All Health Service Journal articles in March 2023
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News
Discrimination ‘biggest cause of staff leaving’
Discrimination and inequality are bigger factors for staff wanting to leave acute trusts than burnout, new analysis of this year’s NHS staff survey has found.
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HSJ Interactive
From competition to collaboration on temporary staffing: How can ICSs best create shared staff banks?
More and more systems are moving away from organisation-specific staff banks to ones which are shared between several trusts. At a recent HSJ webinar, panellists discussed the approach – and how to make it work
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HSJ Partners
Is evidence just a NICE to have in med tech?
Coloplast explains about its transanal irrigation device Peristeen® Plus which is a cost-effective device to optimise bowel dysfunction and reduces the clinical and cost burden that faecal incontinence and chronic constipation brings
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HSJ Partners
Listening is key to healthcare innovation
With around a thousand users now signed up to Framespan, founder Ed Bradley explains why listening to providers is key to innovating in healthcare
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Will Hewitt’s HARPs be heard?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Less than 20/20 vision?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Local
‘Traffic control’ forecasts will give ICB ‘line of sight for every patient’
An integrated care system is hoping to be among the first to use predictive analytics to plan services, after hiring the firm credited with success of the NHS covid data store, as well as the 2016 Vote Leave campaign.
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News
NHS England warns against block cancellations during ‘unprecedented’ strikes
NHS England has told trust, system and regional leaders to avoid “block rescheduling” of elective cases during the four-day junior doctors’ strike next month.
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News
‘Aggressive’ NHSE campaign insists trusts enable digital communications with patients
NHS England has launched a ‘very aggressive campaign’ to ensure all acute trusts give patients the abillity to make appointments and receive messages online.
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News
Trusts given five years to achieve safe midwife staffing
NHS trusts have been given until 2027-28 to employ enough midwives to meet safe staffing requirements, NHS England’s new maternity delivery plan has said.
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Daily Insight
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Ratings on hold, reviews kept private and CQC under fire
Your essential update on health for the week.
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News
'Spend wisely’ while tackling racism, says CQC director
The Care Quality Commission and other NHS agencies should “spend wisely” on “robust academic solutions” to overcoming racism and diversity problems, rather than turning to “outdated strategies” which don’t work, according to the lead of an internal review at the regulator.
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Comment
From firebrand to fire extinguisher
How was Chris Hopson turned? What happened in the basement? Did junior doctors cause covid? Julian Patterson has the answers
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HSJ Local
Another CEO given national director role
Another chief executive of a local NHS organisation has been hired as a national director by NHS England.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast | Bad Blood: The NHS agency engulfed in a racism scandal
NHS Blood and Transplant has been embroiled in allegations of racism that stretch back several years.
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News
£2bn ICS debt from ‘CCG screw-ups’ should be written off, says Confed
NHS England has been urged to write off £2.2bn in historic debts that integrated care systems could be asked to repay.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: When the criteria is ‘crisis’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: ‘Gently persuading’ integration
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by primary and community care correspondent Mimi Launder.
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HSJ Local
Acute boss takes ‘semi retirement’
The chief executive of an acute trust in the East of England has announced she is stepping down to take “semi-retirement”.
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News
CQC inspection teams lacked ‘correct expertise’, review finds
A review of the Care Quality Commission’s failures in a high-profile whistleblowing case says it needs to ensure clinicians with the “correct expertise” are placed on its inspection teams.