News – Page 196
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NewsDaily Insight: Javid puts weak leaders on notice
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCCG acts after 111 provider’s poor performance on key measures
Commissioners across a large health system have issued a contract performance notice to its 111 provider and described key aspects of the service’s performance as “well below acceptable levels”.
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NewsHealth secretary to act on racial bias in effectiveness of medical devices
Sajid Javid has said medical device manufacturers should check their products work well for people of all ethnic backgrounds, citing problems that those with dark skin have experienced when using pulse oximeters.
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NewsPoor leadership to blame for some trusts being ‘in trouble all the time’, says Javid
The health secretary has said quality of leadership is the reason some NHS trusts are in “trouble all the time”, while peer organisations with the same challenges perform well.
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NewsThe 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health: The near misses
The judges considered a substantial longlist of contenders for the most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders in health. Here are the ones who did not quite make it into the final 50
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NewsRevealed: Healthcare’s most influential minority ethnic leaders
The vital contribution of effective and admirable leaders from minority ethnic backgrounds to the UK’s health and care services is slowly gaining more and more visibility, writes Alastair McLellan
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NewsThe 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health
Here are the 50 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
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NewsA timely acknowledgement of the importance of diverse leadership
The NHS has made progress in diversifying its leadership in a way that should be celebrated – while recognising that this is by no means ‘mission accomplished’, writes Dr Habib Naqvi
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NewsThe 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health: The judges
The judges for 2021’s list of healthcare’s 50 most influential minority ethnic leaders
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NewsDaily Insight: Off with their heads
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News‘Stupid’ and ‘wrong’ for NHS to compete for overseas nurses, claims health minister
A new health minister has said NHS efforts to compete to attract overseas nurses are ‘stupid’, despite the approach being government policy.
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NewsNHS records five-fold increase in covid admissions during summer months
The NHS in England saw five times more covid positive patients admitted to hospital in the second quarter of the 2021-22 financial year than in the first, analysis of official data by HSJ shows.
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NewsDaily Insight: Guardians spoke. NHSE/I must act
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsJavid promises ‘fundamental and far-reaching reforms’
Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid wants 2022 to be a ‘year of reform’ for the NHS and social care.
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HSJ LocalCEO of major acute trust steps down after contracting covid
The chief executive of a major acute trust has stepped down from her role after being off sick with covid since July.
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HSJ LocalEast Midlands trust appoints former MP as new chair
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust has appointed a former Labour MP as its new chair.
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NewsNHSE staff raise concerns over ‘conduct of senior leaders’
The behaviour of senior leaders and unfair recruitment practices were the most common concerns expressed by NHS England and Improvement staff who raised issues with the organisation’s freedom to speak up guardians.
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NewsUK nurses ‘not a feasible solution’ to short-term crisis
Initial savings made by using agency nurses over recruiting internationally could be cancelled out in as little as six months, according to a new Nuffield Trust analysis.
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HSJ LocalNeighbouring acute trusts work to dampen ‘rivalry’
Two major trusts which are widely perceived to have an intense local rivalry have been making efforts to improve their relations, according to the chair of one of the providers.
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NewsThe Primer: The price of money
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.