All NHS Improvement articles – Page 8
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CommentTackling health inequalities must be a fundamental priority for the NHS
A new report on health inequalities sets out how a supportive policy framework will help the NHS address longstanding injustice, says Saffron Cordery
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NewsHospitals consider ‘risky’ dilution of ICU nursing ratios
NHS trusts in London are looking to dilute their intensive care nurse-to-patient ratios due to workforce shortages, according to a leading critical care nurse.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Capitation in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsTroubled trust appoints new chair
A mental health trust which is in NHS England’s ‘recovery support programme’ has appointed a new chair.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: NHS England’s promise on inequalities data is well overdue
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by staffing and equalities correspondent Nick Kituno.
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HSJ PartnersUniversity College London Hospital, Moorfields and Great Ormond Street, to form the capital’s largest medical collaborative staff bank, comprising 10 London trusts part of the North Central London STP
North Central London STP is implementing a cloud-based collaborative bank solution to share individual medical bank pools across 10 trusts which will allow hospitals to access a larger bank, writes Dr Nicholas Andreau.
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NewsHospital trust makes chief permanent after two years
England’s most high-profile hospital trust has appointed its interim chief executive on a permanent basis after two years.
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NewsNHS England appoints top trust chief to support elective recovery
Sir Jim Mackey has been brought in by NHS England to advise on elective recovery, it was announced today.
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CommentUK’s emergency response to the covid-19 pandemic
The experience of rapidly accelerating research on how to treat and prevent covid-19, in the RAPID C-19 initiative, explained by Nwamaka Umeweni, Hywel Williams, Anthony Kessel and Anna Brett
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CommentWaiting list soars past 5.6 million patients
The waiting list continues to grow rapidly as demand mostly recovers but activity cannot. By Rob Findlay
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Forgetting the war that’s still happening
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ Local‘Unprecedented financial failure’ trust delays accounts again
A major acute trust at the centre of an ‘unprecedented’ financial failure has had to delay publishing its overdue accounts again, board papers have revealed.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Primary Care or Community Service Redesign Initiative
WINNER: North West London CCGs, Hillingdon GP Confederation, Central London Healthcare CiC, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, NHSX, AstraZeneca Digital Health Team, Huma: North-West London COVID-19 Primary Care Remote Monitoring Due to the significant challenges posed by the first wave of Covid-19, CCGs in North-West London (NWL) designed and piloted a ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Specialist Service Redesign Initiative
WINNER: Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT, The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospitals NHSFT and NHSE/I Specialised Commissioning Improving Value and South West region teams: Enhanced Supportive Care in Cancer: Embedding Service Redesign, Improving Experience, Making a Difference. Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and Royal Devon & Exeter NHSFT joined the NHSE/I Enhanced Supportive ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Award
WINNER: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust: Medicines Optimisation in Orthopaedic Enhanced Recovery The pharmacy department of a district general hospital worked with the multidisciplinary team in orthopaedics to reduce variation in medication use among elective hip and knee replacement patients. The project focused on the following points to optimise medication use: ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Post-Covid Sustainable Transformation Award
WINNER: Barts Health Trust - Royal London Hospital: Barts Emergency Access Co-ordination Hub (BEACH) Barts Health NHS Trust launched the Barts Emergency Access Care Hub (BEACH) in September 2020, which covers patients across the Barts Health footprint. The BEACH provides a single point of access for all eligible patients who ...
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NewsCandidate for NHS CEO job joins ex-NHS director’s company
A former candidate to be NHS England’s next chief executive has joined a tech firm run by an ex-NHS England director.
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HSJ InteractiveTackling Scope 3 Emissions: HSJ Sustainability Virtual Series
What are the first steps in quantifying the scale of work needed to address those emissions not directly controlled by the NHS in order to successfully meet the 2045 net zero target? A recent HSJ webinar hosted discussions on collaborating across the system to address indirect carbon footprint contributors
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CommentNHSI could not have had a better chair than Dido Harding
Narinder Kapur, Chris Harkensee and Terry Skitmore praise Dido Harding’s work on introducing fairer procedures for NHS staff which, they say, have contributed to workforce wellbeing, and patient safety.