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NewsNew lead for DHSC’s MedTech directorate
The procurement lead from a major London acute will lead the Department of Health and Social Care’s new medical technology directorate, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCovid admissions rise sharply in the South West
The number of covid positive patients admitted to hospitals in the South and East of England has stopped falling and, in some areas, is rising steeply.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The NHS’s £18bn rainy day fund
NHS trusts have more than £18bn in covid cash reserves, but how helpful is this extra money?
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NewsUpdated: Rollout of omicron vaccine threatened by ‘flimsy needles’
NHS staff have warned that needles supplied with a covid vaccine which targets the omicron strain are “not fit for purpose” and could place vaccinators and members of the public at risk.
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NewsBillions in covid cash reserves used to balance trusts' books
NHS trusts will draw on billions of pounds of cash reserves built up during the pandemic to help fund their costs this year, while using aggressive accounting treatments to stop the spending hitting the bottom line.
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NewsExclusive: Government extends pension tax bills deadline
The government is extending the deadline for NHS staff to apply for their pension tax bills to be taken out of their pension fund as opposed to paying it upfront, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersVirtual wards have sparked a new era for remote care – what happens next?
Adrian Flowerday discusses how expansion of initiatives like virtual wards is needed to reduce health inequalities and ensure that thousands of people have access to the benefits of remote monitoring over the coming years
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News‘Emergency’ pension rule changes extended to help NHS cope with winter
The government is planning to extend measures introduced during the coronavirus pandemic which relaxed the pension rules for staff who ‘retire and return’.
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NewsTrusts must ‘exercise judgement’ on covid testing after routine swabs scrapped
Scrapping routine covid tests in hospitals ahead of autumn boosters could downplay how serious the disease still is, NHS leaders have warned as they said trusts would exercise their own judgement on testing.
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NewsLight-touch scrutiny during covid gave ‘freedom’ to improve, says retiring CEO
The CEO of a mental health trust that recently moved out of the successor to ‘special measures’ is to retire early next year after more than 40 years in the NHS.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Provider-led ‘place’ perfection
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsCovid death payments unavailable for staff who died in most recent waves
The families of any NHS and social care staff who died from covid in the most recent waves will not be eligible for the covid death assurance scheme launched at the start of the pandemic, it has emerged.
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Comment‘Warm hubs’ may potentially save lives this winter
Claire Kennedy and Simon Morioka discuss the importance of bringing people together to share resources and the need to look beyond traditional planning, to control the impact of the coming winter
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CommentThe next best thing to a plan
The NHS faces the toughest winter on record. With a renewed promise of support from national leaders, integrated care systems now have even more to worry about, writes Julian Patterson
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PodcastHSJ podcast: ICSs - 1 Trusts - nil
Significant tensions between a mental health trust and an ICS have prompted the trust’s chief executive to resign.
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NewsGovernment examines surge in ‘potentially preventable’ deaths
Department of Health and Social Care officials are concerned that many more people are dying than expected in recent months – particularly older working-age people – with NHS care delays and interruptions a likely cause.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Vulnerable mothers falling through the cracks
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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NewsCovid redeployment ‘wrong’ and ‘will never be repeated’
Redeployment of community staff to other services – meaning visits for babies and parents were missed – was the “wrong decision” and would “never be repeated”, a provider has stated.
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HSJ PartnersDigitising patient records for safe and effective care
An ambitious project in London North West University Healthcare Trust is working to improve patient care by digitising the organisation’s entire active caseload of records
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CommentProgress on mental health is still fragile, ICSs must not let it slip
With 1.5 million people waiting for mental health treatment and no additional investment from the covid recovery funding, integrated care systems must now take the lead in delivering parity for people with mental health problems, writes outgoing MIND chief executive Paul Farmer.