All Health Service Journal articles in October 2020
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust reopens five years of accounts after £50m ‘discrepancy’
A teaching trust has had to adjust five years’ worth of financial accounts after an error which meant one of its hospitals was undervalued by £50m.
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HSJ PartnersRecovering cancer services from covid will take all of us
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more Delivering healthcare is complicated and one of the barriers to improving it has always been the very wide range of different organisations who have a role but don’t always work together smoothly. The pandemic ...
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Simon Says
This week the team delves into an exclusive HSJ summit interview with NHS chief executive Simon Stevens and weighs up the trade-offs the health service might need to make as covid cases rise, why legislation is still expected next year and why no comment on NHS finances could be significant. ...
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NewsChairs have ‘high moral values’ but struggle with ‘disruptive’ directors, claims landmark study
Nearly half of trust chairs fail to “effectively deal with non-performing board members” according to a major study of the role of NHS non-executive directors seen by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe mystery of the capital’s ‘high-volume’ treatment centres
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsNHS to become ‘world’s first carbon net zero national health system’
The NHS has been set a target of becoming carbon net zero by 2040 and cutting harmful emission reductions by 80 per cent over the next 12 years.
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CommentThe three key tests for the comprehensive spending review
Charlotte Augst shares her insights on the need to strengthen places and communities to overcome inequalities and rebuild the health and wellbeing sector
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Expert BriefingRecovery watch: Let’s drop the ‘near normal’ pretence
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress.
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NewsFourth senior departure from NHS procurement body
The chief commercial officer of NHS Supply Chain has stood down as part of an organisational restructure, making him the fourth departure to be confirmed from the top of the agency inside two weeks.
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NewsHold national bodies to same leadership standards as trusts, says CQC report
The leaders of NHS England and the Care Quality Commission should have their own performance subjected to the same assessment process they require for local providers, a report has said.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: D-Day for diagnostics
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Stevens’ successor should relish chance to tackle inequalities
In the climate of covid-19 and Black Lives Matter, the NHS faces calls for greater action to tackle race inequality. HSJ workforce reporter Nick Kituno reflects on a critical juncture for the workforce race equality standard.
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NewsGovernment launches ‘competition’ for eight new hospitals
Ministers will invite local leaders to bid for eight ‘new hospitals’, as part of the government’s NHS building plan.
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NewsDischarge rates slowing as providers face ‘perfect storm’
Providers are beginning to see a slowing in the rate of patient discharges, in what would be another element of the ‘perfect storm’ they face this winter, leaders have warned.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: ‘Fearlessly and with common sense’
Andy Cowper on government’s ‘live without fear’ chants and the Test and Trace delivery status thus far.
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NewsNHS management 'seen as slow and inward looking', David Nicholson warns
Former NHS chief Sir David Nicholson says NHS management needs to be ‘a bit more creative’ to rebuild despite covid-19, and to disprove government perceptions that it is ‘slow and inward looking’.
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HSJ PartnersA critical time for change: redefining renal care pathways in an evolving coronavirus environment
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted a clear need to re-evaluate existing referral pathways within renal services, in order to prioritise a more pro-active, planned and person-centred approach to shared decision-making – and crucially ...
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News‘Don’t recreate SHAs’, government told ahead of NHS bill
NHS Providers will this week warn against ‘re-establishing an all-powerful quasi-strategic health authority tier’, as government prepares to legislate for integrated care systems.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Back to the future
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentRegulators are ‘not good enough’ at holding NHS orgs to account if they discriminate against BME staff
The strategic emphasis on race equality must be strengthened, adding greater use of evidence and learning to achieve change, writes Roger Kline