All Health Service Journal articles in June 2020 – Page 5
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News
Revealed: Three regions overtake London on ‘excess’ deaths
Three regions have now overtaken London on the rate of “excess deaths” since the start of the coronavirus pandemic – suggesting increased attention and financial support should be given to these areas.
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Expert Briefing
Vulnerable patients are forced to choose between their lives and income
On Monday HSJ revealed the government is planning to end the shielding programme for over two million ‘extremely clinically vulnerable’ people next month. The decision has highlighted many of the problems the programme has been faced with from the start.
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Comment
UK now reliant on China for majority of PPE imports
Matthew Bevington sheds light on the remarkable turnaround in demand for PPEs where imports rose by 45 per cent in April, compared to a year earlier.
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Trusts to buy Serco out of joint venture after losing major contract
Two foundation trusts are set to buy an outsourcing company out of a multimillion pound pathology partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Independence day
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Student nurses could get cash support as Hancock disputes ‘wrong’ pay claims
The government is in discussions over providing financial support to some student nurses whose clinical placements have been delayed by the covid-19 outbreak, HSJ understands.
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CQC plan to restart inspections needed like ‘hole in head’, says Confed
The Care Quality Commission has issued a plan for re-starting routine inspections — but has been warned by the NHS Confederation that the health service needs this ‘like a hole in the head’.
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Trust unfairly dismissed staff member after ‘hatchet job’
A trust chief executive ‘inexplicably’ became involved in the case of a member of staff which ended in their dismissal after a ‘hatchet job’ disciplinary process, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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‘Independent review of NHS’ ahead of second wave
There should be independent reviews of the NHS’ readiness for a potential second major outbreak of coronavirus in the UK, senior doctors are arguing.
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Former ICS leader joins firm supporting vulnerable patients
The former leader of one of the first integrated care systems has joined a firm which is using data and coaching to support vulnerable people during the covid-19 outbreak.
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Comment
SARS tells us covid will have serious psychological impact on staff
Based on evidence of earlier SARS-CoV epidemics, Valerie Amies and Clive Martinez analyse the current pandemic’s potential psychological toll on healthcare workers and the implications for sustainable service delivery
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News
Revealed: People Plan’s proposal to tackle local workforce crisis
Regional ‘people boards’ are to be recommended for all regions in England by the unpublished People Plan for the NHS.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Stop shielding, start calling
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Government releases BAME report it denied existed
The government today published the second part of its covid-19 risk review — despite two weeks ago implying it did not exist when HSJ revealed it had been suppressed.
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Exclusive: Shielding programme for two million high risk patients to be dropped
The government is set to cease its ‘shielding’ programme for those at highest risk from coronavirus at the end of July, HSJ has learned.
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A&E leader: All departments should be ‘call before you walk’
A ‘call before you walk’ system to prevent overcrowding and the spread of covid-19 in emergency departments should be implemented alongside a ‘beefed up’ NHS 111 service, a senior figure has said.
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Rich-list biotech entrepreneur got £25m PPE contract
Details have emerged of what appears to be one of the largest contracts for personal protective equipment awarded during the height of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Comment
We must offer patients hope, even if we can't offer timely treatment
With no capacity for any operations other than the urgent and emergency, waiting list growth looms large over patients, writes Polly Dickerson.
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News
Revealed: The trusts with the biggest drop in referrals
Referrals for treatment fell by 70 per cent during covid-19 lockdown, new data has shown.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Health but social care
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.