All Health Service Journal articles in October 2021 – Page 5
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News
Vaccine lead returns to NHS England months after joining No 10
Emily Lawson is returning to lead NHS England’s covid vaccine programme, just months after leaving the role to join 10 Downing Street.
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News
Covid admissions reach seven-month high
The number of patients being admitted to hospital with covid-19 has now surpassed this summer’s peak and is at the highest level in more than seven months.
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Comment
Julian Patterson: Longstay tops the Blithering 20 again
The annual review of people who really matter at NHS Blithering, introduced by Martin Plackard, head of influencer communications
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News
Trust chief leads ‘industrial’ drive to cut ‘pointless’ follow-up appointments
National leaders want to expand the use of patient-initiated follow-up appointments on an “industrial scale” – in a bid to reduce the number of “pointless reviews” and give patients more control over their care.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Power players, construction constraints and wellbeing warning
Your essential update on health for the week.
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News
Daily Insight: The other side of the Test and Trace story
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Partners
Medicom is bringing Resilience in PPE – Manufacturing the quality and quantity of face masks needed to support the NHS
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more Medicom® Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality single-use preventative and infection control products for the medical and dental industries. Following an agreement with the UK government to ...
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New national tech chief targets ‘broken’ use of data amid pointless ‘duplication’
The way the NHS collects and uses data is ‘not logical’, with ongoing work by trusts, integrated care systems and national bodies ‘overlapping considerably’ – according to a new NHS tech chief.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Why the Saj wants ‘reform’ – but the NHS is angry about it
The health service is clearly in a jam in the wake of covid – so why have Sajid Javid’s plans for ‘a year of reform’ antagonised some managers, GPs and other staff?
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News
Daily Insight: Time is a healer
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
The fatalism of leaders turns blind eye to vulnerable lives
The fatalism of response and the slowness of decision making in dealing with the pandemic is largely based on the assumption that nothing can be done to make others safer. By Charlotte Augst
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: NHSE’s journey from cuddly to confrontation with GPs
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Comment
Private providers must be an integral part of integrated care systems
Lot of independent providers are already working in an integrated way, which the new ICSs can learn from, and the ultimate goal for all healthcare providers is patient safety and good patient outcomes. By Lou Patten and David Hare
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News
Trusts write off £50m in overseas patient debt
Hospital trusts in London wrote off £54m in bad debts from overseas visitors over the last two years, annual accounts reveal.
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News
Multiple providers flag disruptions to capital projects
Multiple local providers are citing price increases for possible delays to capital projects as a result of supply problems with construction materials.
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News
Replacement of ‘woefully out of date’ national IT systems delayed
The replacement of a cervical cancer screening system which “failed” thousands of patients has been delayed.
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HSJ Partners
If we are going to understand integration, we need to learn from unpaid carers
Through the recognition and support of carers and engagement of them in our planning we can build our health care systems in a way that is truly integrated and focussed on genuine need and that will be used effectively by our communities. By Jen Kenward
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News
NHS leaders must give staff time to ‘access psychological support’
NHS trusts must give their workforce the time to access nationally funded psychological therapies, a leading doctor has warned, as the ‘tired’ health service prepares to face a difficult winter.
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News
Former trust CEO and medical director face misconduct charges over surgery scandal
The former chief executive and medical director of a major NHS trust are facing misconduct charges over an alleged failure to protect breast patients from disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson.
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News
Daily Insight: Centre is at the core of HSJ100
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.