All Health Service Journal articles in May 2020 – Page 5
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Comment
Covid proves that commissioning and regulation add little value
The development of strategy over a local health economy will be much more coherent if provider led, says Peter Carter
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Doth protest too much
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
NHS procurement chiefs drafted in to help ailing national PPE effort
The government has brought in 14 trust procurement chiefs to support national efforts to source personal protective equipment, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Junior doctor rotations to restart in the summer
Medical training rotations will take place as planned this summer, Health Education England has announced.
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HSJ Partners
A briefing on reducing covid impact on BME communities
The NHS Confederation’s BME Leadership Network suggests in a new briefing, a suite of actions that health and care organisations could take to safeguard BME people, including BME professionals on the front line, notes Joan Saddler
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News
Learning disability and autism deaths within expected range, says NHSE
The covid-19 death rates among people with learning disabilities and autism are broadly in line with the rest of the population, NHS England has said.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Making capital of the crisis, remote control and a data black hole
Your essential update on health for the week — this week focused on the coronavirus outbreak.
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News
Mapped: NHS waiting times after the covid peak
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2020.
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HSJ Local
Ex-No 10 adviser and management consultant appointed ICS lead
A former special advisor to Theresa May when she was prime minister has been appointed new lead of an integrated care system.
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News
NHS staff told not to join pay demonstrations as they ‘adversely affect public confidence’
NHS staff in London have been warned by national regulators not to take part in public protests, according to an email seen by HSJ.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: The patient 10,000
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Patients must isolate for two weeks before an NHS operation
Patients will be told to self-isolate along with their household for two weeks before being admitted to hospital even if they have no covid-19 symptoms under NHS England’s new guidance for re-starting elective care.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: How the NHS performed during the peak
This week’s HSJ Health Check podcast digs into the latest NHS performance data, revealing how coronavirus affected normal services – taking the weight off emergency departments, but lengthening the waiting list for planned care.
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Comment
Time to join the dots: connecting what matters to staff and patients
Helen Buckingham calls for bringing patients and clinicians together to design future services that meet both their needs
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Comment
Average waiting time for NHS operations hits six months thanks to covid
The request to postpone elective care was enacted quickly and comprehensively, the latest RTT data suggests. By Rob Findlay
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HSJ Local
Former special measures trust sees main hospital rated ‘outstanding’
An acute trust which spent more than two years in special measures has had its main hospital site rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Third NHS trust partners with Babylon for patient triage tool
A third NHS acute trust has partnered with private healthcare firm Babylon in a bid to give patients better information on how to respond to emerging symptoms.
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HSJ Partners
Medinet offers advisory guidance to treat patients in elective care settings
Numerous trusts are using Medinet’s free advisory input and guidance to inform plans for restarting elective care. We have been collaborating with NHS hospitals and partners to co-develop action plans. The goal has been to get safe and appropriate care to patients without the need to “physically build or buy ...
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News
Review launched into major hospital build
A review has been launched into the delivery of one of the NHS’ biggest building projects, amid concerns it faces significant delays.
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News
Care home residents paid ‘huge price’ for emptying of acute beds, says STP chair
The chair of a sustainability and transformation partnership and former health secretary says there was a ‘huge price paid’ by care home residents from the ‘emptying’ of acute beds in March.