All Policy and regulation articles – Page 39
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HSJ PartnersEnhancing the employee experience for a more resilient NHS
The recent SAP and Qualtrics e-book explores the challenges facing the NHS and ways it can harness the power of technology to listen more actively, respond more quickly and work more effectively to better services, by Leila Romane
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NewsCQC criticises ‘ineffective leadership’ at mental health provider
A mental health provider which has been repeatedly criticised by regulators has had its leadership at one hospital described as “ineffective”.
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CommentWhen it comes to staff safety during the pandemic, the buck stops with chief executives
One of the main preventive roles of occupational health experts in the pandemic is, or should have been, to advise and support managers/employers in risk management and control both as regards compliance with legal duties on health and safety
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CommentThe Primer: NHS managers were ‘the enemy within’
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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NewsCQC finds much-needed improvements after ‘never events’
Hospital inspectors have praised safety improvements at an acute trust which had been criticised for a string of never events over an eight-month period.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving CEO of ‘outstanding’ trust announces retirement
The chief executive of a major acute trust which has twice been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission is retiring after more than 30 years in the NHS.
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NewsTrusts fear ‘fragmentation’ of specialised services under Health Bill reforms
Providers fear a ‘fragmentation’ of services when NHS England begins delegating specialised services budgets to integrated care systems under reform plans.
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CommentThe Blithering Chronicles: Portrait of a leader – Sir Trevor Longstay
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Discharge fund faces a ‘hard line’ at the Treasury
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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CommentChange the Health Bill to strengthen governance and democracy
Labour MP Karin Smyth, who will be a member of the Parliamentary committee scrutinising the Health and Care Bill, proposes that ICS chairs should be appointed independently, and requirements for transparency.
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NewsTrust with serious quality issues complains of CQC ‘disruption’
A trust which is the subject of multiple quality concerns has complained of ‘disruption’ caused by the ‘unprecedented volume of information’ demanded by inspectors.
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NewsNHSE: Ambulance, community and private organisations ‘should join provider groups’
New NHS England guidance has said ambulance, community and private providers ‘should’ join new collaboratives, rather than only acute and mental health trusts.
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CommentScrapping discharge fund will give the NHS a dangerous capacity squeeze
Failure to extend the £600m April to September “discharge to assess” funding will bring huge risk for the NHS, social care and patients, write Chris Hopson and Matthew Taylor.
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CommentThe Blithering Chronicles: Aligned for success – your ICS questions answered
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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CommentThe full health and care data strategy must address its shortcomings
Focussing on building trust, addressing health inequalities, and improving social care data are critical if the NHSX data strategy is to address public concerns about privacy and unlock the potential of health and social care data, writes Josh Keith
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NewsDismay at failure to align ICS footprints with council boundaries
There has been an outcry from some local government figures in areas where the health secretary Sajid Javid has decided not to go ahead with making integrated care partnership footprints coterminous with upper tier authority boundaries.
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NewsFully vaccinated NHS staff may not have to isolate if identified as a close covid contact
‘Frontline’ NHS staff who have received two covid vaccination shots may not have to self-isolate even if they have come into close contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus, the government has announced.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Happy ‘Freedom Day’ (Black Wednesday Remix)
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsMcKinsey deny former global chief is a candidate for NHS England CEO role
Kevin Sneader, who led McKinsey until earlier this year, is not the fifth and final member of the shortlist to be the next NHS England chief executive say the consulting giant.
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NewsTrust CEOs vent frustration at being unable to warn about threat posed by 19 July unlock
Three trust chief executives have told HSJ that NHS England has refused to let them discuss the lifting of covid restrictions on 19 July in the national media.