All Health Service Journal articles in March 2020
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Pandemic leads to huge change in patient and GP behaviour
As this pandemic necessitates the use of digital technology as a medium of contact, the primary care sector has witnessed some major changes in both patient and GP behaviour.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: A Nightingale sang
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Government 'writes off' £13bn debts and pledges to review annual charges
The government has announced a “write-off” of £13.4bn of historic debt across the NHS, in what amounts to an expansion of a policy which has been planned for months.
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Data ‘black hole’ hampering covid-19 preparations, chiefs warn
A “black hole” of vital critical care data, which is being collected by NHS England but not widely distributed, is hampering trusts’ ability to prepare for the coronavirus outbreak, chiefs have warned.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Leading the field
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Major acute tells staff to work despite isolation guidance
A major hospital trust has told staff they should attend work even if a household member is showing covid-19 symptoms, contrary to national guidance.
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News
Cap lifted on staff testing amid growing outcry
Hospitals have been told they can test as many staff as possible after national leaders abandoned the cap they imposed last week.
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News
Exclusive: Government seeks urgent PPE audit amid widespread shortages
The government has ordered an urgent national audit of personal protective equipment, body bags, swabs and infection control products, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Regional variation
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Exclusive: Retail logistics firm put in charge of crisis-hit PPE deliveries
The firm Clipper Logistics will manage a new supply channel to deliver personal protective equipment to NHS trusts and community healthcare partners, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
US firm to provide tech for first Nightingale hospital
NHS chiefs have chosen Cerner as the electronic record provider for the new Nightingale Hospital in London.
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News
Demand for NHS tech services rockets amid covid-19 crisis
Demand for core NHS information and access services has “exploded” amid the coronavirus pandemic, new figures shared exclusively with HSJ reveal.
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Two trust chief execs self-isolate with coronavirus symptoms
Two trust chief executives are self-isolating after showing symptoms of covid-19.
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HSJ Interactive
Understanding the impact of Freedom to Speak Up
Dr Henrietta Hughes on fostering a culture in which workers are supported to speak up and why it’s important for organisations to use data to develop new insights into their own speaking up culture
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Revealed: The remote and rural hospitals at threat from coronavirus
Covid-19 has surged first in London — but hospitals away from the capital are concerned they could be left in the cold, and those in rural or remote areas may be the most vulnerable.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Losing the will
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Covid-19 admissions predicted to rise by 1,000-a-day
Coronavirus hospital admissions are expected to remain at around roughly 1,000-a-day for the next two to three weeks before “stabilising”, according to the government’s chief scientific adviser.
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HSJ Local
Acute trust to close smaller A&E during covid-19 crisis
An acute trust in Lancashire will temporarily close one of its emergency departments, with staff sent to bolster the workforce at its main hospital during the covid-19 outbreak.
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Nightingale top leadership revealed
The first members of the leadership team at the NHS’ flagship covid-19 treatment centre have been revealed.