All Health Service Journal articles in March 2022 – Page 2
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NewsRevealed: The best mental health trusts to work at, according to staff
Which mental health trusts do staff most promote as a place to work? Full results for mental health and learning disabilities, and combined community trusts, from the 2021 NHS Staff Survey, including those most improved and declined, and split by region.
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NewsPCR tests dropped for elective patients
Patients going into hospital for planned surgeries will be asked to test for covid using a lateral flow device rather than a PCR test from Friday, NHS England has said.
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NewsRevealed: The best and worst acute trusts to work at, according to staff
Where do NHS staff most recommend their trust as a place to work? Full results for general acute and acute/community trusts in the 2021 NHS Staff Survey, including those most improved and declined, and split by region.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: NHSE’s 12-hour delay data dithering is just wrong
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsTwo out of five NHS staff would not recommend their organisation as a place to work
NHS staff are significantly less likely to recommend their organisations as places to work or believe they employ enough people to deliver effective care, the service’s annual staff survey has revealed.
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NewsChair transplanted from CQC to national blood and donor service
The Care Quality Commission’s outgoing chair has been appointed the new chair of the NHS Blood and Transplant service.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed can the NHS make virtual wards work at scale?
in association with On demand recording now available Virtual wards were a key part of the response to the early phases of the pandemic and again to Omicron. Indeed, in late December 2021 NHS England issued urgent guidance saying a ...
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NewsScandal inquiry issues 15 actions for trusts nationally
Repeated care and governance failures were routinely ignored by a hospital trust where poor maternity care resulted in almost 300 avoidable baby deaths or brain damage cases, the most damning review of maternity services in the NHS’s history finds today.
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CommentProgress on reducing smoking during pregnancy has stalled, here’s what must be done
Reducing the number of women who smoked during pregnancy was a priority area in the government’s 2017 Tobacco Control Plan but as the five-year deadline approaches, progress has stalled. Asthma + Lung UK’s CEO Sarah Woolnough says the government must redouble its efforts to ensure that every child gets a ...
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NewsView grows that NHS ‘must live within its means’ as satisfaction plummets
The view the NHS must deliver significant improvements within its existing budget has risen sharply, alongside a dramatic fall in public satisfaction, according to the most respected annual survey of attitudes towards the UK’s health and care services.
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NewsChildren’s services rated ‘inadequate’ as trust remains ‘outstanding’
The children’s inpatient unit at an ‘outstanding’ mental health trust has been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, amid a surge in demand for its services.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Not a good look
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsFree parking for NHS staff to end on Thursday
The government has confirmed its funding for free parking for NHS staff will end on Thursday, HSJ has learned.
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CommentTrusts must resolve tensions between local and regional priorities as reforms bite
Georgia Butterworth writes about place-based working and the ingredients for success
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NewsExclusive: NHSE pushes ‘private patient opportunities’ in leaked guidance
Official draft guidance has encouraged trusts to grow their ‘private patient opportunities’, despite facing huge backlogs of NHS work.
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NewsNHSE tells trusts to prioritise education over fear trainees are being 'messed about'
Junior doctors and student nurses are being ‘messed about’ as hospitals continue to struggle with operational pressures, prompting NHS England to call on local leaders to prioritise their training.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: P&O staff offered a life ring
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsDischarge policy reviewed as NHSE warns ‘capacity may decrease’
Two national reviews are taking place into hospital discharge policy, it has emerged, amid major changes to funding and legislation.
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NewsChief executive of prestigious hospital loses whistleblowing case
The chief executive of one of England’s most prestigious private hospitals has lost her employment tribunal claim that she was dismissed for whistle blowing over patient safety issues.
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NewsTrust tries to recruit sacked P&O ferry staff
A trust is holding virtual recruitment sessions in a bid to attract staff sacked by P&O.