All Health Service Journal articles in March 2021 – Page 3
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NewsNational agency boss to step down
NHS Digital chief executive Sarah Wilkinson is to leave her post this summer after four years in the job.
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NewsDaily Insight: Marching to a different beat
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsUptake leaps among final vaccine ‘priority’ cohorts
Around a quarter of 50-54-year-olds were given a first dose of the covid vaccine in the space of a week, according to new figures from Public Health England.
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NewsNHSE launches new intervention regime for struggling providers and health systems
The NHS will divide providers, commissioners and health systems into one of four ‘segments’ that determine the level of scrutiny and intervention they receive from regional and national teams under a proposed new oversight framework.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why this year’s NHS marching orders are so different
The NHS has been given its planning guidance for the first half of this year – and it strikes a markedly different tone to previous years. But what else would you expect from 2021?
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Beds lacking, inspectors returning and recruiters appointing
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsCCGs to be absorbed into integrated care systems by autumn, says NHSE
Most clinical commissioning group teams at ‘sub-ICS level’ should not be operating by October, as they are effectively subsumed by integrated care systems, new NHS England guidance says.
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NewsWards at trust facing patient deaths inquiry downgraded to ‘inadequate’
Wards at a trust facing an inquiry over the deaths of vulnerable patients have been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ over fresh patient safety concerns.
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NewsDaily Insight: Appoint in question
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTreasury demands ICSs achieve financial balance for first time
The government has included a new requirement around the financial performance of integrated care systems in its key demands of the NHS for 2021-22.
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NewsTrusts told to be more flexible with staff holiday
Trusts should be flexible in their holiday policies, including letting staff carry over any unused annual leave, NHS England has said.
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NewsPlanning guidance: New elective and cancer targets revealed
Integrated care systems will be eligible for a share of a £1bn ‘recovery fund’ in 2021-22 by achieving certain elective activity targets based on pre-covid levels.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: ‘No urgency, no plan’ for long covid
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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NewsNHS launches major recruitment drive in Hong Kong
The NHS has launched a major recruitment drive for nurses in Hong Kong, where around 5.4 million residents have recently been given special rights to settle and work in the UK.
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NewsMaternity services to be quality checked as £95m pledged to improve safety
Trusts will be visited by NHS England and Improvement maternity advisers to achieve ‘sustainable improvement’ in the wake of the Shrewsbury and Telford care scandal.
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Provider given multiple CQC warning notices is led by member of CCG governing body
An outpatients service, which is run by a member of a clinical commissioning group’s governing body, has been served with three warning notices by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsNHSE/I rows back on ordering trusts to provide remote appointments
NHS England and Improvement has watered down plans to force all trusts to offer remote appointments to patients booking consultations, after providers raised concerns it would be a ‘significant burden’.
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NewsDaily Insight: Spring backwards
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTop US healthcare chief to join NHS England
The chief executive of a leading US healthcare organisation has been hired as NHS England’s new director of transformation.
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NewsTrust forecasts June surge in covid patients will be on a par with April 2020 peak
A trust in the South East is forecasting it will be treating as many covid patients in June as it was at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic last April.