All Health Service Journal articles in June 2021 – Page 7
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News
Regulator warns trust over serious safety concerns
Regulators ordered a trust to take immediate action after it found junior doctors were seeing acute inpatients alone, the year after a psychiatric patient stabbed a doctor at one of the provider’s hospitals.
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News
Daily Insight: Vaccine slows where covid surges
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
ICSs and the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities
Andrew Fenton reflects on a re-energised NHS focus on health inequalities, and the vital role of ICS and place-level partnerships
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Big drop in vaccinations in region hit by new covid surge
The region at the forefront of the current surge of coronavirus has had a dramatic fall in its vaccination rate over the last month.
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News
Coroners call for changes to IT systems after two suicides
Coroners have called for urgent changes to be made to GP computer systems to help prevent suicide after two cases where men took their own lives.
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HSJ Partners
Rumsfeld wisdom and the Health and Social Care Bill
Michael Rourke on what the new ICS Boards and Health Partnership Boards will look like
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Comment
Mental health staff are feeling the strain of the pandemic too
Mental healthcare staff reported moral injury besides widespread changes in the nature of their work during the pandemic. By Peter B. Jones and Natalie Richards
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Workforce matters
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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News
NHS covid and Brexit chief awarded knighthood
The man who was charged with overseeing the NHS’ response to Brexit and then to the coronavirus pandemic has been awarded a knighthood in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: How an Afghan refugee became a telemedicine pioneer
Dr Waheed Arian escaped from Afghanistan and came to the UK as a child refugee in 1999. Since then, he has become an A&E doctor and founded global telemedicine charity ‘Arian Teleheal’.
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News
Trust sued for negligence over doctor’s suicide
The widow of a doctor who took his own life following a sexual assault allegation is taking legal action against the trust he worked for and the General Medical Council.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: The report the government must not ignore
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, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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Comment
‘University’ hospitals should be expected to raise their game on clinical trials
Matthew Swindells and Dr Harpreet Sood highlight four interventions that together could contribute in creating an innovative and progressive economic landscape for life sciences
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HSJ Local
Doyle named NHSE North West chief
NHS England and Improvement are set to appoint a GP and integrated care system leader as their new regional director for the North West.
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
‘Working with Stonewall is no longer compatible with NHS values’
Former NHS trust chief executive Kate Grimes shares her three-fold concerns over Stonewall. Editor’s note: the number of comments this article has attracted underlines how sensitive the issues discussed below are. HSJ would like to make it clear that the opinions expressed in this piece do not represent HSJ’s view ...
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News
Trusts and ICSs will have until April to develop carbon neutral plans
NHS trusts and integrated care systems will have until April next year to develop plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions, HSJ has learned.
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News
Treasury sign-off now required for all NHS payoffs
The government has tightened the approval process for special severance payments so that ministerial approval is required for exit packages over £100,000 and Treasury sign off needed for any agreement
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News
Daily Insight: A tale of two pandemics
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.