All articles by Alastair McLellan – Page 12
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NewsChairs have ‘high moral values’ but struggle with ‘disruptive’ directors, claims landmark study
Nearly half of trust chairs fail to “effectively deal with non-performing board members” according to a major study of the role of NHS non-executive directors seen by HSJ.
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NewsHospital covid deaths triple since start of September
The running seven-day total of patients who have died with diagnosed or suspected covid-19 in English hospitals has risen from 41 on 3 September to 117 just over two weeks later.
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NewsSingle trust accounts for one in three covid hospital deaths
A third of those who died with diagnosed or suspected covid-19 in English hospitals did so at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust in the seven days to 10 September.
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NewsThe ‘new’ HSJ100 reveals a more diverse leadership cohort
This year’s HSJ100 unveils a more diverse group of leaders but for the first time without any ranking
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NewsExclusive: Many public health responsibilities to return to the NHS
There is a ‘central working hypothesis’ that many of the functions of the abolished Public Health England will return to the NHS next year, according to very senior sources close to the proposed changes.
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NewsHospital deaths falling at fastest rate yet
Deaths from covid-19 in England’s hospitals are declining at the fastest rate yet, as the whole South West region sees one death in seven days.
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LeaderNot before time the covid testing programme finds proper purpose
The success of the test and trace programme is the cornerstone of both the NHS’ ability to increase the amount of care it can provide, as well as the continued unlocking of the economy and guarding against a second peak.
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LeaderThe NHS in the time of covid: what happens next
What will the next six months bring for the NHS? HSJ has spoken to the service’s most senior figures and makes the following predictions.
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NewsTrust chiefs lead unprecedented criticism of ‘disgraceful’ Cummings
Three trust chief executives have openly attacked the prime minister’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings for allegedly flouting the lockdown rules.
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LeaderThe NHS’ recovery from covid will be complex, uncertain and controversial
Restarting “routine” care will be no simple task, as our analysis of yesterday’s letter from NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens shows.
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LeaderShould non-clinical staff risk their lives for the NHS?
The debate continues over which NHS staff should stay home. Many non-clinicians, and even some clinicians, are deeply unhappy with their employers’ instructions to come to work – which seems at odds with government advice.
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LeaderPlease stay home too: an open letter to NHS managers and other admin staff
This editorial is not meant as a criticism of the efforts being made by the centre or senior managers working at a local level. HSJ knows better than most how hard they are working and – in most cases – how effective they are being.
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NewsCovid-19 deaths by area: East of England fatalities growing faster than Italy
The growth of coronavirus deaths in the East of England continues to outstrip that seen in Italy, according to an exclusive HSJ analysis of NHS England data conducted today.
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CommentThe Bedpan: This crisis will only become real to most once someone they know dies
This week: Ben Page, chief executive of pollsters Ipsos Mori
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NewsCoronavirus deaths mapped: 13 trusts see 50 per cent of fatalities
Seventy-two trusts had recorded at least one coronavirus death on Sunday, an increase of 15 on Friday.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts which will struggle most to deliver quality care in 2020
The trusts which are likely to face the fiercest struggle to deliver quality care in the immediate future have been identified through an analysis carried out exclusively for HSJ.
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NewsHunt: I will be ‘honest’ about my mistakes
Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ he will be “completely honest” about the mistakes he made as health secretary if successful in his bid to become the next Commons health committee chair.
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LeaderThe NHS begins 2020 with good reason to hope for a better decade
The NHS stands at the threshold of a new decade facing both potentially its most difficult winter in decades and the most hopeful medium-term future since the 2008 financial crash.
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NewsStevens leads NHS new year’s honours
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has been knighted in the 2020 new year’s honours list.












