All Health Service Journal articles in June 2020 – Page 8
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HSJ Interactive
We don’t need to ‘fly blind’ as the NHS re-opens services
The holistic view provided by population health management systems will be crucial to local NHS and care services if they are to transform effectively to meet the new demands over the coming years. Brian Waters explains more
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Comment
Charisma + humility = effective leadership during covid-19
Lewis Thomas and Kieran McHugh, trainees on the NHS graduate management scheme working at Imperial College Healthcare Trust and North Central London CCG respectively, share their reflections on leadership having worked during the covid-19 pandemic
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News
NHS seeks another huge increase in testing capacity
The NHS has been told to increase its covid-19 swab testing capacity again by at least double, HSJ has learned, including via efforts to expand rapid-turnaround tests.
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HSJ Local
Hospital to be covid-free with A&E cases redirected
An acute trust is set to further downgrade an accident and emergency department as part of plans to create a covid-free hospital.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Restoration phase must address inequalities first
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Contact me in confidence.
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News
NHS’ workforce race equality lead to retire this year
NHS England’s workforce race equality director is to lead plans to support black, Asian and minority ethnic staff across London during the covid-19 pandemic, before retiring later this year.
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News
Exclusive: Senior doctors warned of service failings before 12 deaths
Senior doctors repeatedly raised concerns over safety and staffing problems at a mental health trust before a cluster of 12 deaths, an HSJ investigation has found.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: The shape of things to come
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Government calls in ICS chair to plot next steps for social care
The chair of an integrated care system and former local authority director has been appointed as the lead of a new government covid-19 social care taskforce.
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Comment
Stop sending “happy-clappy” newsletters and go and listen to staff
The leadership task is to focus on creating high performing teams who communicate well about the basics and then the task is to just let go. By David Fillingham, Elaine Mead and Stephen Singleton
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News
Details revealed of NHS covid contracts with major tech firms
The government has released details of NHS covid-19 data sharing deals with major tech giants — including Amazon and Google — revealing “unprecedented transfer of personal health information”.
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News
Webinar: Can consistent levels of digitisation and cybersecurity now be achieved across the NHS?
The chief information officer of University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, one of the global digital exemplars, spoke at an HSJ webinar on how consistent levels of digitisation can now be achieved across the NHS.
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News
Trust chief: I have been ‘culpable’ and ‘complicit’ on BAME issues
A trust chief has told staff she has been “culpable” and “complicit” when it comes to understanding the inequality and discrimination faced by black, Asian and minority ethnic people.
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HSJ Local
Neighbour trusts set to extend ‘closer working’ scheme indefinitely
Two hospital trusts are set to extend their shared leadership indefinitely amid the expiry of a two-year collaboration contract.
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News
Revealed: online covid tests refused to those not on credit check database
Disadvantaged groups may be excluded from the government’s online coronavirus test and trace system because it requires a credit reference database check to decide whether to deliver a home test, HSJ can reveal.
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Leader
The NHS in the time of covid: what happens next
What will the next six months bring for the NHS? HSJ has spoken to the service’s most senior figures and makes the following predictions.
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Comment
NHS procurement strategy should aim to boost local economies, not save money
Tom Llyod Goodwin emphasises on the role of the NHS in post-covid-19 local economic recovery and support to greater social and environmental value within NHS supply chains
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News
‘Much higher’ risk of staff-to-staff covid infection behind decision to insist on masks in non-clinical areas
Hospital staff will be required to wear surgical masks at all times to prevent them infecting colleagues with covid-19, health secretary Matt Hancock has announced.