Dave West
Dave is HSJ’s deputy editor and leads our news and intelligence team. His own work focusses on NHS England, integration and primary care. He had won a number of journalism awards and was named one of the top 10 journalists on Twitter by the Press Gazette. Dave has expetise on areas including acute care, quality, and informatics.
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NewsCovid cases caught in hospital more than double in a week
The number of covid-19 cases likely to have been caught by patients already in hospital for other conditions has more than doubled in a week — rising more quickly than coronavirus admissions from the community.
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‘Don’t recreate SHAs’, government told ahead of NHS bill
NHS Providers will this week warn against ‘re-establishing an all-powerful quasi-strategic health authority tier’, as government prepares to legislate for integrated care systems.
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Stevens: 2021 legislation must give integrated care systems ‘a legal form’
NHS England is expecting new legislation ‘in the first half of 2021’ which will create a ‘legal form’ for integrated care systems, Sir Simon Stevens has told HSJ.
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Stevens: NHS is preparing second-wave ‘escalation plans’ but will enact them ‘as late as possible’
NHS leaders are preparing escalation plans for a potential “second wave” of coronavirus, but will continue seeking to restore non-covid care until “as late as possible”, Sir Simon Stevens told an HSJ event today.
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Exclusive: Top leadership team at NHS Test and Trace includes just one clinician
The top leadership of NHS Test and Trace includes several senior figures brought in from retail, commerce and industry, but only one public health expert, a leaked structure document reveals.
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Exclusive: Commercial covid labs seek NHS support
The private sector component of England’s national covid testing regime is running short on capacity and has asked the NHS for help, HSJ has learnt.
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Troubled trust to share chair with neighbour
A small trust with severe quality and financial problems is to share a chair with its larger neighbour, it has announced.
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Deaths at home up 40pc, as fewer die in hospital
The number of people dying at home compared to those ending their lives in hospitals or care homes has increased significantly in the wake of the covid pandemic’s peak in April and May.
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Local chief takes on national Test and Trace role
The joint chief executive of a council and clinical commissioning group has taken on a senior position in the national NHS Test and Trace programme.
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Will the public sector take back control of Test and Trace?
There is still an opportunity for the public sector to take back NHS Test and Trace.
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Trusts and unions make 'urgent' call on staffing
The main representative bodies for both healthcare staff and employers have, in a highly unusual move, declared “urgent” joint priorities for workforce.
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Former ICS leader joins firm supporting vulnerable patients
The former leader of one of the first integrated care systems has joined a firm which is using data and coaching to support vulnerable people during the covid-19 outbreak.
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Exclusive: Burnham proposes new ‘single system’ pilot to government
Andy Burnham has asked government to support Greater Manchester as a pilot for the next phase of joining up social care with NHS services, arguing there is a new imperative in the wake of coronavirus.
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Exclusive: Two hospitals see 60pc of new covid cases caught on the wards
More than 60 per cent of new covid cases diagnosed at two hospitals in the Midlands in recent days were caught at least two weeks after the patient was admitted — suggesting there may be particular problems with the virus spreading on their wards.
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Officials investigating ongoing coronavirus surge in hospitals
Officials are investigating ongoing pressure from covid-19 patients in hospitals in the East Midlands, while several other parts of England have seen high death rates persisting.
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Exclusive: Recovery concerns as most ICUs still well above normal capacity
Dozens of intensive care departments are still running well over their normal capacity – in some cases more than double – weeks after the peak of demand, figures seen by HSJ reveal.
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Exclusive: Virus persisting at higher rate in north of England
Coronavirus spread appears to be persisting at a higher rate in parts of the north of England – prompting warnings that the mortality gap between those more and less deprived will get bigger.
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Where the NHS restoration might start first — and last
Figures seen by HSJ highlight areas where NHS hospitals may have the most scope for reintroducing normal care — but those in the areas argue it will not be straightforward.
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The NHS’ recovery from covid will be complex, uncertain and controversial
Restarting “routine” care will be no simple task, as our analysis of yesterday’s letter from NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens shows.
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Hancock ‘very worried’ at signs of rare covid-linked condition in children
Matt Hancock is “very worried” about signs that a new coronavirus-linked syndrome may be emerging in children, which are being investigated “as a matter of urgency”, he has said.
