All Health Service Journal articles in July 2020 – Page 2
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CEO says lives were lost as he was ‘leant on’ to delay covid restrictions
A trust chief says he was “leant on from a big height” to delay visiting restrictions at the start of the coronavirus pandemic - a decision which he believes could have cost 25 lives.
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More private Lighthouse Labs on the way
More private sector Lighthouse labs will be opened in England to support the NHS Test and Trace ambition to have capacity to deliver 500,000 covid-19 swab tests a day.
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ICS aims to fill one in five leadership positions with BAME candidates
A healthcare system has set itself the target of filling one in five of its senior leadership posts with black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates.
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Hancock decries ‘layers of management peering over staff’s shoulders’
The health and social care secretary has set out his ambition to build an NHS culture where staff are trusted to use their own judgement, rather than having ‘layers of management peering over their shoulder’.
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Comment
Talk to shielding people before time runs out
The NHS has a window to address the inequality which shaped the first wave of covid-19, as we enter the next phase of the pandemic, writes Charlotte Augst.
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Expert Briefing
Primary Concerns: Time to harness the outrage on health inequalities
HSJ’s new expert briefing on primary care - this week focusing on health inequalities - by correspondent Jack Serle.
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HSJ Partners
Securing the NHS pivot to digital: the questions boards should be asking now
Richard Strong, managing director, EMEA, Allscripts, argues trusts boards should be “very positive” about the health tech response to the first wave of covid-19; but they need to act now to secure recent gains for the NHS reset.
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HSJ Local
Trust agrees sick pay uplift after pressure from unions
A London trust has resisted calls to insource its soft facilities management contract, but agreed to improved terms and conditions for staff providing the outsourced services.
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HMRC strengthens grip on NHS tax bills after trust’s legal challenge fails
The NHS could face stronger enforcement over wrongly VAT claims after a foundation trust lost an unusual legal battle with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Success or scandal
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Hancock: ‘busting bureaucracy’ will help NHS staff
Matt Hancock has launched a “bureaucracy busting call for evidence” from healthcare staff, alongside publication of part of the long-awaited NHS People Plan.
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NHSE/I urges ‘reluctant’ clinicians to share records with major mortality review
System leaders have told GPs and trusts to share patient case notes with a major national mortality review programme amid concerns a “reluctance” from clinicians to release records was hampering the review’s progress.
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Cancer hubs ‘here to stay’ after ‘massive jump’ in long waiters
There has been a “massive jump up of [cancer] long waiters particularly in the area of surgery”, NHS England and Improvement’s national cancer director has said, with treatment hubs “critical” to trying to deal with the backlog.
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Deaths at home up 40pc, as fewer die in hospital
The number of people dying at home compared to those ending their lives in hospitals or care homes has increased significantly in the wake of the covid pandemic’s peak in April and May.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Pivotal moment for the tariff
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, this week by correspondent Tom Norton.
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Comment
Compassionate leadership must become NHS’ blueprint
Covid-19 has changed the NHS and social care, precipitating rapid transformation at a time of enhanced pressure and personal and professional challenge, writes Maz Fosh.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Moving targets
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NHS in talks with government over covid cash amid multibillion ‘overspend’
NHS England says it is still in discussions with the government over additional funding for the remainder of 2020-21, despite ministers announcing a budget uplift earlier this month.
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Investigations into alleged assaults on patients at private hospital
Two staff have been suspended from a major provider of mental health inpatient care, with alleged assaults of patients also being reported to the police.
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New A&E targets ‘to be rolled out before winter’
NHS England is planning to roll out new emergency care standards, designed to replace the four-hour A&E target, before winter, according to plans published today.