All Health Service Journal articles in March 2020 – Page 6
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Freeing up beds
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Interactive
Proactive steps to manage respiratory conditions
Proactively identifying patients who were poorly controlled with asthma, COPD and breathlessness won Portsmouth Hospitals Trust the 2019 HSJ award for Acute Sector Innovation. Jennifer Trueland reports
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HSJ Interactive
Increasing physical health check coverage for those with serious mental illness
City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group took home Mental Health Innovation of the Year at the 2019 HSJ awards. Jennifer Trueland explores the collaborative approach underpinning their win
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HSJ Interactive
Tackling the £1.5bn a year cost of chronic kidney disease
Modality Partnership’s project with Healthy.io and inhealthcare won the 2019 HSJ Award for primary care innovation. Jennifer Trueland finds out more about how home-based albumin screening is a cost-effective way to increase uptake and improve early detection
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Clustered together
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
£1bn to speed up hospital discharge and free 15,000 beds
Over a fifth of the £5bn given to the NHS to cope with the coronavirus crisis will be spent on increasing the rate of hospital discharge in an effort to free up around 15,000 hospital beds.
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HSJ Local
London teaching trust says non-clinical staff must go to work as normal
One of the largest teaching trusts in England has told its non-clinical staff to go into work as normal, as it continues to plan its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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News
Coronavirus deaths cluster appears in the West Midlands
A second coronavirus spike appears to be emerging in the West Midlands, with one of the region’s trusts now reporting nine deaths from the illness.
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News
Trusts criticise ‘completely chaotic’ covid-19 supply response
Several trust procurement leads have expressed frustration with the government’s response to covid-19, with HSJ being told of shortages of crucial personal protective equipment, unpredictable deliveries and a lack of clarity from the centre
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News
GMC defers revalidations until next year due to coronavirus
Doctors due to revalidate their licences between now and September have been told to delay doing so until next year and focus on their frontline duties.
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Expert Briefing
Urgent covid-19 legal changes explained
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Comment
Organisations can better support NHS staff suffering from stress
To improve NHS staff wellbeing, there is a need to move away from calling for greater individual resilience and towards improved change and support at an organisational level, says Ian Tegerdine.
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News
NHS leadership programmes on pause due to coronavirus outbreak
The NHS has suspended a dozen of its leadership programmes for at least the next 16 weeks as the health services tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
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Comment
Revealed: huge regional variation in NHS’ ability to meet coronavirus demand
New research from Edge Health shows that London is better prepared than other regions to cope with covid-19, but all regions will face substantial pressures in coming weeks, writes George Batchelor
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Barts takes the strain
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
NHS developing coronavirus contact tracking app
NHSX is working on a contact tracking app to trace the spread of coronavirus through the population.
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News
Covid-19 response forces halt to NHS cyber security checks
Security checks to keep the NHS safe from hackers have been delayed to help managers deal with covid-19.
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News
Report: Unannounced CQC visits may have exposed Whorlton Hall quicker
The scandalous failings at Whorlton Hall exposed by undercover reporters could have been detected sooner by the Care Quality Commission if it had carried out more unannounced visits, a new independent review has concluded.
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News
London begins major covid-19 reconfiguration
St Bartholomew’s Hospital is to be the emergency electives centre for the London region as part of a major reorganisation to cope with the coronavirus outbreak, HSJ understands.
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News
Trusts must return delivery cages ‘immediately’ as covid-19 strains supply chains
Trust staff must stop using delivery cages to move laundry “immediately,” as it puts strain on delivery operations and risks cross-contamination, a national procurement body has warned.