All articles by Annabelle Collins – Page 20
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Trusts must not penalise staff during long-covid recovery
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ senior correspondents Annabelle Collins and Sharon Brennan.
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NewsHunt accuses HMT of blocking publication of crucial workforce projections
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has accused the Treasury of preventing the Department of Health and Social Care from publishing future workforce projections submitted by the NHS.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Ready, steady, test your staff
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. ...
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NewsCritical care nursing ratio diluted for second wave
Intensive care specialists have given their blessing to a diluting of the nurse-to-patient ratio in critical care for the second wave of covid in the UK — but they have warned the measure is ‘not sustainable in the long term’.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Fall in training set to have major impact on future workforce
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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NewsExclusive: Pandemic exposing managerial ‘skills deficit’
The pandemic is threatening to expose a skills deficit among NHS managers, research exclusively shared with HSJ warns.
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NewsUPDATED: Another Yorkshire trust suspends electives
Another Yorkshire trust has suspended non-urgent elective care following a large rise in covid admissions.
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HSJ LocalMajor acute cancels non-urgent electives as covid shuts wards
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has cancelled all non-urgent electives due to growing covid admissions and spread inside the hospital.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Nursing the Nightingales
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust fights to ‘preserve’ elective work amid covid bed closures
Covid’s second surge has begun disrupting elective care at hospitals outside the north west, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNew spending review demand for £260m on cancer
Health Education England could need additional investment of up to £260m to boost NHS staff numbers enough to meet growing need for cancer services, government has been told.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Covid-struck city to hold talks today on cancelling ops
Urgent talks will be held this afternoon over the extent to which hospitals in Liverpool can scale back their elective care due to rising covid admissions, HSJ understands.
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NewsDischarge rates slowing as providers face ‘perfect storm’
Providers are beginning to see a slowing in the rate of patient discharges, in what would be another element of the ‘perfect storm’ they face this winter, leaders have warned.
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NewsHold national bodies to same leadership standards as trusts, says CQC report
The leaders of NHS England and the Care Quality Commission should have their own performance subjected to the same assessment process they require for local providers, a report has said.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Tell staff the truth about testing
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS planning 41pc increase in international recruitment
The NHS needs to significantly increase international recruitment amid concerns the pandemic has derailed progress on the government’s target to hire an additional 50,000 nurses, an internal presentation suggests.
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NewsSharp rise in kids with covid symptoms as schools reopen
The beginning of September has seen a sharp uptick in children presenting with potential covid-19 symptoms to NHS 111 and 999, just as schools reopened.
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NewsVeteran NHS leader to chair Isle of Man care provider
A long-standing NHS chief executive and national agency leader has been appointed chair of a new board responsible for delivering health and care on the Isle of Man.
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NewsNew deal will see doctors train in private hospitals
The NHS has struck a new deal with private providers, enabling junior doctors to train in independent hospitals.
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NewsMental health trusts drive increase in female board directors
Mental health trusts have seen the biggest rise in female representation at board level over the last three years, while the North East has emerged as an outlier in achieving gender equality, new research has revealed.