All articles by Alastair McLellan – Page 7
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NHS must learn from ‘resource poor’ countries, says workforce chief
The person charged with determining the NHS’ long-term workforce needs has said the service must learn from “resource poor” countries and their “frugal innovation” when designing future health services and deciding who will staff them.
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Decline in covid patients beginning to slow
The decline in covid positive patients being treated in English hospitals has slowed.
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Integrated care systems and the inverse leadership rule
In 1971 GP Julian Tudor Hart proposed the idea of the inverse care law. His tongue-in-cheek provocation stated: “The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served.”
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The Primer: The government’s fate is in the hands of the NHS
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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Covid hospital occupancy sees biggest drop since April
The NHS in England has seen the biggest weekly fall in covid bed occupancy for more than five months.
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Rapid fall in covid admissions suggests early peak for summer wave
The weekly total of covid positive patients admitted to English hospitals fell by 10 per cent in the five days between 27 July and 1 August.
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Fully vaccinated NHS staff may not have to isolate if identified as a close covid contact
‘Frontline’ NHS staff who have received two covid vaccination shots may not have to self-isolate even if they have come into close contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus, the government has announced.
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McKinsey deny former global chief is a candidate for NHS England CEO role
Kevin Sneader, who led McKinsey until earlier this year, is not the fifth and final member of the shortlist to be the next NHS England chief executive say the consulting giant.
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Trust CEOs vent frustration at being unable to warn about threat posed by 19 July unlock
Three trust chief executives have told HSJ that NHS England has refused to let them discuss the lifting of covid restrictions on 19 July in the national media.
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‘I've never had a conversation like this in 30 years as an NHS CEO’
A dozen NHS trust chief executives came together to explore how leading a trust through the NHS’ greatest emergency had affected them on a personal level. By Alastair McLellan
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NHS England CEO hopefuls assessed for their ‘dark side traits’
More details of the interview process for the next NHS England chief executive have been uncovered, including the nature of the psychometric tests the three shortlisted candidates have undergone.
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Dido Harding and Jim Mackey not shortlisted for NHSE CEO job
Sir Jim Mackey and Baroness Dido Harding are no longer in the running to become the new chief executive of NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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Revealed: how the next NHS England chief executive will be chosen
The candidates for the post of NHS England chief executive face 10 hours of interviews and a full day of psychometric testing, HSJ has learned.
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Former chancellor Sajid Javid appointed health secretary
Former chancellor Sajid Javid is the new secretary of state for health and care.
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Covid hospital patient numbers stop falling, as admissions increase across England
The number of covid patients in English hospitals has stopped declining, with hospitalisation in the North West beginning to increase and admissions rising across the country.
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Deaths of covid hospital patients hit record low
The deaths of covid positive patients in English hospitals has hit a record low.
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Tory MP: No business in the world would treat their staff like the NHS
The NHS must significantly improve its training offer to staff, or risk losing many of them according to two Conservative MPs who are also clinicians.
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North West covid admissions climb as English hospital deaths near record low
Admissions of covid positive patients to hospitals in the North West are edging up, while continuing to fall in most other parts of England.
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The overseas leaders who could – but probably won’t – become the next NHS England chief
The NHS has little chance of attracting an overseas healthcare leader to become the new chief executive of NHS England, according to a wide range of informed and senior sources who spoke to HSJ.
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Britnell ‘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.