All Health Service Journal articles in August 2021 – Page 5
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CommentClimate emergency: 10 things every NHS trust can do now
Tim Jaggard, acting chief executive at UCLH, highlights 10 practical things every NHS trust must change immediately amidst a global climate and health emergency.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: An untested theory
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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NewsGP contract requirements set to be delayed after Pritchard meeting with BMA
NHS England is likely to further delay the introduction of new GP contract requirements, as part of an effort to calm relations with the profession under its new chief executive.
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NewsDaily Insight: Midlands in a mess
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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More than a dozen trust chairs receive two salaries as shared leadership spreads
Sixteen people are now chairing more than one NHS trust, but there is significant variation in how much they are paid for their extra roles, an HSJ analysis has found.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Are covid visiting restrictions damaging patient safety?
An HSJ investigation revealed this week that coroners have raised multiple concerns pandemic hospital visiting restrictions may have had a damaging effect on patient care.
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CommentThe Blithering Chronicles: Passionate about values
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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NewsDaily Insight: What’s fair fare for sharing a chair?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Staff, visitors and blood tubes still in short supply
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsNHSE sets ‘expectation’ CCG board members will transfer to ICSs
NHS England says it expects board level staff at clinical commissioning groups to transfer to new ‘designate roles’ or ‘displaced positions’ within integrated care systems.
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NewsCQC finds much-needed improvements after ‘never events’
Hospital inspectors have praised safety improvements at an acute trust which had been criticised for a string of never events over an eight-month period.
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CommentThe Primer: NHS managers were ‘the enemy within’
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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NewsTech firm takes CCGs to court over ‘unlawful’ contract award
A US-backed tech firm has taken three clinical commissioning groups to court after claiming they ‘unlawfully’ awarded a contract to another company.
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HSJ InteractiveEnhancing patient safety during the pandemic
Aidan Fowler writes about the progress made in improving patient safety during the covid pandemic
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NewsInterim chief commercial officer chosen by NHS England
The NHS’ ‘chief negotiator with the pharmaceutical industry’ has been made interim chief commercial officer after the incumbent CCO left to head up Downing Street’s new delivery unit.
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NewsHSJ Weekly Catch-up: £250k hirings, an unfair firing and new regime for acquiring
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: On closer inspection
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNew competition regime risks more judicial reviews, NHSE warned
NHS England has ruled out introducing ‘third party scrutiny’ of its proposed new competition regime despite being warned current plans will lead to a rise in wasteful judicial reviews.
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NewsDaily Insight: No further action required?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsSalaries of £250,000 considered for ICS CEOs
The chief executives of the largest health systems could command salaries of around £250,000, as NHS England seeks to make the roles attractive to experienced top-level leaders.