All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 11
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CommentCowper’s Cut – On the NHS reaching Peak David Brent
The recent antics of a regional leader showing that the NHS has reached peak David Brent, it’s hard not to conclude that the NHS needs a chief anthropologist more than it needs a chief inspector, says Andy Cowper
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NewsNHS trusts told to check unqualified staff are not working as 'nurses'
England’s most senior nurses have instructed NHS trusts to check whether they are employing unqualified care staff with job titles describing them as “nurses”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsChief executive of the year contenders announced
Nine of the NHS’s best trust leaders have been shortlisted for chief executive of the year at the HSJ Awards 2017
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How can industry play a part in boosting patient safety?
HSJ’s latest event asked panellists how the NHS’s industry partners might contribute to improving the service’s safety culture. Report by Alison Moore
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NewsExclusive: NHS England asks STPs to nominate clinical reps
NHS England is planning to establish a new “national network” of sustainability and transformation partnership clinical leaders to address a lack of clinician engagement in the programme to date, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe secret to effective joint working between clinicians and managers
A highly successful cross NHS programme has shown how clinicians and managers can harmoniously work together, share Professor Marion Bain and others
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NewsLeading surgeons call for review of clinical autonomy
The clinical autonomy enjoyed by NHS surgeons should be reviewed and clinicians monitored more closely to ensure consistent care, a national report recommends.
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NewsSeven days services study to review thousands of patient notes
Four thousand patients’ notes will be reviewed by experts as part of a project to study the quality of seven day services in the NHS.
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NewsRoyal colleges urge trusts to act on maternity safety
NHS trusts providing maternity services should ensure midwives and obstetricians train together and practice how to read foetal heart rates, medical royal colleges have said.
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NewsNHS England director accused of voyeurism resigns
NHS England has confirmed Jonathan Fielden, its former national director of specialised commissioning, who is being investigated by police on suspicion of voyeurism, has resigned from the organisation.
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NewsExclusive: 18 'high calibre' leads appointed to major NHS improvement programme
Leading consultants have been appointed to lead 14 national reviews aimed at improving efficiency and reducing unwarranted variation in NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local'Complete lack of medical leadership' at intensive care unit
A “complete lack of medical leadership”, low consultant staffing levels, “inadequate clinical governance” and poor culture are among key findings in a damning peer review into a south London intensive care unit.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for major teaching trust revealed
Tracy Taylor has been appointed as the new chief executive of one of the country’s largest teaching hospitals.
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NewsTrusts to fill board vacancies from new 'executive talent pool'
NHS Improvement has established a “talent pool” of people ready to be appointed into executive level positions across the Midlands and East region.
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Give NHS middle managers 'a stronger voice', says charity leader
A health charity chief executive has called for the NHS to give middle managers “a much stronger voice” and stop wasting their time in meetings that do nothing to improve patient care.
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NewsExclusive: 'No way' NHS should ask for extra funding before tackling waste
The surgeon leading the national programme to reduce clinical variation in the NHS says there is “no way” he would ask for extra funding until the service improves efficiency and quality of care.
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HSJ LocalTribunal rejects clinical manager's race discrimination claim
Employment tribunal rules Peter Hale was not discriminated against on racial grounds and he was not unfairly dismissed Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has a troubled history of race relations Trust has another employment tribunal outstanding with a discrimination claim A senior medical manager has lost his ...
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Emerging Leaders summit to address workforce crisis
The HSJ Emerging Leaders summits support board level leaders to build and embed future leadership capacity and encourages aspirant leaders to progress their careers in the NHS.
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CommentWe need more trust between managers, patients and the front line
With rising use of technology, building trust between patients, doctors and the management is essential to meet the challenges in healthcare in the UK and the US
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HSJ Local
Joint NHS England and NHS Improvement director steps down
Joint director at NHS Improvement and NHS England Tim Rideout stood down at the end of May Mr Rideout was NHS England’s director of commissioning operations and delivery and improvement director for NHS Improvement in Cumbria and the north east He was the first director to hold a joint ...