All Health Service Journal articles in June 2020 – Page 7
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: The long goodbye
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Contact tracing app ‘will not be ready until autumn’
The coronavirus contact-tracing app will not be ready for national rollout until the autumn, according to a London Assembly member.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: What the next six months hold for the NHS
In this week’s episode, HSJ editor Alastair McLellan discusses the next phase for the NHS in the wake as services and government respond to the ongoing threat of coronavirus.
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News
Urgent cancer treatment down 60 per cent in April
The number of patients receiving urgent cancer treatment fell by 60 per cent in April, as hospitals struggled to provide services while grappling with covid-19.
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HSJ Local
Long-serving hospital chief to retire amid ill health and investigation into trust finances
The chief executive of one of the largest trusts in the country has announced he is retiring following a period of ill health.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Back to normal is not good enough
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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HSJ Interactive
Leadership Q&A: Care UK
After a successful five year tenure at Care UK, medical director and responsible officer Rob Loveland is planning his retirement. Here he explains why this role offers the right successor an opportunity to provide highly visible and inspiring clinical leadership, championing a professional and open culture which empowers staff to ...
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News
Serious covid-linked condition in children ‘now in decline’
A serious coronavirus-linked illness which put up to 100 children in intensive care now appears to be in decline as the number of covid-19 cases also falls, HSJ has been told.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Nightingales sing to the tune of £220m
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Patients received ‘derogatory’ treatment at women’s unit
Inspectors have placed a women’s mental health service into special measures after patients were said to have been subjected to “inappropriate” and “derogatory” treatment by staff.
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News
Updated: College advises many children can come off shielded patient list
Many children on the shielded patient list can be told they no longer need to be isolated, according to new guidance for clinicians issued by the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health.
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Comment
Giving psychological first aid to NHS colleagues
Dr Tracey Ryan-Morgan, Lynda Mizen and Sharron Price explain the urgency of planning immediate responses and services deployed for staff wellbeing through the covid crisis
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News
Revealed: Government spent more than £200m on Nightingale hospitals
The government has spent more than £200m on setting up and running England’s Nightingale temporary hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Transparency through leaks and litigation
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by digital services correspondent, Jasmine Rapson.
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HSJ Interactive
A time to recognise progress on workforce race equality in the NHS
Dr Habib Naqvi and Yvonne Coghill ask NHS organisations to fastrack implementation of WRES for recognising improvements in workplace race equality.
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News
Covid aftercare piles pressure on ‘understaffed’ community services
The aftercare of covid-19 patients will have significant financial implications for ‘understaffed’ community services, NHS England has been warned.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: How many warnings are needed?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
NHS must rethink its reliance on overseas recruitment, says regulator
The NHS must think “long and carefully” about its reliance on overseas recruitment, as it will be “difficult” following the covid-19 pandemic, the chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has warned.
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News
Trusts handed new rules to ‘minimise’ contacts between staff
NHS organisations have been told to ‘minimise’ close contacts between staff – including restricting the number of staff on ward rounds – to lessen covid-19 infections in healthcare settings.
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News
Stevens and local NHS chiefs join Black Lives Matter calls
NHS England chief Sir Simon Stevens has said the Black Lives Matter movement and covid-19 have brought ‘stark and urgent’ focus to the problems black, Asian and minority ethnic people face.