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NewsQuarantine for overseas doctors risks ‘devastating impact’ on staffing
Ministers should exempt doctors from ‘red-listed’ countries from paying ‘prohibitive’ hotel quarantine charges or risk a ‘devastating impact’ on the NHS, the British Medical Association has said.
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NewsNHS England covid comms control was ‘truly dreadful’, claims health system leader
A leader of Greater Manchester’s health and care system has claimed NHS England’s approach to communications is “truly dreadful” – a claim which has been rejected by the national body’s medical director as “obviously not correct”.
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CommentYou can’t legislate for a collaborative culture
Greater Manchester has been designing a model that builds on the strong partnership that has already taken place at a city-region level and at place but continues to address challenges, writes Sir Richard Leese
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Expert BriefingHospital group chief installed at neighbouring trust
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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CommentModern surgery is harming surgeons, the NHS must invest in robots or see them quit
CEO of Milton Keynes University Hospital, Professor Joe Harrison, explains why UK surgeons need greater tech support now
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HSJ PartnersWhy support for unpaid carers matters
Jen Kenward emphasises that unpaid carers are vital to sustaining our health and care systems, and without them, we simply would not cope
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The rebirth of care.data (sort of)
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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NewsFears digital health will be brought ‘to its knees’ by vaccine passport
Private health tech companies have told HSJ they fear they will be ‘crowded out’ by the government promoting the NHS App as the main provider of the covid-19 vaccine passport.
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NewsNHS scrambles to avoid underspend of ‘billions’ against bumper covid budget
The NHS is scrambling to avoid a substantial and ‘embarrassing’ underspend against the budgets it negotiated with the government for additional covid costs, HSJ has learned.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Inquiring minds and the World King’s gambit
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsPatients needing scans to be ranked on risk of becoming disabled
Patients awaiting a diagnostic test are to be assessed according to risk of becoming disabled as the service tries to prioritise in the face of huge backlogs.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The pandemic's disproportionate toll on female staff
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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HSJ PartnersBeating the backlog: why tech is key to supporting recovery in the NHS
New technologies that propel better patient care and streamline processes will be essential to bringing the NHS back on track, writes Tim Weil
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NewsPM: ‘More funding required’ to ‘restore and rebuild’ NHS
The prime minister will declare that ‘more funding will be required’ to ‘restore and rebuild’ the NHS after covid-19, and that government will be ‘setting out in detail the huge scale of the challenge’ for the service.
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NewsNHS ramps up digital staff passport plans
NHS England and NHS Improvement has set out plans to significantly widen the use of the digital staff ‘passport’, a temporary version of which was rolled out last year in response to the pandemic.
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CommentThe non-covid dividends from Test and Trace
The UK’s covid testing work offers several promising — and dramatic — longer term dividends for public health and healthcare, says Axel Heitmueller, who oversaw developments at NHS Test and Trace.
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HSJ PartnersDigital can help unclog your elective care back-log
New digital solutions that support asynchronous communication between clinicians could transform elective care and aid in tackling the expanding waiting lists
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CommentAnalysis: the long road to restoring elective care performance
How bad will elective waiting times get? And what will we need to do about it? Rob Findlay crunches the numbers.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Irreparable sight loss
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: Half of all hospitals inspected broke covid safety law
Nearly half the hospitals targeted in covid-related spot checks were found to be breaching health and safety laws.