All Health Service Journal articles in March 2021 – Page 9
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News
NHSE hard line fails to speed up staff vaccine uptake
There has been only a slight increase in covid-19 vaccination uptake among ‘frontline’ NHS workers, despite NHS England’s hard line, the latest data shows.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Stressed out but feeling positive - what covid did to NHS staff
This week has seen the publication of not one but two huge sets of data: the biggest workforce survey in the world and the latest NHS performance stats – and we’ve crunched them both.
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News
Ambulance and community staff grew more positive about their trusts in 2020
Most ambulance, community and specialist trusts saw an increase in the proportion of their staff recommending the organisation as a place to work during 2020.
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Comment
England just weeks away from a national 52 week waiting times breach
And then we won’t know how long waiting times really are. By Rob Findlay
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News
Only two mental health trusts see fall in key staff survey score
Just 4 per cent of mental health trusts have had a reduction in the proportion of staff recommending their organisation as a place to work.
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News
Revealed: which acute trusts performed best and worst in 2020 staff survey
HSJ analysis has revealed which acute trusts have returned the strongest and weakest performance in the annual NHS staff survey — and which have seen the greatest change.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Hancock’s ‘bonus prizes’ for Simon Stevens
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning by senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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News
Almost one in 10 orthopaedic and general surgery patients now waiting over a year
Around 8 per cent of patients are now waiting a year or more for elective care in five specialties, as the number of very long waiters again increased significantly, new figures show.
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News
Half of staff who cared for covid patients suffered stress-related illness, national survey reveals
Significantly more NHS staff reported feeling unwell as a result of work-related stress in 2020 — a shift very likely due to covid-19, and more marked among those whose work had been heavily shaped by the pandemic.
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News
Experience of minority ethnic staff gets worse across range of key indicators
The latest NHS staff survey results suggest a significant increase in minority ethnic workers experiencing discrimination from their manager or colleagues, while showing white staff were far less likely to have been deployed on covid wards.
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HSJ Partners
Data has to be at the heart of the recovery and the reorganisation
ICSs will be shaped by analysis of comprehensive data on the populations they serve, writes Brian Waters
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News
NHS leaders call for national rollout of drive-through vaccination centres
Drive-through vaccination centres should be set up across the country — particularly in rural areas — local leaders have said, following a ‘successful’ pilot.
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HSJ Local
Trust chiefs complain to Hancock over his ‘restructure on a whim’
Trust chief executives and a senior Tory MP have contacted Matt Hancock to object to plans to redraw NHS boundaries, which are understood to be driven personally by him, HSJ has learned.
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News
Daily Insight: ‘Dilution on an industrial scale’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Stevens seeks assurance that Adler and Traynor will be investigated should they ‘re-emerge’
NHS England will seek assurance from the Care Quality Commission that the former chief executive and finance director of University Hospitals of Leicester Trust will be scrutinised under the fit and proper persons test should they “re-emerge” in the NHS.
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Comment
NHS leaders don't understand the value of volunteers
Results from a national survey show a low understanding of the impact of volunteering amongst NHS senior leaders, leading to a reluctance in bringing volunteers back to hospitals. By Mark Lever, Helpforce CEO
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News
Whistleblowers flag ‘toxic management’ within maternity service
Former staff at a Midlands acute trust have raised concerns over a ‘toxic management culture’ and ‘unsafe’ staffing levels within its maternity services, HSJ has learned.
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News
New lead for ‘priority’ digital programme as deadline missed
The NHS has replaced the senior official in charge of the digital transformation of England’s ageing cancer screening IT infrastructure, which missed a target completion date amid the pandemic.
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HSJ Interactive
How to restore cancer services post covid
An HSJ webinar, sponsored by Pfizer, examined the impact of the pandemic on cancer services. Alison Moore reports
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News
DHSC acts over low staff take-up of covid life assurance
The Department of Health and Social Care is writing to NHS organisations where staff have died from covid in a bid to increase uptake of its life assurance scheme.