All Health Service Journal articles in June 2022 – Page 3
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Comment
'We want you to feel liberated' says NHSE
As NHS England prepares to relax its grip, system leaders can look forward to a new era of earned autonomy, writes Julian Patterson
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Comment
‘Every door I try is locked’: how to overcome the barriers to collaboration
Lisa Weaks on the importance of sharing work equitably, recognising different contributions and how the Health and Care Act presents genuine opportunities to create change
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News
NHSE strategy chief pledges ‘single leadership team’ for service
NHS England’s new chief strategy officer has set out plans to establish ‘a single, aligned leadership team’ that will include local CEOs, and promised ‘more immediate tactical communication channels’ with the centre
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News
Covid-positive hospital patients rise a quarter in one week
The number of patients in English hospitals who have tested positive for covid has increased 28 per cent in a week, the steepest rise since mid-March
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Race, inequalities and NHS ConfedExpo
Race and racism in NHS leadership and workforce, and health inequalities, are the subject of this week’s HSJ Health Check podcast.
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HSJ Partners
How can the NHS best manage complex hospital discharges?
Bruce Horne, product specialist at Orion Health UK, considers how better information sharing and care planning could support the more effective management of hospital discharges
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News
Exclusive: Leak reveals priorities of long-term plan refresh
A drive to ‘transform’ access to urgent, emergency and planned care will be added to the goals of the NHS long-term plan, a document leaked to HSJ has revealed
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: NHS takes an early lead
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
A&E promoted from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’
The Care Quality Commission has improved the rating of a long-struggling A&E from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’, as part of a system-wide inspection of urgent and emergency services
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System leadership is a good thing, but we don't really know how it should work
Naomi Chambers and colleagues discuss the activities that should feed into and come before acting on the Messenger report’s recommendation for a single set of unified core leadership and management standards for managers, and associated training and development programmes
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News
Half of ICSs have no ‘partnership’ chair or ‘place’ leads
Less than a month before integrated care systems take over from clinical commissioning groups, half have not selected a chair of their partnership board, and more than half have yet to appoint the executive leaders of their constituent ‘places’, HSJ research has found.
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GPs lose ‘turning point’ legal battle with NHS property agency
Estate chiefs hope a landmark court triumph marks a ‘turning point’ in their relationship with GPs after a legal challenge brought by the British Medical Association was dismissed.
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Expert Briefing
Industrial tensions are simmering
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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News
Watchdog warns over medication risk to vulnerable
Vulnerable patients cared for in secure mental health units across England could miss out on vital medications due to a shortage of learning disability nurses, a safety watchdog has warned.
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Trust was sent ‘unfit’ ventilators at height of pandemic
A trust was supplied with ventilators that were not ‘fit for NHS purposes’ by two suppliers at the height of the first covid wave, HSJ can reveal.
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Ministers opposed 48 manager pay deals worth £150,000+ in last three years
Ministers have opposed nearly 50 proposed pay deals for top NHS managers in the last three years – but were only able to block four of them – figures obtained by HSJ have shown.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Is NHS making it harder to go private?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Why the NHS isn’t sending more patients private
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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News
‘Shift to untrained staff’ leaves over half stroke units with too few nurses
Fewer than half of stroke units in England have the recommended number of trained nurses — a drop of 10 percentage points in two years, a report has warned.
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News
NHS systems ‘making it harder for patients to go private’, say independent providers
The amount of NHS elective procedures carried out by the private sector in early 2022 was lower in eight of the 10 largest specialties than in a comparable period before the pandemic, an HSJ analysis reveals.