All Health Service Journal articles in April 2021 – Page 3
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CommentDissent is too often mistaken for disloyalty in the NHS
System leadership teams will need to build a culture where dissent is not only welcomed but is regarded as an obligation and where everything is up for constructive challenge, writes John Coutts
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NewsNHS England to set new ‘test’ for ICS structures
NHS England will be setting a ‘test’ for the various ways in which integrated care systems want to organise their governance structures, according to one of its directors.
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CommentNHS must take inflammatory bowel disease seriously
A clear government strategy is needed to reduce the burden of IBD on the NHS
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Exclusive: DHSC reveals procurement shake-up in wake of covid
The Department of Health and Social Care is standing up a new medical technologies directorate, after covid exposed vulnerabilities in government and distribution, as well as global supply chains.
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HSJ LocalTrust decides £4bn price tag ‘too expensive’ for new hospital
A teaching trust is planning a £1.2bn rebuild as part of the government’s new hospitals programme, having rejected a single new site option as “too expensive” at an estimated £4bn.
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NewsDaily Insight: Damning but not surprising
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalHospital trust’s new CEO will be ninth of minority ethnic background
A north London trust has appointed a new chief executive who will be one of two provider chiefs known to be of minority ethnic background in the capital, and nine in England.
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HSJ PartnersWorkforce development in healthcare estates
Leadership, inclusion and coordination across public and private sectors are needed to resolve the challenges faced in healthcare estates and facilities, writes Greg Markham
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NewsNHSE must pause roll out of new A&E system until it can prove it is ‘working’, warns RCEM president
The NHS should pause the planned roll out of bookable A&E slots until a robust evaluation of the new system has been undertaken, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine president has told HSJ.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The Sieve Administration
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Lessons to learn from four-year HR battle
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsTwo regions see plateauing in covid hospital patient numbers
A small spike in admissions of covid positive patients has halted the decline in hospital beds occupied by those with the virus in two regions, marking the first time this has happened since numbers began falling in January.
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NewsWorkforce chief moves on after five years
A senior civil servant responsible for NHS workforce planning, the new NHS bill and other key areas of healthcare policy is to move to a new government department.
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HSJ LocalHeavily criticised trust recognised for improvements on infection control
A trust which was heavily criticised for poor infection prevention and control last summer has been praised for making improvements.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Tragic failures, complex tenders and missing figures
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsDaily Insight: The big picture
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ PartnersBold action and courageous leadership required to recover elective pathways
With a need to drive up productivity through optimising every element of the pathway, the key to a successful covid recovery plan lies in local relationships
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NewsAll but eight health systems have given the covid jab to more than half of 45- to 49-year-olds
The great majority of England’s health systems have given first doses of the covid vaccination to more than half of those aged 45 to 49 in their area, according to the latest NHS England data.
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News"Commercial partners" could take over "entirety" of planned imaging networks
New diagnostic imaging networks will be of such scale that they will be ‘significant operation businesses in their own right’ and will ‘need a distinct identity and arm’s length separation from the trusts’, NHS England has said.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Greensill, Topwood and the NHS
At the start of the pandemic, financial services company Greensill launched ‘Earnd’, an advanced payment system, for NHS staff. Some trusts signed up for it and it was given backing from senior figures in the health service.