Sky high hospital covid infections underline risk of IPC relaxation
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 correspondent Matt Discombe.
CEO ‘astonished’ by how few junior doctors meet their senior directors
A retiring chief executive was “astonished” how many junior doctors had never met the senior directors of their hospitals — and stressed how being visible on the wards is “critical” to good leadership.
Health system sees covid occupancy double in a week
Hospitals in Lancashire have reported a steep rise in covid patients, with the numbers more than doubling over the last seven days.
Dozens of hospitals hit dangerous bed occupancy levels
Dozens of acute trusts have operated at very high levels of bed occupancy in the past month, as they deal with a surge in non-covid patients with thousands fewer beds than normal.
CEO to take over third teaching trust
The chief executive of two acute providers is set to take over the leadership of a third teaching trust in Lancashire.
North by North West: How trusts compared on the NHS staff survey
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North by North West: Lessons to learn from four-year HR battle
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North by North West: Hancock’s grubby intervention over A&E closure
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10 new hospital vaccine sites revealed
Ten more hospitals are to start giving the Pfizer covid vaccine, including two in coronavirus ‘hot spots’.
Exclusive: Doctors accuse trust of caving to political pressure to reopen ‘unsafe’ A&E
Senior clinicians say their trust board has caved into political pressure by making an ‘unsafe’ decision to re-open a small emergency department — having previously suggested this would not happen if there was a second wave of coronavirus.
New site for pathology hub as PwC criticise ‘crude’ selection process
A new location has been chosen to create a centralised hub for pathology services in Lancashire, after a consultancy firm criticised a ‘ crude’ process in which another site was previously identified.
Number of covid hospital patients in north west likely to equal April peak by end of month
Public health officials believe it is ‘extremely likely’ the North West region will have around 3,000 covid patients in hospital by the end of October – matching the numbers seen during the first peak of coronavirus.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Acute Service Redesign Initiative
The Integrated Urgent Care Team now work together with other transformation services to support older people living in the community in an integrated model of care to deliver ‘integrated urgent care at home’.
Ex-regulator chief returns from Qatar to lead integrated care system
The former chief executive of the Trust Development Authority has been appointed to chair an integrated care system in the North West.
Invest in a centrally-managed approach to work placements
Embedding good quality work experience in the NHS is vital to attracting the college students needed to address the workforce crisis, writes Gillian Cairn
Named: The trusts receiving new cash for scanners
The trusts in line to receive £200m for upgrading cancer screening equipment from the government have been announced.
North by North West: Struggling to adapt
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North by North West: Why Liverpool missed out
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Eight CCGs to merge to make ‘really tricky decisions’
System leaders have drawn up plans to merge eight clinical commissioning groups into one organisation, to take some “really tricky decisions”.