All NHS Improvement articles – Page 7
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Same chair everywhere
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsUnvaccinated staff should be welcomed back, urges NHSE
Trusts could offer to bring back staff who resigned over the government’s covid vaccine mandate and are urged by NHS England to contact individuals who did ‘as soon as practicable’.
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NewsFormer NHS England chief appointed chair of four trusts
Former NHS England deputy chief executive Matthew Swindells has been appointed chair of all north west London’s acute trusts.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: ‘Four hundred people were approached to lead our ICS… just one was credible’
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ performance, recovery and workforce correspondent Nick Kituno, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies ...
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NewsTrust CEO ‘behaved poorly’ and chair was ‘complicit’, NHS England review concludes
A trust chair found by an NHS England review to have been complicit with poor and inappropriate behaviour has said he is now “really proud” of the organisation, in contrast to reports that he had been “ashamed to call himself chair” last year.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Not believing in VCOD
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsFour-hour A&E standard is the ‘wrong target’, claims Javid
The four-hour standard for A&E waits is the ‘wrong target’, which ‘doesn’t work’ and leads to ‘perverse outcomes’, health and social care secretary Sajid Javid has said.
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NewsAnother NHSE national director announces departure
NHS England’s national director for improvement has announced he is retiring.
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HSJ PartnersCommunication systems must be updated if patient initiated follow up is to work effectively
This approach to appointment management has enormous promise, says Jane Tyacke, but getting it right means updating how the NHS communicates with patients
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: An invidious situation
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsMaternity service safety threatened by staff vacancies and mandatory vaccination, warns trust
A trust has warned it could be forced to restrict maternity services due to a high midwife vacancy rate, and large numbers unvaccinated among the current staff.
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NewsOccupational health staff told not to get involved in decisions on mandatory covid vaccination
Occupational health professionals should avoid employment and management matters related to unvaccinated NHS staff, new guidance has warned.
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CommentThe NHS needs a National Wellbeing Guardian
The wellbeing of NHS staff is now recognised as a priority, as evidenced by the introduction of Wellbeing Guardians into the NHS. The NHS needs to appoint a National Wellbeing Guardian to provide a leadership role for the work of these guardians, and more generally to actively promote wellbeing in ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: How are hospital bosses feeling? Surprisingly upbeat
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingA very pressured ‘calm before the storm’ in London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust CEO drafted in to lead national push to halve delayed discharges
The NHS has been told to discharge at least half the hospital patients who are medically fit to leave as it gears up to cope with a ‘tidal wave’ of omicron cases.
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NewsStaff who refuse covid vaccination may see ‘impact upon their pay and pension’
NHS staff who have to be redeployed because they refuse to be vaccinated against covid may be forced to ‘compete’ for a new role and could find their pay and pensions affected if their transfer becomes permanent, according to new NHS England guidance.
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NewsStaff flu vaccine uptake down on last year, despite winter fears
Early uptake of the flu vaccine by frontline NHS staff slumped this year, with only two in five having received it by the end of October, official figures show.
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NewsSearch for ‘low ego’ leader across four trusts with £3bn income
NHS England is seeking a chair with a “low ego and high emotional intelligence” to lead what will be the largest group of trusts under a shared chair.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Omicron in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.