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PodcastHSJ podcast: Big decisions under cover of covid
This week has seen a flood of coronavirus related news so the podcast this week discusses two other important happenings, that might have been given more attention in normal times.
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NewsNHSE recommends law to abolish CCGs by 2022
NHS England is backing legislation to abolish clinical commissioning groups by April 2022, strip back competition rules, and require trusts to be part of care alliances, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentDirector's appointment should be used to reframe the debate around health inequalities
Dr John Ford outlines what should be the prime concerns for the new director for patient equalities and health inequalities
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CommentThe case for strong systems and joined-up care
Chris Ham and Clare Gerada argue that partnership working, not legislation alone, is the key to improved health and integrated care
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NewsBaroness Harding: I don’t owe the NHS an apology
Dido Harding has declined to apologise for any reputational damage NHS Test and Trace may have done to the wider health service.
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NewsExclusive: Covid pressure still rising at dozens of hospitals
Are NHS hospitals at risk of being overwhelmed by covid? As government and MPs decide their plan after lockdown, HSJ analysis reveals a large minority of hospitals are still seeing growth in coronavirus admissions, and in the number of beds taken by covid-19 patients.
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HSJ PartnersBuilding resilient services through people, assets and infrastructure
Nicola Mortali on the need of a shared vision, close communication, clear delineation of roles with shared risk to deal with the challenges ahead
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NewsTrust CEO asks for ‘scientific evidence’ on covid vaccine safety to reassure staff
NHS trust chief executives have told HSJ they need more clarity the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine is safe to reassure their worried staff.
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NewsSteep capital spending rise still falls £1bn short of NHS ask
The health service’s capital budget is to increase by almost a third on its pre-covid level, although still lags behind previous calls to put healthcare spending in line with that of other advanced nations.
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NewsCovid deaths surge at ‘special measures’ trust which ‘escaped’ first wave
Covid deaths at a small Midlands hospital trust have quadrupled in less than two weeks, putting it higher than nearly all its peers.
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NewsExclusive: 111 First to go live imminently amid ‘vehement’ opposition in some EDs
Emergency care leaders are warning it will take up to six more months to determine whether pilots of a radical change to accident and emergency are working, even though it is due to go live nationally next week, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersRise of the Scalable Workforce
GRI CEO, Andrew Preston, addresses the need for a clear strategy to tackle workforce challenges in the NHS, to ensure the agility and flexibility to maintain and improve performance and manage the long-term impact of coronavirus.
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HSJ PartnersSmall Hospitals of the World: Be Bold and Assert Your Future Place in Health Care
Increasingly integrated care challenges the current role of small hospitals, but the pandemic has revealed a powerful new role for these traditional institutions, say Ben Horner, Laura Bergonzini, Stephen Sutherland and Robert Marshall
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Hospital staff likely to get covid vaccine first
Hospital trusts have been put on notice that the challenging storage requirements of the first covid vaccines are likely to mean the vaccination of their staff will have to form the vanguard of the planned roll-out next month due.
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NewsHancock calls for routine flu testing as part of major diagnostics expansion
Matt Hancock has called for British people to routinely get tested for the flu, saying covid diagnostic capacity should be kept and used for “everything” once the pandemic dies down.
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HSJ InteractiveUsing data in the post-covid world
How the NHS can use data to better meet patient needs as it responds and recovers after covid
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HSJ PartnersBridging the primary care capacity gap: digital healthcare in the age of covid
Digital health solutions can help deliver additional capacity and resilience for primary care during the vaccination programme and the covid-19 expansion fund would benefit from its specific provision, writes Juliet Bauer.
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Tablet onlyHSJ’s 50 most read articles of 2020
HSJ takes a look back at the 50 most read stories of 2020.
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NewsExclusive: Three trusts paying US firm £210m for tech catch-up
A new electronic health record system will cover three linked London trusts in a deal worth £210m as they look to catch up with peers on tech maturity, they have revealed to HSJ.
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NewsCovid admissions falling in all regions except London and the South East
Covid admissions are continuing to rise in London and the South East as they fall away in the rest of the country, NHS England’s hospital data shows.