All articles by Alastair McLellan – Page 11
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NewsBritnell ‘thinking very seriously’ about NHS England CEO vacancy
Mark Britnell says he is “thinking very seriously” about applying for the soon to be vacant role of NHS England chief executive.
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NewsThe leading candidates for the next CEO of NHS England
The list of those who could replace Simon Stevens as NHS England chief executive is long, however relatively few are likely to be considered serious contenders. HSJ presents here the runner and riders for what has been described as the ‘fourth most powerful job’ in the UK (after the PM, ...
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LeaderStevens has been the most important figure in NHS history since Bevan
When Sir Simon Stevens was appointed chief executive of NHS England in the autumn of 2013, HSJ commented – tongue-in-cheek – that he now had the chance to save the NHS for the second time.
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NewsTwo regions see plateauing in covid hospital patient numbers
A small spike in admissions of covid positive patients has halted the decline in hospital beds occupied by those with the virus in two regions, marking the first time this has happened since numbers began falling in January.
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CommentThe Bedpan: Waiting times, not care inequalities, are the public’s priority post-pandemic
This week: Ben Page, chief executive of pollsters Ipsos Mori
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NewsCovid patients in hospital declining much faster in south and east than in north
The number of covid positive hospital patients is dropping almost twice as fast in the south and east than it is in the north.
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NewsNational agency boss to step down
NHS Digital chief executive Sarah Wilkinson is to leave her post this summer after four years in the job.
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NewsRob Webster heads CEO Top 50 as Dunn, Lawlor and Panniker fall from grace
Rob Webster is the first mental health trust chief executive to secure the number one spot in HSJ’s Top 50 chief executives list, which witnessed a significant churn from 2019, giving entry to new faces but also excluding many from the previous selections.
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NewsStevens seeks assurance that Adler and Traynor will be investigated should they ‘re-emerge’
NHS England will seek assurance from the Care Quality Commission that the former chief executive and finance director of University Hospitals of Leicester Trust will be scrutinised under the fit and proper persons test should they “re-emerge” in the NHS.
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NewsRegion with the lowest vax take up seeing slowest drop in covid hospital patients
The regional variation in vaccination rates now appears to be significantly impacting the number of covid positive hospital patients in England.
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NewsAdmissions and numbers of covid inpatients falling at record rate
Covid admissions to English hospitals, and the number of covid patients being cared for in them, is falling at the fastest rate yet since the mid-January peak, suggesting the vaccination programme is beginning to have an impact.
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NewsCovid hospital patients, but not new admissions, falling much faster than last spring
The number of covid positive hospital patients in England is falling much faster than in the spring, but not due to a quicker drop in new admissions, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsRate of decline in covid hospital patients continues to increase
The number of covid patients in English hospitals has fallen below the peak seen in mid-April for the first time.
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CommentThe Bedpan: When Darzi saved Mandelson
HSJ’s look at the how the wider world of politics interacts with the NHS returns for a one-off special
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News‘Suboptimal’ relationship between NHS and pharma needs ‘urgent’ attention, says ex-NICE chief
The relationship between the NHS and the pharmaceutical sector is ‘suboptimal’ because of the misalignment of ‘ambitions, constraints and risk appetites’, according to former National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Sir Andrew Dillon.
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NewsHow many covid hospital patients will England have when schools return?
The government has signalled pupils may begin to return to English schools in exactly four weeks’ time on 8 March as the first step in lifting lockdown restrictions, and that the number of covid positive patients in hospitals will be a key factor in deciding whether to proceed.
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NewsEngland set to see covid inpatients fall to pre-third wave level by 8 March
Deaths of covid positive hospital patients appear to have passed their third wave peak.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers keeping UK vaccine supply secret to avoid ‘diversion’ to other nations
The UK must not shout ‘from the rooftops’ about the covid vaccine supplies it has secured as this could potentially lead to manufacturers diverting supplies away from the country, NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens and deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van Tam told NHS leaders last night.
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NewsExclusive: London will be overwhelmed by covid in a fortnight says leaked NHS England briefing
London’s hospitals are less than two weeks from being overwhelmed by covid even under the ‘best’ case scenario, according to an official briefing given to the capital’s most senior doctors this afternoon.
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NewsNHS warned “don’t stockpile vaccines” as UK leaves EU
NHS organisations have been warned against stockpiling vaccines in the wake of the UK’s exit from the EU and told that any “over ordering” will be “investigated”.