News – Page 188
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NewsTributes after death of NHS Digital’s deputy CEO
NHS Digital has paid tribute to its deputy chief executive, who has died.
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NewsNHSE steps up action on blood test tube shortage
Non-essential blood tests should be stopped and trusts and GPs should prioritise genomic tests over others, NHS England has said, as the health service continues to confront global blood collection tube shortages.
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NewsIndependent providers ‘prioritising private patients over NHS’
The NHS is struggling to increase procedures carried out in the independent sector, with some providers prioritising private-paying patients for limited capacity.
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NewsDaily Insight: Without further Dido
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: Dido Harding steps down from remaining NHS role
Baroness Dido Harding will step down from her remaining NHS role in October, she has informed the government.
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NewsBlood tests rationed amid equipment shortage
Trusts are taking steps to limit blood tests amid a national shortage of blood collection tubes, as the NHS puts out a call to pathology labs for emergency supplies.
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NewsThe Primer: The gloomiest optimism
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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NewsTrust boards take next step to merge despite governors’ objections
Two foundation trusts in the South East have taken the next steps towards a merger.
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NewsCQC found emergency caesarean taking place without basic safety measures
Inspectors have raised concerns about ‘safety culture’ in a maternity unit, including that an emergency caesarean was taking place without the mother’s heart being monitored.
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NewsLeap in mental health absences among NHS staff
The number of NHS staff absent from work because of their mental health has leapt in the past few months in the wake of the huge winter wave of covid pressure, according to data shared with HSJ.
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NewsDaily Insight: Discrimination by another name
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsDaily Insight: Marks for Style
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTwo trusts appoint single CEO and form ‘hospital group’
A pair of London trusts have appointed a single chief executive as they join forces to form a ‘hospital group’.
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NewsNHSE names interim chief operating officer
NHS England has appointed a former hospital chief as its interim chief operating officer, succeeding Amanda Pritchard.
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NewsShielding staff say they were forced back to work without a risk assessment
Significant numbers of ‘extremely vulnerable’ clinicians said they were forced back to work despite not having a risk assessment in line with official guidance.
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NewsNHS England director set to leave for senior DHSC job
A top NHS England finance official is set to move to become a director general at the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Test your strength
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsMinority ethnic staff ‘told to adopt Western names’ by managers
Hospital line managers allegedly told staff from minority ethnic backgrounds to adopt ‘Western work names’ because their own were deemed ‘too difficult’ to pronounce, according to Care Quality Commission inspectors.
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NewsRapid fall in covid admissions suggests early peak for summer wave
The weekly total of covid positive patients admitted to English hospitals fell by 10 per cent in the five days between 27 July and 1 August.