All Health Service Journal articles in March 2021 – Page 7
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2020: Primary Care Networks, GP or Community Provider of the Year
WINNER: MoreLife UK – Providing Life-Changing Healthy Lifestyle Services in East Anglia to Protect our NHS
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2020: Mental Health Trust of the Year
WINNER: Hertfordshire Partnership University FT
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2020: Acute or Specialist Trust of the Year
WINNER: Sherwood Forest Hospitals FT
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News
Hancock clarifies powers to appoint local leaders after criticism from ex-NHSE chief
The immediate past chief executive of the NHS has criticised the health secretary’s intention to take a ‘joint’ role in some senior local NHS appointments.
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News
Vaccine centres must suspend new appointments amid ‘significant reduction in supply’
Mass covid vaccination centres and pharmacies must stop booking new first doses for April due to a ‘significant reduction’ in supplies, NHS England has announced.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: A critical window of opportunity for UEC reform
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter will track prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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News
Lenny Henry presents the HSJ Awards at 5pm today - register now to watch
The HSJ Awards – the most prestigious and fiercely sought after accolades in UK healthcare – will be revealed at an online ceremony from 5pm this afternoon.
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News
‘Smoking ruin’ DHSC could not lead vaccine procurement says Dominic Cummings
Downing Street took covid vaccine procurement out of the ‘smoking ruin’ of the Department of Health and Social Care in the early stages of the pandemic, according to Dominic Cummings the former chief advisor to the Prime Minister.
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News
Trust CEO leaves for national role
The chief executive of Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has been appointed the national lead for the implementation of the NHS long-term plan.
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Comment
Reconsidering the approach to regulating NHS services
Learning from the experience of the covid-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to strengthen a new and constructive dialogue between providers and the bodies that regulate them. By Leanora Vlope
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Comment
The difficulties of the government’s health reforms are starting to emerge
Richard Sloggett, former special adviser to the Secretary of State, shares his views on the reforms proposed in the Health and Social Care Bill
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Comment
The NHS is sleepwalking into a cardiovascular catastrophe
Cardiovascular disease has received a concerning disregard during the pandemic, which will mean a looming avalanche of strokes and heart attacks over the coming months and years, warns Jules Payne
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News
Capital budgets could be cut in areas that lose control of finances, NHSE warns
Health systems that fail to show robust monitoring and control of their capital budget could see their allocation cut in subsequent years, regulators have warned.
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News
Daily Insight: Watered down or full strength?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Government to take ‘joint’ role in appointing NHS chairs and CEOs
Matt Hancock has revealed that the government’sproposed health legislation would give the health secretary the power to ‘sign off’ or ‘veto’ senior appointments to local NHS boards.
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News
Trusts say joint board under single chair ‘does not mean merger’
Two neighbouring hospital trusts have ruled out a full merger, despite forming a joint board under a single chairman.
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News
Covid patients now fill fewer than 10pc of general hospital beds in every system
All of England’s health systems now have fewer than 10 per cent of general hospital beds occupied by covid-positive patients, and half are at 5 per cent or below, according to HSJ analysis.
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HSJ Partners
There is no vaccine for the climate emergency
Andy Witchell, Strategy and Development director for the Public Sector, ENGIE UK, sets out three key actions for achieving NHS net zero
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Comment
The NHS has not ‘sealed the deal’ with the public on increased use of technology
New research findings suggest policymakers will need to engage with the public and staff to give grounds for future changes and help build confidence about technology-enabled care, notes Tim Horton
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Comment
The pandemic has given us a playbook for doing things differently
The past exhausting year has shown us the crucial importance of equipping doctors with the leadership skills they need to deliver first-class care, says Dame Clare Marx