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NewsRevealed: £350m for first three months of Nightingale hospitals
Nearly £350m was earmarked by NHS England/Improvement for spending on England’s Nightingale hospitals, according to newly published contracts.
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NewsEx-NHS Scotland chief joins mental health trust as advisor
A former NHS Scotland chief executive has joined a mental health trust’s board as an advisor.
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NewsNHSE launches pilots to shake-up A&E model
NHS trusts are piloting a new model under which walk-in patients “call first” if they want to be seen in an emergency department.
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NewsRegion used ‘clinically unsafe’ healthcare app for three years
A healthcare app which was investigated over failing to meet clinical and governance standards has been dropped by north London commissioners after it was deemed “clinically unsafe”.
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NewsHospital deaths falling at fastest rate yet
Deaths from covid-19 in England’s hospitals are declining at the fastest rate yet, as the whole South West region sees one death in seven days.
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Restoration delayed as trusts wait for covid cash
There is growing frustration from local leaders over delays in accessing covid-19 capital funds — despite government assurances the NHS would get “whatever it needs”.
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NewsIncoming HEE chief: ‘White leaders under pressure’ to prove black lives matter
The NHS must directly confront the issue of “white privilege”, take responsibility for the fact that some from a minority ethnic background believe the service contains “racist” organisations, and stop looking for reasons not to tackle discrimination, leading NHS figures have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalMedics demand better terms for 'less valued colleagues'
A third of the doctors employed by Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust have written to management calling on them to rethink a controversial outsourcing deal.
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NewsOcado boss hired to get contact tracing app back on track
The government has recruited an Ocado boss to help get the covid-19 contact tracing app ‘back on track’ as it abandons its original operating model.
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NewsRevealed: Three regions overtake London on ‘excess’ deaths
Three regions have now overtaken London on the rate of “excess deaths” since the start of the coronavirus pandemic – suggesting increased attention and financial support should be given to these areas.
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NewsRevealed: People Plan’s proposal to tackle local workforce crisis
Regional ‘people boards’ are to be recommended for all regions in England by the unpublished People Plan for the NHS.
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NewsRevealed: 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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NewsNHS’ 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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CommentA national urgent care planning service could be covid’s silver lining
Professor Julia Riley proposes a patient-focused strategy for care homes that would help implement a national digital advance care planning policy where advance care plans of patients are shared across all urgent care services.
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NewsMajor trust’s workforce chief to leave after four years
King’s College Hospital FT’s chief people officer to leave after four years Dawn Brodrick joined the trust from the Department for Communities and Local Government A major teaching trust’s workforce chief is set to leave her role after four years in the post, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHS looking to block-book private hospitals for another two months
Health chiefs in London are hoping to extend the block-booking of private hospitals for NHS patients for a further two months, HSJ understands, with some pushing for even longer.
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NewsCity Hall challenge for NHS London service shakeup plan
A London Assembly member has written to Sadiq Khan expressing concern about the lack of consultation about Sir David Sloman’s ‘fundamental’ overhaul of the NHS in the capital.
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NewsExclusive: PPE demand set to balloon as lockdown relaxed
Demand for personal protective equipment in London is expected to increase dramatically as the coronavirus lockdown is eased, according to internal modelling.
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NewsNHS ordered to rush out ‘meaningless’ covid antibody tests ahead of PM’s deadline
NHS pathology labs have been given just two days to roll out thousands of antibody tests, amid a push to reach a covid-19 testing target set out by Boris Johnson.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The capital prepares for a second peak
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.