All articles by Alastair McLellan – Page 5
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Covid vaccine status could be factor in misconduct cases, NHSE director suggests
There is a risk that NHS staff who remain unvaccinated against coronavirus could have this used against them in a fitness-to-practise procedure, an NHS England director has warned.
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Ex-NHS chief to lead new ‘Office of the Prime Minister’
The Prime Minister’s senior health adviser Samantha Jones has been appointed interim permanent secretary and chief operating officer of the new Office of the Prime Minister, as Boris Johnson continues his attempts to recover from the partygate scandal.
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Sorry, not sorry
The non-apology has arrived to squat on British public discourse like a particularly ugly and unwanted toad.
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The U-turn on covid vaccination will leave a toxic legacy of mistrust
‘We’ve broken the social contract between the NHS and its people’. That was the blunt conclusion of one senior NHS figure surveying the aftermath of the government’s U-turn on the mandatory vaccination of staff.
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Region sees covid admissions start to rise again
There has been a significant rise in the number of patients admitted or newly diagnosed with covid in hospitals in the South East.
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Only four in 10 covid inpatients in London have the disease as their ‘primary diagnosis’
Only 41 per cent of covid positive patients in London hospitals are being primarily treated for the disease, according to official data released yesterday.
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Technology ‘tsunami’ creates funding challenge, says regulator chief
The ‘tsunami’ of digital health technologies being adopted by the NHS is putting a strain on regulators’ ability to determine which ones offer value for money, according to outgoing National Institute for Health and Care Excellence chief executive Gill Leng.
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Exclusive: National database giving trusts false picture of unvaccinated staff
The national IT systems responsible for recording whether NHS staff have been vaccinated against coronavirus are ‘inaccurate’ and forcing trusts to resort to ‘labour intensive methods’ to work out which employees have not been immunised, HSJ has discovered.
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Omicron wave peaks in hospitals
The number of covid positive patients in English hospitals has fallen week on week for the first time since the beginning of the omicron wave.
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Increasing management spend does not improve hospital performance, research concludes
There is no significant relationship between the number of managers or the amount spent on management and the quality of NHS hospital services, research has concluded.
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NHS guarantees private sector at least £225m to reserve capacity in case of new covid surge
NHS England has guaranteed to pay independent providers around £225m between now and March to reserve capacity in case of a covid admissions surge – but the figure could rise to up to £525m if the capacity needs to be fully utilised.
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The 16 trusts where covid patients occupy one in five beds
Sixteen hospital trusts had a fifth or more of their general beds occupied by covid patients on 4 January, the latest figures show, including three outside London and the South East.
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Data suggests first signs of potential slowing in omicron hospitalisation surge
Covid admissions have fallen in London hospitals for the first time in over a month, while the growth rate of the national total rate has also dropped, according to official data.
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Healthcare leader asked to tackle data debacle made a dame
The woman brought in by government to help sort out the latest controversy over the sharing of NHS data has been made a dame in the New Year’s Honours list.
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GPs promised they will ‘not be disadvantaged’ financially for supporting emergency care
NHS England has sent a message to GPs urging them to continue their efforts to support urgent and emergency care, and promising they will not lose out financially as a result.
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First eight ‘new nightingales’ revealed
The location of first ‘covid surge hubs’ has been announced by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NHS set target to care for 15pc of covid patients at home by end of month
A minimum of 15 per cent of hospital patients who are covid positive should be treated in virtual wards, urgent new guidance issued by NHS England has stated.
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Confusion surrounds position of NHS legal chief accused of ‘inappropriate’ behaviour
The government has refused to clarify the position of NHS Resolution chair Martin Thomas – who stepped down from his role as head of the Charity Commission last week after allegations of ‘inappropriate behaviour’.
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Exclusive: NHS in London ‘likely to be overwhelmed’ by early January, says leaked report
Hospitals and the ambulance service in the capital are “likely to become overwhelmed due to rising covid demand in the next 2-3 weeks”, a leaked document reveals.
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Insurance boss named NICE chief executive
Samantha Roberts, the managing director of insurance provider Legal and General’s health and care business, is to become the chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.