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NewsDigital and consumer bosses encouraged to apply for CEO of new body
The government has started advertising for a chief executive of the newly formed National Institute for Health Protection.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Has covid changed hospital inspections forever?
The Care Quality Commission’s chief executive has said inspections will no longer be “big, disruptive events” - HSJ’s podcast discusses how covid has changed how the regulator operates for better or worse.
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NewsCQC steps in at troubled trust over covid infections
The Care Quality Commission has taken immediate enforcement action at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust citing “serious concerns” over patient safety.
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NewsMicrosoft mono-culture ‘putting NHS at risk of cyber attack’
The NHS’ reliance on Microsoft could be putting the organisation’s computer systems at risk of another major cyber security attack, according to a royal college IT lead.
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CommentEmbracing the seismic shift in digitisation
As the NHS continues to resume routine services, and deals with the huge backlogs of care the pandemic has created, it’s essential that technology is used in a way that best supports and enhances care for both staff and patients, writes Rachel Hutchings.
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NewsCQC inspectors ‘could become covid super-spreaders’, unions warn
Unions have warned Care Quality Commission inspectors “could become covid-19 super-spreaders” after they were not included in plans for regular asymptomatic testing, despite experts’ assurances risk is minimal.
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NewsUpdated: Government pilots payment support for people in covid quarantine
The government will offer financial support to people in areas of highest covid-19 incidence who are on low incomes and must self-isolate after coming into contact with someone with the virus.
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CommentTransformation is needed in NHS governance and regulation
Transforming the culture and architecture of the NHS must be on the government’s agenda for improving patient care and working lives of NHS leaders. By Danny Mortimer.
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NewsExclusive: Review launched after ‘injustices suffered by BAME staff’
A clinical commissioning group has ordered an independent review of its culture after what is described as “injustices experienced by black Asian and minority ethic colleagues” during the covid pandemic.
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NewsMental health patients excluded from ‘narrow’ winter funding
Mental health patients have been excluded from the government’s “narrowly focussed” funding to support hospital discharges over 2020-21.
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NewsNHS Confed: Suspend routine CQC inspections over winter
NHS leaders are calling for routine inspections of hospitals and other providers to be paused until after winter so services can focus on treatment backlogs and exhausted staff.
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NewsCovid could scupper female opportunity in NHS, warns senior trust chief
The covid pandemic’s impact represents a ‘’real risk to opportunity’ for the female workforce, a senior trust boss who also chairs a women’s leaders’ network has warned.
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NewsRaft of covid service changes not being reversed
Significant changes to a range of services, including A&E, stroke and maternity, made amid the covid-19 crisis are set to remain into next year, an HSJ analysis of key projects has found.
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CommentNHS communicators fear crumbling of support
Health communicators are deeply concerned that public support for the NHS may soon start to crumble as the health service wrestles with the daunting task of restoring pre-covid levels of service, writes John Underwood.
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Revealed: New cash penalties and incentives for waiting list challenge
New financial penalties and incentives for elective activity will be decided solely by system-level performance, prompting concerns from local leaders.
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NewsTrenholm: ‘CQC inspections will no longer be big, disruptive events’
The ‘effectiveness’ and ‘responsiveness’ of providers are set to be downplayed during the winter as part of more ‘streamlined’ inspections from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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News‘Insane secretiveness’ undermined ‘limp’ People Plan, claims one of its authors
One of the authors of the NHS People Plan has slammed NHS England’s “insane secretiveness” in the lead-up to its publication, claiming the document was “limp” on diversity and ignored the immediate staffing challenges facing the NHS.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Did PHE deserve to die?
In the week following Matt Hancock’s announcement of the abolition of Public Health England, HSJ Health Check examines the implication for the staff and functions of the important agency
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The grim truth on targets
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ PartnersThe NHS IT challenge is not to go ‘paperless’ but to unlock the value of information
Paper records and other forms of unstructured data contain hugely valuable information. Trusts should be planning to capture and use it to meet covid and ‘reset’ challenges by deploying a modern electronic document management system, says Mike Seel