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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
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Hope Is A Dangerous Thing
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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CommentNHS knowledge specialists have never been more vital
The vital role NHS Knowledge and Library Services play in informing key decision making was brought into a sharper focus than ever during the pandemic, writes Sue Lacey Bryant
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CommentInclusiveness should be seen as a competence and not a virtue
To strengthen board diversity in the NHS, there must be commitment from the top, starting with national commitment and NHS boards, and public transparency is imperative, writes Joan Saddler
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News‘Outstanding’ rating given to online GP service for the first time
An online GP service has become the first provider of its kind to be rated ‘outstanding’, and has been praised by the Care Quality Commission for its covid-19 response.
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HSJ PartnersWorking in partnership with AHSNs to reset and recover after the pandemic
AHSNs can add value, supporting health and care systems to identify and adopt innovations, brokering relationships with industry and acting as catalysts for change. By Richard Stubbs
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NewsNHS England will demand ‘tougher’ financial savings from September
NHS England will ask health systems to make ‘tougher’ savings in the second half of the financial year, in anticipation of conversations with the Treasury about future funding.
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HSJ LocalHealth system sees covid occupancy double in a week
Hospitals in Lancashire have reported a steep rise in covid patients, with the numbers more than doubling over the last seven days.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Fourth wave blues
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsGovernment to consult on making covid vaccine compulsory for NHS staff
Ministers are set to launch a consultation on whether covid vaccinations should be compulsory for NHS staff, according to reports.
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NewsNHS England appoints new lead for covid vaccine programme
The surgeon who has managed much of the NHS’ response to covid will take over the vaccine programme, NHS England is announcing today.
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NewsRevealed: NHSE tenders for overseas inspiration on covid-19 recovery
NHS England and Improvement have sought inspiration from a handful of countries around the world to help the service’s recovery from the covid-19 pandemic, new documents have revealed.
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NewsICSs asked for ‘fully staffed’ long covid plans by mid-July
NHS England has asked integrated care systems to develop ‘fully staffed’ long covid treatment plans in the next month, and is providing £70m to enable them to do so.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Where the GP data-sharing scheme went wrong
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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CommentNHS leaders must be made accountable for reducing health inequalities
Work to address health inequalities, including ethnic health inequalities, should be elevated to a ‘must do’ rather than a ‘nice to have’, write Habib Naqvi and Richard Murray
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NewsStevens: My successor must ‘speak out for what is right’
Sir Simon Stevens has advised his successor they should not ‘be afraid to stand up and speak out for what is right’.
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CommentICSs and the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities
Andrew Fenton reflects on a re-energised NHS focus on health inequalities, and the vital role of ICS and place-level partnerships