All articles by Dave West – Page 4
-
NewsExclusive: 20,000 patients a year ‘warehoused’ in community beds after hospital discharge
More than 20,000 patients each year are being left to languish in care homes and community beds after discharge from hospital without any rehab support according to new data obtained by HSJ.
-
NewsNational standard needed for community services investment
The new government must ensure that community as well as primary care receives more funding if it is to honour its pledge to shift the balance of resources away from hospitals, a leading trust CEO has warned.
-
NewsStreeting orders ‘emergency measure’ to avert doctor unemployment
Concerns that many GPs completing their training this summer could be left without a job has forced government to release an extra £82m to pay for their employment.
-
NewsCEO ‘exodus’ threatens NHS, ministers told
The NHS could face an “exodus” of chief executives within the next two years due to a retirement bulge and intense operational pressure, government pay advisers have warned.
-
NewsFaster pay rises for Band 8 and 9s under new framework
Band 8 and 9 NHS staff would see quicker pay growth under proposals to be considered by the NHS Staff Council.
-
Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will ministers rob primary care to pay primary care?
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.
-
NewsStarmer appoints close aide as health adviser
The prime minister has appointed a close lieutenant as his senior adviser on health and social care.
-
NewsNew 10-year health plan due next spring
The government is aiming to complete its 10-year plan for health services around next spring, HSJ understands.
-
NewsNHS and social care ‘tripping over each other’ on staffing
The NHS should help social care recruit and retain nurses, including with better pay and conditions, particularly for new service models where care staff take on more health tasks.
-
Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Streeting’s first days
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.
-
NewsStreeting orders ‘independent investigation’ into NHS performance
The government has commissioned former minister, surgeon and academic Lord Ara Darzi to carry out an independent review of NHS performance.
-
LeaderThe three tensions the new government must resolve
The new government will need to resolve three tensions in its mission to fix the broken NHS, writes Dave West.
-
NewsBiggest ever fall in maternal smoking after NHS prevention scheme expanded
Last year saw the biggest ever fall in the proportion of mothers smoking during pregnancy, which campaigners have attributed to expansion of a “stop smoking” programme in maternity services.
-
NewsInterim regional directors named by NHSE
NHS England has named interim regional directors for the North West, and North East and Yorkshire, after the incumbent’s retirement.
-
Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Labour’s £6bn social care questions
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.
-
Expert BriefingThe Integrator: How NHSE may seek to incentivise more community care
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.
-
NewsPritchard: NHS risks becoming ‘expensive safety net’ if politicians dodge ‘key choices’
The NHS is in danger of becoming an “expensive safety net” if government and society do not “grasp the nettle” over increased funding and tougher prevention, NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard has claimed.
-
NewsExclusive: Minister proposed £10 monthly ‘insurance style’ fee for NHS dentistry
A health minister has suggested citizens could pay a monthly fee — similar to an insurance scheme — to be entitled to free NHS dentistry, at recent meetings about how to solve the crisis in the service, HSJ has learned.
-
Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Can shared waiting lists and staff supercharge recovery?
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.
-
News‘Keep the faith in ICBs’, urges national leader
Policymakers must “keep the faith” in integrated care boards, and should not seek to “carve up” their role by removing responsibility for overseeing provider trusts, a national leader has said.