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CommentCowper’s Cut: Delta’s coming home
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsTwo-year waiters for elective care up by half to just under 4,000
The number of patients waiting more than two years for elective care has grown by nearly half in the space of one month, HSJ analysis can reveal.
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NewsJavid pledges ‘new plan on mental health’
New health secretary Sajid Javid has said a ‘new plan’ and further investment will be needed to tackle the post-covid rise in demand for mental health services.
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NewsUpdated IPC advice stresses importance of ‘local risk assessment’
NHS England has issued updated advice placing greater emphasis on the assessment of local infection prevention and control risks, including covid infection rates, as trusts look to increase and maintain elective care activity.
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CommentLetter from Scotland: The 'once for Scotland' recovery plan
In his regular dispatch from north of the border, Henry Anderson discusses the Scottish government’s ambitious plans to fast track the health service’s recovery with the help of a new organisation
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HSJ LocalFlagship public-private alliance faces major delays and row over ‘power and money’
A £440m community services contract was due to be handed over to a new provider alliance this month, but the partners have failed to agree contractual terms and predicted it could take a further 18 months to do so.
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NewsRegulator criticises covid-hit trust over infection control
Concerns have been raised about a trust’s approach to infection prevention and control issues — more than a year into the pandemic — including that it stopped screening those arriving at the hospital entrances for covid after 5pm.
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NewsNHSE confirms consultation on mandatory staff covid vaccination
The number of pharmacies delivering the covid-19 vaccination is set to more than double for the planned autumn booster campaign, new guidance states.
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NewsGeneral practice earns at least £400m after doing many more covid jabs than planned
General practice has delivered more than two-thirds of total covid-19 vaccinations — substantially more than the 50 per cent share initially planned, and worth at least £400m income to the sector — HSJ analysis confirms.
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HSJ PartnersOpening the doorway to a different NHS
Digital solutions will play a key role in helping primary care networks address health inequalities and build back post-covid, writes Matt Elcock
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2021: Best Healthcare Provider Partnership with the NHS
WINNER: Spire Healthcare and the NHS in England, Wales and Scotland: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2021: Best Acute Sector Partnership with the NHS
WINNER: Medway and Swale Integrated Care Partnership: DAB111: Introducing Direct Access Booking from 111 Into Urgent and Emergency Care
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2021: Regional Covid-19 Response Partnership Award
WINNER: Archus, Mott MacDonald, Q5, Hoare Lea, BDP, Welsh Rugby Union and Cardiff & Vale University Health Board: Dragon’s Heart Hospital/Ysbyty Calon y Ddraig
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2021: Local Covid-19 Response Partnership Award
WINNER: Tower Hamlets Together: Family-Focused Multi-Agency Shielding Support for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable Children
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HSJ Interactive
How hospitals can crack the challenge of managing outpatient appointments
Managing outpatient appointment booking was complicated enough before the pandemic, and the subsequent care backlogs have only made it worse. An HSJ webinar invited a panel of experts to discuss the challenges and how new methods of digitisation could make things better. Claire Read reports.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Matt Hancock’s tech legacy assessed
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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HSJ PartnersGlobus Group reveals pivotal PPE breakthrough during pandemic
Globus and its products are meeting the needs of the NHS workforce by designing an innovative new range of face masks specifically for the NHS that offers a better fit and higher levels of protection for staff
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NewsMultimillion-pound contract extension for Test and Trace staff ahead of next wave
The Department of Health and Social Care has extended two contracts for contact tracers with outsourcing giants Serco and Sitel by six months for an additional cost of £168m.
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS ensure a permanent shift in the way it uses data post-covid?
The pandemic has driven a changed understanding of the value of consolidating healthcare information but there are obstacles to overcome if the NHS is to ensure a permament shift in the way the NHS uses data, a recent HSJ webinar heard
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CommentWhat HIV care can teach us about treating long covid
To successfully rehabilitate long covid patients, we should learn from existing best practice in long-term conditions care such as HIV, writes Charlotte Augst