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NewsSage member refused to back covid discharges statement
A member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies committee refused to sign up to the consensus statement on the impact of hospital discharges on covid outbreaks in care homes.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Lessons from the NHS’s most successful AI project
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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CommentVolunteers are not a ‘nice to have’ for NHS services
It is time for a more strategic approach to identify areas where volunteers play a crucial role for NHS trusts, writes Helen Gilburt
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HSJ LocalNHSE prompts ICS review of city’s hospitals
NHS England has asked for an independent review to look into the configuration of hospital services in a city with six separate acute and specialist trusts.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Exploring the exodus of NHSE directors
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentThe distraction games
Need something to take your mind off the cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine and celebrity libel cases? Time to dig out the old board games, writes Julian Patterson
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NewsNHS England ends covid ‘command and control’ measures
The NHS threat level in response to covid-19 has been downgraded following drops in community cases and hospital inpatient numbers, NHS England chiefs have announced.
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NewsGovernment announces ‘ambitious’ dementia strategy
The government has announced a 10-year strategy for dementia.
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HSJ PartnersDelivering Digital Improvement need not be a fairy-tale
Zuhlke is a global innovation service provider with 50 years’ experience in healthcare. To drive innovation to scale and capitalise on the huge digital opportunities post-covid, Calum Macleod, Health lead at Zuhlke UK, outlines six steps that will identify the right digital projects to start now
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NewsSharp rise in child development issues in wake of covid
Families are being ‘left without the support they need’, as overstretched services struggle to handle ‘a significant and growing minority’ of children not developing as expected.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: NHS England’s unhappiest people
On this week’s episode, we discuss NHS England’s leaked staff survey results, which reveal the best and worst performing departments and regions, and deliver a particularly worrying verdict on the People Directorate.
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HSJ Partners‘Look. And You Will C Us’ – a community support programme to help tackle cancer inequalities in the UK
Véronique Walsh, General Manager of Gilead Life Sciences UK and Ireland, on how more needs to be done urgently to tackle inequalities in access to optimal cancer care
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CommentGetting a same-day GP appointment in the UK is relatively easy
A survey of around 19,000 adults over the age of 65 in 2021 asked about their health and care, including how the pandemic had affected their access to services in 11 countries. For the UK, the results are mixed.
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NewsTrusts resist visiting rule after ‘Javid threatens to call CEOs’
Local clinical leaders are continuing to question pressure from government and NHS England to relax covid-19 visiting restrictions.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The place is the thing
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: ICSs under threat from devolution frenzy
A plethora of complex governance arrangements are being set up in and around ICSs – which are only just due to become statutory. We discuss why these complications might hinder successful service change.
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NewsCovid discharges to care homes necessary, but DHSC failed on isolation, court finds
Discharging untested hospital patients into care homes in spring 2020 was ‘necessary to preserve the capacity of the NHS’, but the government acted illegally by failing to recommend they were isolated on admission, the High Court has ruled.
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NewsCost of living pushing more staff to ‘off-framework’ agencies
Clinicians are increasingly choosing to join ‘off-framework’ staffing agencies which pay higher day rates, pushing up trusts’ costs, according to information shared with HSJ.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The real reasons why two-year waiters have dipped
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. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsMore than 7k resignations every month as NHS staff seek better work-life balance
New NHS staffing data suggest a ‘worrying acceleration’ of people choosing to resign from their jobs.