All Health Service Journal articles in April 2021 – Page 2
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Timeline: Simon Stevens in the NHS
Since joining the NHS in 1988, Sir Simon Stevens has undoubtedly had one of the biggest influences on the health service in the last few decades. Here, as he announces his departure from NHS England, HSJ looks at Sir Simon’s career and highlights some of the most significant moments during ...
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Stevens’ leaving note: ‘The NHS’ reputation has never been higher’
Sir Simon Stevens’ note to NHS England colleagues, announcing his departure, this afternoon.
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Exclusive: Stevens to step down in July
Sir Simon Stevens is to stand down as chief executive of NHS England at the end of July, HSJ can reveal.
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Safety watchdog has major concerns over ‘lost’ follow-up appointments
A national safety watchdog has highlighted major concerns around follow-up appointments being “lost” within hospital IT systems.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Is a mandatory covid jab for staff inevitable?
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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NHS staff from India in ‘desperate’ situation as covid wave restricts travel
Many Indian healthcare professionals who either work in the NHS or have plans to do so have been left in a desperate situation by the devastating covid wave sweeping the country.
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Three hospitals placed in special measures following infection control concerns
Three private mental health hospitals have been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission found concerns over infection control.
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Government paid £38m for covid diagnostics contract that was never signed
The government has paid out nearly £38.5m to a covid diagnostics supplier despite never signing a full contract with the firm.
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Daily Insight: To share or not to share
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Landmark legal agreement sees Equality Rights Commission monitor trust’s record on sexual harassment
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has required an ambulance trust to sign a legally-binding agreement stating how it will protect its staff from sexual harassment.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Analysing the elective challenge at ICS level
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress.
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CIA hunt for Bin Laden and pharma experimentation has fed distrust of govt vaccine policy among NHS staff
An ambulance trust has cited ‘mistrust’ of government and national healthcare policy as one of the factors driving lower vaccine uptake among its ethnic minority staff, linking concerns to historic international controversies around vaccination programmes.
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Government drops plans for 24/7 covid vaccination service
Ministers have dropped plans to launch a 24-hour coronavirus vaccination service after two hospital trusts piloted the scheme earlier this year.
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HSJ Interactive
How can greater use of IT help the NHS meet the challenges ahead?
With a huge backlog of elective work to tackle, a panel of experts explored the role of digital in not only dealing with delayed care, but in transforming the patient journey. Alison Moore reports
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Trust ‘reviewing hundreds of patients’ after failings discovered
The suicide of a woman with severe mental illness has prompted a review into the care of hundreds of other patients, according to her family.
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NHS staff ‘tremendously anxious’ over data sharing, says new national leader
Data sharing principles established during the covid-19 pandemic should be retained for the future, the new national data guardian has told HSJ.
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Daily Insight: Money (that’s what they want)
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Partners
Supporting your Trust to implement Covid-19 recovery
Jonathan Wedgbury says collaboration with a private sector partner could help trusts deliver the speed of execution required and return to pre-pandemic activity levels
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Comment
We can now prevent mental ill-health in the same way we fight cancer
A cutting-edge child and adolescent mental health centre hopes to help prevent young people from experiencing mental health problems. By Sir Norman Lamb
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HSJ Local
Consultant accused of ‘financial abuse of terminally ill patient’
A consultant has failed to get an injunction placed on a hospital trust investigating several allegations into his work, including that he improperly referred hospital patients to his private clinics.