News – Page 229
-
NewsSecond covid wave will be ‘10 times harder’ for the NHS, says CEO
The second wave of the covid pandemic will be ‘10 times harder’ for the NHS, and will require a step-change in the service’s use of technology, according to the chief executive of a trust group in the Midlands.
-
NewsRising covid absences will have ‘significant impact’ on NHS recovery
Increasing staff absence due to covid-19 will have a ‘significant impact’ on the ability of the NHS to deliver critical care services and routine operations, leading intensive care doctors have said.
-
NewsRevealed: Thirty-five areas go backwards on key cancer target
Dozens of local commissioning areas have gone backwards on a key cancer metric over the last five years, an analysis of national data reveals.
-
News‘Babies are still being damaged’ Tory peer warns ‘evasive’ ministers
The government has been told it is ‘not sustainable’ to continue to delay its response to a major review on patient safety as ‘babies are still being damaged’.
-
NewsUrgent need for new law to free up NHS data sharing, says top official
There is an urgent need for new patient information sharing laws following the pandemic, NHS Digital’s boss told HSJ.
-
NewsExclusive: NHS England at loggerheads with Test and Trace over staff testing
The introduction of weekly covid tests for NHS staff in ‘high risk areas’ will mean other groups missing out or waiting longer, well-placed sources have told HSJ.
-
NewsAcute chief moves to bigger trust
A longstanding healthcare leader in north London is heading west to become the chief executive of a major acute provider.
-
NewsNew spending review demand for £260m on cancer
Health Education England could need additional investment of up to £260m to boost NHS staff numbers enough to meet growing need for cancer services, government has been told.
-
NewsGP who fought government made a dame in Queen’s honours
Prominent and sometimes controversial London GP Clare Gerada has been made a dame in the Queen’s birthday honours list, with hundreds of other health and care figures also recognised.
-
NewsCovid cases caught in hospital more than double in a week
The number of covid-19 cases likely to have been caught by patients already in hospital for other conditions has more than doubled in a week — rising more quickly than coronavirus admissions from the community.
-
NewsCQC to prosecute acute trust in groundbreaking case
The Care Quality Commission has launched the first prosecution of an acute trust for failing to meet fundamental standards of care.
-
NewsNHSE made ‘urgent’ request that patients be admitted to service despite lack of trained staff
NHS England made ‘urgent requests’ to a new eating disorder service to admit patients before staff had been properly trained, the provider has said.
-
NewsNHS England claims victory on early ‘recovery’ target
New figures show the NHS has hit a key target for recovering activity, but questions remain about whether it can continue to increase despite infection control and rising covid cases.
-
NewsBMA junior doctors leader joins Jeremy Hunt’s patient safety charity
A key player in the junior doctor disputes with Jeremy Hunt has now joined the former health secretary’s patient safety charity.
-
NewsTroubled trust appoints interim CEO after predecessor resigns
A London hospital which had to be closed to emergency patients following a covid-19 outbreak among staff has appointed an interim chief executive.
-
NewsSecond leading trust chooses tech supplier not included on NHSE and X approved list for £175m deal
One of the NHS’s flagship teaching trusts has defied NHSX and NHS England by selecting an electronic patient record system supplier not included on their approved framework, HSJ can reveal.
-
NewsNHS England will ‘trust local leaders’ to handle second wave, says chief
There will be more regional flexibility in managing NHS services in coming months than during the spring covid-19 peak, NHS England’s deputy chief executive has said, promising to ‘trust our local leaders to do the right thing’.
-
NewsThe 50 most influential BAME people in health
The BAME50 lists the black, Asian and minority ethnic figures who will exercise the most power and/or influence in the English NHS and health policy over the next 12 months
-
NewsWomen, medics and rebels aplenty in HSJ’s first BAME healthcare power list
The BAME50 may prove a cause for celebration. It may equally provide further ammunition for the fight to improve the NHS’s poor record on BAME representation at the highest levels
-
NewsCQC slams trust’s ‘extremely disappointing’ response to covid control warning
A trust which had some of the highest covid death rates in the UK over the summer ‘could not provide assurance on who was its executive lead for infection control’, a Care Quality Commission inspection found.