All articles by Alastair McLellan – Page 9
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News
Every NHS region sees April levels of covid inpatients as deaths start to rise again
All seven NHS England regions are now struggling under covid inpatient demand not seen since the peak of the pandemic in April.
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Comment
Government must stop household mixing this Christmas: a joint call by The BMJ and HSJ
Since the UK’s first lockdown in March, the government has had one (perhaps only one) consistent message — protect the NHS, write Alastair McLellan of HSJ and Fiona Godlee of The BMJ.
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News
Covid hospital admissions begin to rise again in the North as South explodes
Covid hospital admissions are now rising again in both the north west and north east and Yorkshire regions.
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News
NHS facing third wave with 10-20 times more covid patients than September
Concern is growing that NHS hospitals may face a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic with a much higher level of covid-positive inpatients than at the beginning of the second wave.
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Comment
The targets the NHS will have to hit this winter
Many trusts and some entire systems have met the phase three activity targets set by NHS England in July, but there is recognition at the centre that holding the service to them slavishly over the winter would be pointless and counter-productive.
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News
Exclusive: Public satisfaction with NHS maternity and A&E soars during pandemic
Public satisfaction with NHS hospital services has soared during the coronavirus pandemic despite the widespread cancellation of operations, the rapid switch to digital delivery and restrictions on visits, according to an exclusive analysis shared with HSJ.
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News
Exclusive: Police given access to Test and Trace data on those told to self-isolate
The contact details of those who have been instructed to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace are to be passed to the police on request, in a move that has alarmed senior health figures who are concerned it will undermine confidence in and co-operation with the testing regime, HSJ has ...
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News
Exclusive: Hospital covid mortality falls sharply during second wave
The proportion of covid positive patients who die after being admitted to hospitals has fallen dramatically between the first and second waves of the pandemic, exclusive HSJ analysis has discovered.
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News
Women, medics and rebels aplenty in HSJ’s first BAME healthcare power list
The BAME50 may prove a cause for celebration. It may equally provide further ammunition for the fight to improve the NHS’s poor record on BAME representation at the highest levels
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News
Chairs 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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News
Hospital 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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News
Single 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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News
The ‘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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News
Exclusive: 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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News
Hospital 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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Leader
Not 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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Leader
The 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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News
Trust 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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Leader
The 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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Leader
Should 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.