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NewsTeaching hospital’s new boss leaves ‘after 57 days’
A new site chief for King’s College Hospital left the organisation shortly after joining, amid significant turnover in the foundation trust’s executive leadership team, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust acts after BAME staff report ‘systematic bullying’
NHS leaders are being encouraged to have ‘difficult discussions’ about inequalities, after a trust found its BAME staff reported being ‘systematically… bullied and harassed’, along with other signs of discrimination.
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NewsTrust director condemns ‘nanny state’ covid measures
The medical director of a major North East hospital trust has warned a ‘nanny state’ approach to local lockdowns could “merely prolong the pain” of the covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsNHS England warned fixing e-referral system now ‘critically urgent’
Hospital and GP leaders in east London have warned problems with the capital’s e-referral system have become a ‘critically urgent matter’.
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CommentFollow Imperial’s lead to honour Amin Abdullah’s memory
Through its new disciplinary policy, Imperial College Healthcare Trust aims to create a system that promotes fairness and compassion towards its staff, say Narinder Kapur, Christian Harkensee and Terry Skitmore
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CommentThe NHS needs to protect the GPs at high risk from covid
Dr Rebecca Fisher gives the lowdown on why maintaining general practice as a ‘front door’ to the NHS that is safe for both GPs and patients is not easy
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NewsCCGs’ investigation into racist graffiti continues six months after incident
Clinical commissioning group leaders are investigating racist graffiti which was scrawled inside one of their premises — an incident which happened six months ago.
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NewsKing’s Health Partners chief to step down
The head of a leading academic health science centre is stepping down after more than a decade in the role.
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HSJ InteractiveLeadership Q&A: Care UK
After a successful five year tenure at Care UK, medical director and responsible officer Rob Loveland is planning his retirement. Here he explains why this role offers the right successor an opportunity to provide highly visible and inspiring clinical leadership, championing a professional and open culture which empowers staff to ...
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News‘No arbitrary thresholds’ if ICUs get overwhelmed
Intensive care clinicians would be asked to prioritise patients for ICU care on an individual basis and not face “arbitrary clinical thresholds” in the “very unlikely” event that units are severely overwhelmed at a regional or national level, according to new guidance.
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NewsAt least 23 nationalities among NHS staff killed by covid
A unique analysis of data on 203 publicly reported deaths of health and social care workers from covid-19, shows a significant over-representation of BAME individuals. This is the third article in a series produced by Lesa Kearney, Simon Lennane, Ella Woodman, Emira Kursumovic and Tim Cook
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HSJ InteractiveLeadership Q&A: Northamptonshire Healthcare FT and Leicestershire Partnership Trust
As two East Midlands trusts embark on the process to appoint their next Medical Directors, Chief Executive Angela Hillery explains how these posts will help propel forward the medical agenda to meet the changing needs of the trusts and their systems
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HSJ PartnersVolunteers: a vital source of support
Supporting overburdened clinical teams is essential. We’re supplying a volunteer workforce to help, writes Dr Charles Armitage
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NewsTrusts move to daily pay to support vulnerable staff
Trusts are rapidly introducing technology which allows staff to draw down a proportion of their pay on a daily basis to support those whose households have become financially vulnerable because of the pandemic.
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CommentAmazed, guilty, excited, incompetent and frustrated — how NHS leaders feel amid the crisis
Niall Dickson discusses the various issues that are confronting NHS leaders during the coronavirus pandemic and testing their performance and levels of resilience
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HSJ AwardsBringing people together to find solutions
Professor Anoop Chauhan, winner of the Clinical Leader of the Year category at the 2019 HSJ Awards, has been the force behind the Portsmouth Hospitals Trust’s stellar growth in clinical research, notes Jennifer Trueland
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NewsChief leaves trust after 25 years for national role
Navina Evans will replace the outgoing Ian Cumming as Health Education England’s new chief executive, it has been announced today.
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NewsNHS leadership programmes on pause due to coronavirus outbreak
The NHS has suspended a dozen of its leadership programmes for at least the next 16 weeks as the health services tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsNHS managers included in government pensions ‘fix’
The government has raised the threshold for where the annual allowance taper is applied from £110,000 to £200,000 in a bid to address the NHS’ pensions crisis.
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NewsRoyal college president-elect barred after alleged misconduct
A royal college president-elect has been removed from his position and barred from holding office at the organisation for three years following allegations of misconduct.