News – Page 207
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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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HSJ LocalHospital to restart service three years after outsourcing it
An acute trust wants to restart an elective service at its facilities, three years after outsourcing much of that work to a private provider.
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HSJ LocalNeighbouring ICSs plan single hospital IT system
Five trusts across two integrated care systems are drawing up plans to roll out a single electronic patient record funded by the government’s flagship infrastructure project.
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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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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.
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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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HSJ LocalSenior trust medics complain of ‘excessively authoritarian’ management
Senior doctors in a trust’s radiology services have reported a ‘toxic’ culture and feelings that managers had been ‘excessively authoritarian’.
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NewsNHSE tightens procurement rules after major service failures
NHS England is tightening the rules on commissioning patient transport services — and may remove free access to transport for some people — following major service failures in recent years.
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NewsFT in row over ‘bullying behaviour’ ahead of possible merger
The board of one of England’s smallest trusts is expected to approve the next steps to merge with its neighbour this week, despite some of its council of governors vehemently opposing the move.
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NewsDaily Insight: Covid puts one in 10 beds to sleep
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.