All articles by Jack Serle – Page 11
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NewsMultiple providers flag disruptions to capital projects
Multiple local providers are citing price increases for possible delays to capital projects as a result of supply problems with construction materials.
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NewsTrusts face ‘inevitable’ price rises as supply crisis hits NHS
Trusts face ‘inevitable’ price rises on goods bought through NHS Supply Chain due to ongoing disruption to global trade, according to an update published by the national body.
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NewsMinisters target 85pc flu vaccine uptake among frontline NHS staff
The government is aiming to get at least 85 per cent of NHS frontline staff vaccinated against flu this winter – an 8 percentage point increase on last year’s performance.
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NewsTrust efficiency target lower than feared
Efficiency targets for the second half of the financial year will be lower than providers were told to plan for, NHS guidance published today reveals.
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NewsGovernment moves to keep ‘private interests’ out of key ICS boards
People with ‘significant interests’ in private healthcare will be barred from sitting on the key NHS boards at the top of integrated care systems, under new government proposals.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Alwen Williams, Barts Healthcare Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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NewsNew covid agency’s £2bn procurement budget revealed
The government is looking for two commercial directors for its new health protection agency, with one expected to be responsible for £2bn-a-year expenditure.
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NewsUK to import 9m blood tubes under emergency measures, three weeks after US raised alarm
The key supplier of blood tubes to the NHS will bring in an additional 9 million tubes this week from overseas after receiving an emergency authorisation, three weeks after it gained a similar permission in the US.
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NewsNHS England issues target for cutting blood tests
Hospitals must cut their demand for blood collection tubes by at least a quarter and GPs must only order clinically urgent tests for the next three weeks, according to instructions issued by NHS England today.
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NewsGovernment extends GCHQ powers over NHS IT systems
A British intelligence service will continue to have access to information from NHS IT systems after the health and social care secretary extended the duration of a direction that the government says enables officials to help ensure network security.
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News‘Borderline critical’ stock leads to new blood test restrictions
Local NHS organisations are ramping up their efforts to conserve ubiquitous blood collection products as concern grows current measures have not been sufficient and stocks may run even lower.
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NewsNational NHS procurement chair steps down
The chair of NHS Supply Chain’s publicly owned management company will step down at the end of September after three years in the post.
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News£43m going into primary care network ‘leadership and management’
Primary care networks will get dedicated new funding to support their leadership and management, NHS England announced today.
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NewsInterim chief commercial officer chosen by NHS England
The NHS’ ‘chief negotiator with the pharmaceutical industry’ has been made interim chief commercial officer after the incumbent CCO left to head up Downing Street’s new delivery unit.
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NewsTrusts fear ‘fragmentation’ of specialised services under Health Bill reforms
Providers fear a ‘fragmentation’ of services when NHS England begins delegating specialised services budgets to integrated care systems under reform plans.
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NewsExclusive: Major trust ‘weeks away’ from running short of blood collection tubes
Supplies of key blood tube collection products in one of England’s largest trusts could run out by the end of August, trust leaders have warned, as the health service scrambles to stay on top of an ongoing shortage of essential consumables.
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NewsTrusts told to plan for ‘unrealistic’ efficiency savings while Treasury talks continue
Trusts have been asked to plan for baseline efficiency savings of 1.5 per cent for the remainder of the financial year, as the NHS continues negotiations with the Treasury over its full funding package.
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NewsNHSE steps up action on blood test tube shortage
Non-essential blood tests should be stopped and trusts and GPs should prioritise genomic tests over others, NHS England has said, as the health service continues to confront global blood collection tube shortages.
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NewsBlood tests rationed amid equipment shortage
Trusts are taking steps to limit blood tests amid a national shortage of blood collection tubes, as the NHS puts out a call to pathology labs for emergency supplies.
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HSJ LocalNeighbouring ICSs plan single hospital IT system
Five trusts across two integrated care systems are drawing up plans to roll out a single electronic patient record funded by the government’s flagship infrastructure project.