All Health Service Journal articles in July 2020 – Page 4
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News
National NHS org spends £10m on further redundancies
NHS Digital spent nearly £10m on more than 150 redundancies last year as part of a major restructuring programme.
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News
Business chief brought in to review ‘turbulent’ NHS IT landscape
A business chief has been given a senior role in NHS IT and asked to review its ‘clumsy’ landscape of national leadership, just over a year after Matt Hancock established NHSX.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Pay boost omission deals 'psychological blow' to junior doctors
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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Comment
The ‘little ship’ at risk from the rise of integrated care systems
Bob Phillips tracks the progress of Kingston’s coordinated care, its operational impetus and future prospects.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Are you ready to ‘call before you walk’?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter will track prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NHS England urged to bring in new A&E targets before winter
The NHS should begin implementing a new emergency care performance regime — which is set to replace the four-hour target — before winter, the Royal College of Emergency president has told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Trust lost £11m in private income due to covid
An NHS trust lost £11m in expected private income because of the covid-19 outbreak, it has revealed.
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Exclusive: Regulator launches independent review into care of vulnerable man
NHS England and Improvement have launched an independent review into the care and death of a man with learning disabilities, following concerns raised by HSJ.
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Government to give NHS staff ‘difficult’ pension choice
NHS Pension Scheme members face ‘difficult’ decisions over their benefits under government proposals to fix ‘unlawful’ discrimination in public sector schemes.
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Council seeks to block hospital rebuild backed by PM
A council is urging Matt Hancock to call in a decision to build a new specialist emergency care hospital as part of a major £500m project backed by the prime minister.
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Trust with 10pc of all covid deaths has ‘relatively low’ fatalities, according to CCG
A trust that is recording one in 10 covid hospital deaths in England has been described as having a ‘relatively low’ number of fatalities from the virus by its lead commissioner.
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Comment
Closing the gaps between primary and secondary mental health
With demand for mental health support expected to rise due to covid-19, there has never been a more important time to put primary mental health care at the heart of the NHS. By Andy Bell and Beccy Baird
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: ‘Bullying’ amid the pandemic
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
'Scared, but not alone': caring for staff during covid-19
Annie Laverty summarises seven core needs of staff that emerged during the coronavirus pandemic
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Juniors breach 72-hour week at trust with previous training concerns
Trainee doctors at a special measures trust worked more than 72 hours in one week after being asked to do seven 10-hour shifts in a row.
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Four in 10 anaesthetists fear for safety of their hospitals, poll finds
More than four in 10 anaesthetists are not convinced their hospitals would be able to provide safe services should there be a second wave of covid-19, a new survey has indicated.
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HSJ Local
Major acute trust launches investigation into bullying during covid crisis
A major teaching hospital trust has launched an investigation into a complaint of bullying during the covid crisis raised on behalf of more than 30 staff.
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Comment
Don’t blame agency staff for spreading covid
Temporary workers will always be needed in the sector, and covid-19 has proven the unique value that healthcare recruiters and agency staff bring. By Neil Carberry
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New committees take over from Cobra for covid ‘battle plan’
Matt Hancock says new cabinet committees have been formed to manage the government’s response to coronavirus, including a “battle plan” for the coming winter.