All Health Service Journal articles in January 2022 – Page 4
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HSJ Partners
Covid-19 prompts Foundation Trust to expand medical device integration
Clinical computing hubs help Trust move from episodic monitoring to continuous integrated surveillance without adding to clinician burden or increasing labor costs
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News
Revealed: The evidence which shows poorer and ethnic minority patients wait longer for NHS care
The significantly longer waiting times suffered by patients from minority ethnic groups and in more deprived areas for a range of elective procedures have been laid bare in NHS analysis shared with HSJ.
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News
The Primer: Back to the foundations
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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News
‘We have done our own risk assessments’: the NHS staff defying the vaccine mandate
NHS workers protesting against the requirement for all patient-facing staff to be vaccinated against covid have told HSJ the government is relying on “brute force” to push the “soul destroying” measure through and that it sets a “dangerous precedent” which could undermine the principle of “informed consent”.
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News
Exclusive: Bullying, sexism and racism ‘prevalent and tolerated’ at national regulator
An external review into the national safety watchdog has revealed ‘damaging’ cultural problems, including bullying, sexism and racism which go ‘right to the top of the organisation’.
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HSJ Local
CCG opens ‘care hotel’ after critical incident
A hotel in the centre of Norwich is temporarily being converted into a care facility to help ease local bed pressures, as Norfolk becomes the latest area to pilot the model.
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News
Only four in 10 covid inpatients in London have the disease as their ‘primary diagnosis’
Only 41 per cent of covid positive patients in London hospitals are being primarily treated for the disease, according to official data released yesterday.
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News
Daily Insight: Exit, pursued by a restructure
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily Insight
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Shelf lives, epic sagas and final thoughts
Your essential update on health for the week.
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News
‘Babies at risk’ as NHS faces losing nearly one in 10 midwives over mandatory jabs
The NHS could be forced to dismiss almost 2,000 midwives by the government’s mandatory vaccination policy, amid warnings from a former chief nurse of England that mothers and babies will be put at risk.
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Comment
Drowning in surgical tape: doctors cost NHS millions, says study
Major new report highlights concern that vital management funding is wasted on unproductive patient care, writes Julian Patterson
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HSJ Partners
Helping trusts build a stronger, more flexible workforce
The Managed Service Provider model has a central place in the future of a flexible workforce in the NHS, writes Mike Ruddle
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Red Meat for the NHS
This week we discuss the politics around the elective recovery plan, following suggestions it could be announced imminently to distract from the goings on at Number 10.
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News
NHS England admits it will miss cancer backlog target
The NHS will miss its target for clearing the backlog of long waiters for cancer, NHS England’s national director has conceded.
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News
Another NHSE national director announces departure
NHS England’s national director for improvement has announced he is retiring.
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News
Daily Insight: The neverending story
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
Why NHSE’s plan to abolish the 4 hour A&E target is a mistake
The study shows that long waits in A&E are associated with higher patient mortality. So, if waits much longer than 4 hours are demonstrably bad, what does this imply about policy?
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News
Ambulance company takes CCG to court over ‘biased’ procurement
An independent ambulance company is taking a clinical commissioning group to court over how it awarded a patient transport contract to a rival.
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News
Technology ‘tsunami’ creates funding challenge, says regulator chief
The ‘tsunami’ of digital health technologies being adopted by the NHS is putting a strain on regulators’ ability to determine which ones offer value for money, according to outgoing National Institute for Health and Care Excellence chief executive Gill Leng.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: The legal headaches of mandatory vaccination
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.