis, with multiple tools being rolled out across the NHS. Today (6 May), NHS England revealed that an AI-driven 3D heart scan has cut the need for invasive tests and saved millions of pounds after being rolled out across 56 hospitals in England since 2021.
Reduction in waiting lists ‘unlikely’ to lead to drop in benefit claims

1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

A reduction in elective care waiting lists and waiting times is ‘unlikely’ to lead to a ‘meaningful’ fall in health-related benefit claims, according to analysis by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS). The analysis, called The relationship between NHS waiting lists and health-related benefit claims, looked at the number of working age adults receiving health-related benefits between November 2019 and May 2024, and the NHS waiting list for pre-planned hospital care.
‘Ticking timebomb’ of dentists approaching retirement, data shows

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

One in eight dentists are approaching retirement age which is creating a ‘ticking timebomb’, research by the House of Commons Library has found. The research, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, showed that 4,079 NHS dentists are aged 55 and over and approaching retirement. This equates to one in eight dentists across the country.
Greater Manchester will be prevention demonstrator, says Mayor

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

Greater Manchester (GM) is pitching itself as a prevention demonstrator for the rest of the country, its Mayor Andy Burnham has said. Speaking at the Care closer to home conference, held by NHS Confederation yesterday (30 April), he said prevention has ‘never’ been done properly in the country because the system is not set up for it, but that GM has an opportunity to do so due to devolution.
One in five deaths could have been avoided in 2023, ONS figures suggest

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

One in five deaths in England in 2023 could have been prevented through ‘timely and effective’ public health and healthcare interventions, new Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures suggest. The ONS figures, , looked at the avoidable mortality rates in England and Wales in 2023, where deaths were considered treatable or preventable given timely and effective healthcare and public health interventions in those under 75 years.
Prescription charges frozen in England

2 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Beth Gault

NHS prescription charges have been frozen in England for the first time in three years, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced. The cost of prescriptions will continue to be £9.90 for patients this financial year (2025/26). Pre-payment certificates (PPC) will also remain frozen, with a three-month PPC costing £32.05, an HRT PPC costing £19.80 and a 12-month PPC being £114.50.