All Health Service Journal articles in February 2022 – Page 2
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NewsJavid wants ‘best cancer care in Europe’
Sajid Javid has pledged to make England’s ‘cancer care system the best in Europe’ with a new 10-year plan, despite current problems with underdiagnosis and long waits for treatment.
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Comment'Shape up or ship out' message was motivation, claims chair
Chair and chief executive who presided over a ‘culture of name-calling’ promise to learn the lessons of the past, writes Julian Patterson
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Careless spending, candid chiefs and a change of heart
Your essential update on health for the week.
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LeaderSorry, not sorry
The non-apology has arrived to squat on British public discourse like a particularly ugly and unwanted toad.
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NewsNHS spend on private healthcare rose 27 per cent in a year
NHS commissioners’ spending on private healthcare increased 27 per cent to more than £18bn in 2020-21, with pandemic effects causing it to rise faster than spend on NHS trusts and general practice.
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NewsDaily Insight: Integrated chaos system
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News‘Galling’ move to claw back £28m of overpayments to GPs
NHS England is seeking legal advice on whether it can claw back £28m of “overpayments” that were made to GPs.
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HSJ LocalTrust's recruitment process for new CEO under fire
A major acute trust has defended its recruitment process for a new chief executive after an influential MP criticised what she sees as a lack of involvement from local stakeholders.
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Expert BriefingThe Primer: Levelling up?
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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NewsTrust apologises for saying patient’s sexual assault ‘didn’t happen’
A hospital trust has apologised to a mental health patient who reported being sexually assaulted in its A&E department – after it emerged in a safety review that staff wrote ‘this has not happened’ and dismissed her claims of the attack.
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HSJ InteractiveIs cybersecurity now an urgent patient safety issue?
With cyber attacks constituting a risk to clinical care, a recent HSJ webinar in association with Sophos argued cybersecurity should be the business of everyone in the NHS. Claire Read reports
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NewsNHSE to spend up to £42m on management consultants for elective recovery
NHS England will fund integrated care systems to spend up to £42m on management consultancy help with their elective recovery plans this year, it has confirmed.
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NewsNational chiefs tell staff covid vaccine is ‘professional responsibility’
The most senior clinical leaders in the NHS have written to staff telling them it is their professional responsibility to be vaccinated against covid-19, in the wake of the government abandoning plans to make it a legal requirement.
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NewsDaily Insight: Putting the ‘ire’ in ‘hire’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ PartnersExtended access changes: How can CCGs and PCNs adapt?
For the second time, the planned transfer of CCG-commissioned extended access services to PCNs has been postponed by a further six months, until October 2022.
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NewsTwenty trusts in region now sharing chairs and CEOs
Nearly two-thirds of London trusts will soon be sharing a chair and/or chief executive, after a pair of mental health providers agreed to appoint a joint chair.
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NewsRevealed: How NHSE’s new transformation directorate will operate
Six directors will lead the different units of NHS England’s new transformation directorate created by merging NHS Digital and NHSX into the organisation.
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NewsRecovery plan expects two more years of waiting list growth
The government’s NHS recovery plan says elective waiting lists are likely to continue growing until March 2024.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Clinicians take aim at remote appointment targets
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior content editor Hayley Kirton.
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NewsFormer NHS England chief appointed chair of four trusts
Former NHS England deputy chief executive Matthew Swindells has been appointed chair of all north west London’s acute trusts.