All articles by Dave West – Page 7
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NewsLabour will give GPs ‘obligation’ to offer choice, says Streeting
The shadow health and care secretary would give GPs a stronger “obligation” to offer patients choice of provider at the point of referral, which they are not currently doing, he said.
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NewsAtkins appointed health and care secretary
Victoria Atkins has been named as health and social care secretary, replacing Steve Barclay.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Baby steps again on specialised services
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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NewsStevens hits out at raft of ‘pound foolish’ government decisions
‘Chronic short-termism’ by government is undermining the nation’s ability to respond to another pandemic, a previous NHS England chief executive has said.
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NewsJohnson claims ‘NHS failure to grip discharges forced lockdown’
Boris Johnson has claimed he was ‘forced… to lock down the country… because the NHS and social services had failed to grip… delayed discharges’, it has emerged.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Social care goes it alone on staffing plan
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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NewsExperienced chief moves to fourth trust
An experienced chief executive who ran his system’s “gold command” covid-19 response has been named as the new boss of a teaching trust whose previous leader has moved to Gibraltar.
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NewsNHS can’t prepare for pandemic surge due to lack of staff, NHSE warns
The NHS has too few staff to prepare for a pandemic surge, while its ageing buildings and social care’s weak ‘resilience and capacity’ would also undermine its response, NHS England has warned.
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Expert BriefingA big revenue hole needs filling
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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News‘New approach’ to GP contract will ‘increase resilience’, says ICB
An integrated care board is set to replace a company which has been running a GP practice on a short-term deal, with a long-term contract held by a local primary care network, under a ‘new approach’ it says will ‘increase resilience, capacity and value for money’.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst trusts for inpatient experience
There was a small fall in patients reporting a ‘good’ experience of inpatient care in 2022, according to a Care Quality Commission survey, with five trusts seeing a ‘significant’ fall in their score compared to 2021.
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NewsLabour commits to regulating NHS managers
Labour has said it would introduce a tougher system of regulating NHS management, and is consulting the sector on how to approach it, in the wake of Lucy Letby’s murders.
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NewsFormer NHS manager to ‘lead on health reform’ for Labour
Labour has announced a new shadow health and social care team, including a former NHS manager who will lead on NHS reform for the party.
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NewsLength in post of each trust CEO
The length in post of each trust chief executive, up to August 2023, from HSJ research.
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NewsRevealed: 60pc of trusts have a ‘first-time’ CEO
Nearly two-thirds of trusts have a ‘first-time’ chief executive, while one-third of the sector’s CEOs have been in their current post for 18 months or less, following a period of remarkable turnover since the covid crisis.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Cost of living crisis’ contributing to stillbirths, research finds
The cost of living squeeze is a significant factor in some stillbirths, according to case reviews carried out in one of England’s most deprived areas.
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NewsNursing director suspended over Letby concerns
The former chief nurse of Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has been suspended by her current employer, after the conviction of Lucy Letby for murdering babies while working in Chester.
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NewsPCNs face ‘resourcing and maturity challenges’, ICS leaders warn
Primary care networks may lack the “resourcing and maturity” needed to deliver integrated care systems’ ambitions, ICS leaders warned in a newly released survey.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Moving the blockage
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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NewsNHSE reveals ‘two tier’ intervention regime for ICSs
Failing integrated care boards can commit to improving before NHS England formally intervenes, according to new ‘enforcement guidance’ set out by the regulator.