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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: A new data burden for trusts. But will it help?
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 HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsSurge of patients hit A&Es over Oxford jab clot fears
Emergency clinicians have raised concerns and called for central guidance for dealing with a rush of unnecessary A&E attendances triggered by health anxiety over the Oxford covid vaccine’s safety.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: A tale of three regions – what happened next?
After the first covid wave we took a deep dive into three regions in England – now as the third wave ebbs away we have returned once more.
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NewsNHS England appoints new national A&E lead
NHS England and Improvement has appointed Dan Boden as interim national clinical director for urgent and emergency care following the death of Cliff Mann.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: What the PM’s new health team means for the NHS
Boris Johnson has appointed a new health adviser, well known to NHS health policy circles. Samantha Jones – former NHS England director and hospital chief – is to leave the private sector and move into the civil service.
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NewsAustralian paramedics in ‘mass exodus’ from NHS fear
A trust is warning it faces a ‘mass exodus’ of its Australian workers because of concerns over their visa status when they return home on leave in the coming months.
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CommentLegislation must require clinical and lay members on ICS boards
With the DHSC’s bill brought forward in Parliament, health leaders have raised concerns with the NHS Confederation which require the government’s attention, writes Lou Patten
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NewsNHSE launches new intervention regime for struggling providers and health systems
The NHS will divide providers, commissioners and health systems into one of four ‘segments’ that determine the level of scrutiny and intervention they receive from regional and national teams under a proposed new oversight framework.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why this year’s NHS marching orders are so different
The NHS has been given its planning guidance for the first half of this year – and it strikes a markedly different tone to previous years. But what else would you expect from 2021?
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NewsPlanning guidance: New elective and cancer targets revealed
Integrated care systems will be eligible for a share of a £1bn ‘recovery fund’ in 2021-22 by achieving certain elective activity targets based on pre-covid levels.
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Covid block contracts to remain in place until autumn
System leaders now expect the financial arrangements for NHS providers introduced to help the service deal with the pandemic to be rolled over until the autumn, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: How three top trust chiefs fell out of favour
For the first time ever the leader of a mental health trust has been named HSJ’s top chief executive, and in a surprising turn of events, three former top-table leaders have departed our top 50 altogether. Why the fall from grace?
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NewsHancock clarifies powers to appoint local leaders after criticism from ex-NHSE chief
The immediate past chief executive of the NHS has criticised the health secretary’s intention to take a ‘joint’ role in some senior local NHS appointments.
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NewsGovernment to take ‘joint’ role in appointing NHS chairs and CEOs
Matt Hancock has revealed that the government’sproposed health legislation would give the health secretary the power to ‘sign off’ or ‘veto’ senior appointments to local NHS boards.
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NewsTrusts say joint board under single chair ‘does not mean merger’
Two neighbouring hospital trusts have ruled out a full merger, despite forming a joint board under a single chairman.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Stressed out but feeling positive - what covid did to NHS staff
This week has seen the publication of not one but two huge sets of data: the biggest workforce survey in the world and the latest NHS performance stats – and we’ve crunched them both.
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NewsNHS leaders call for national rollout of drive-through vaccination centres
Drive-through vaccination centres should be set up across the country — particularly in rural areas — local leaders have said, following a ‘successful’ pilot.
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HSJ LocalTrust chiefs complain to Hancock over his ‘restructure on a whim’
Trust chief executives and a senior Tory MP have contacted Matt Hancock to object to plans to redraw NHS boundaries, which are understood to be driven personally by him, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Realpolitik and the NHS’ next big plan
In a last minute controversial intervention, Matt Hancock has torpedoed plans in Lancashire to consolidate emergency services.
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NewsImmigration rules changed so NHS can access 'best and brightest' managers
NHS managers and directors are among the roles being added to the shortage occupation list, with most healthcare professionals now deemed to be in shortage in the UK.