All NHS Improvement articles – Page 15
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NewsNHS England pledges to limit job changes arising from government reforms
NHS England will make an “employment commitment” to staff whose roles are directly impacted by the new legislative reforms which have been outlined this week.
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CommentWaiting times lengthen rapidly as winter bites
The elective recovery ground to a halt in December, as waiting times showed their fastest increase since July. By Rob Findlay
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NewsWhite paper final draft confirms far-reaching NHS legislation plans
A final version of the government’s health and care white paper, seen by HSJ, confirms it plans to press ahead with far-reaching legal reforms.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Put an ICU clinician in PPE on a plinth
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: How virtual care can help hospitals free up beds
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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NewsMerging trusts seek digital investment with ‘40 new hospitals’ funds
Two acute and community trusts are considering spending part of their government-funded estates cash on a major digital transformation project, amid plans to merge into one organisation.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The Altiplano
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: Capital’s GP leaders challenge NHSE over mass vaccination centres
GP leaders in London have complained to NHS England about their ‘inadequate’ covid-19 vaccine supplies, and expressed fears that these are being diverted to prioritise mass vaccination sites.
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NewsNHSE ‘should publish real-time data on staff vaccine uptake by ethnicity’
“Live, real-time” data on covid-19 vaccine uptake by ethnicity — including about NHS staff — should be published, the director of a new race observatory has said.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Jab, jab, jab
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ PartnersThe need for a unified approach to managing elective patients during the pandemic
Philip Purdy discusses the key factors for success in ongoing management of elective care patients during the pandemic
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A city on the volcanic plateau
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsPandemic’s role blamed for trust’s 1,955 mixed-sex ward breaches
East Kent University Hospitals Foundation Trust reported 1,955 mixed sex accommodation breaches in November, the month before the new variant of the virus caused a huge increase in covid admissions across the county.
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NewsCCG mergers will still go ahead in April, says NHS England
Clinical commissioning groups planning to merge in April can still do so, despite the demands the pandemic has placed on their systems, NHS England has said.
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NewsContract error leaves tech chiefs ‘scrabbling’ to fix struggling vaccination IT
Problems with a major vaccination IT system across England are occurring because the NHS greatly under-estimated the amount of data which would need to be processed, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England agrees to collect ethnicity data seven weeks after covid vaccinations began
NHS England has agreed to introduce the routine collection of ethnicity when people receive the covid-19 vaccine, seven weeks after vaccinations began and following growing concern.
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HSJ PartnersSpeaking up, listening up and following up are essential to saving lives
As the pandemic reaches crisis levels with no let-up for healthcare workers, it is vital that staff have the freedom to speak up about anything which gets in the way of them providing great care, writes Dr Henrietta Hughes
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CommentNo 'one size fits all' for system working
Chris Hopson seeks answers to the most important questions related to system working
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NewsHigh-earning doctors could face ‘large and unexpected’ tax bills because of covid work
NHS doctors are at risk of being hit with “large and unexpected” pension tax bills due to changes to their work patterns during the pandemic, experts are warning.
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NewsRecord ethnicity of those getting covid vaccine to fight stigma, NHSE told
NHS England has been urged to introduce routine recording of race and ethnicity data when people are given their covid vaccination.