All Health Service Journal articles in December 2021 – Page 8
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Expert BriefingThe Primer: Carry on Christmas?
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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NewsNational NHS orgs send staff to help with vaccine ‘national mission’
National NHS organisations are deploying their clinicians to work in the covid vaccination programme as part of plans just published for a dramatic expansion of booster capacity.
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NewsFinal ICS confirms chief executive
All 42 integrated care systems have now named their chief executive designate — or declared that they have failed to appoint.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Flu and far between
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsStaff flu vaccine uptake down on last year, despite winter fears
Early uptake of the flu vaccine by frontline NHS staff slumped this year, with only two in five having received it by the end of October, official figures show.
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NewsNHS suppliers must use electronic invoices from April
Suppliers to NHS commissioners will have to use paperless electronic invoicing from April 2022, according to national leaders.
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NewsNHS England chooses new chief operating officer
NHS England’s London director is set to become its chief operating officer for an interim period after a recruitment process failed to make a substantive appointment, HSJ understands.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The last thing the NHS needed
NHS staff are facing the prospect of another difficult winter. The Omicron variant, an accelerated booster campaign and expectations of elective recovery will be an immense challenge for a completely exhausted workforce.
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CommentThe removal of competition from the NHS is good news for the acute 'oligarchs'
The new legion of ICS leaders has some difficult problems to grapple with as the current acute system is akin to public sector oligarchs with a monopoly on staff, capital estate and coded activity, writes John Bennett
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: (Big) heads you lose
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentLaunching an EPR during the pandemic
The NHS needs access to the right technology and our leaders need to be making the right technology decisions, highlights Dr Ayesha Rahim
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CommentJulian Patterson: Willy Wonka and the transformation factory
New factory manager gears up for full production as NHS transformation drive gets underway, writes Julian Patterson
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CommentA willingness to take risks is key to tackling the emergency care crisis
To reduce overall harm and risk from ambulance delays to patients across the system and not just those in one’s direct care, clinicians need to balance the risk and adapt their approach to decisions for patients and systems, writes Benjamin Owens
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HSJ LocalCQC threatens to suspend licence of ‘large scale’ GP provider
A major GP group in Plymouth covering tens of thousands of patients could have its licence removed after failing to make ‘substantial improvements’ ordered by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsSearch for ‘low ego’ leader across four trusts with £3bn income
NHS England is seeking a chair with a “low ego and high emotional intelligence” to lead what will be the largest group of trusts under a shared chair.
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LeaderWhat the rejection of ICS jobs by acute chiefs tells us
Cast your minds back five years. Sustainability and Transformation Plans are a relatively new thing and NHS England has announced the leaders for the new powers in the land.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Inequalities no longer incognito
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Local‘Challenged’ trust plans to move patients to chairs to free up beds
An acute trust in the Midlands is planning to move patients to chairs on wards to free up beds for people waiting in its emergency department, following one of its “most challenged” days.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Omicron in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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Pay of medical directors and senior ICS managers to be reviewed
The government has asked the senior salaries review body to “give particular consideration” to the pay of medical directors and very senior managers at integrated care systems as part of the 2022-23 pay round.