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NewsGovernment hires management consultant to review number of regulators
The government has ordered an external review of whether the number of professional healthcare regulators should be reduced to ‘simplify’ the system.
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NHS set target to care for 15pc of covid patients at home by end of month
A minimum of 15 per cent of hospital patients who are covid positive should be treated in virtual wards, urgent new guidance issued by NHS England has stated.
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ICS launch delayed until July
The move to put integrated care systems on a statutory footing and close clinical commissioning groups has been delayed by three months, HSJ understands.
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Letter from Scotland: Scottish GPs are grumpy too
Henry Anderson gives the lowdown on the major happenings in the NHS north of the border
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New procurement rules would bar poor performing suppliers
Government plans for new procurement rules would exclude suppliers with a history of poor performance as well as make it easier to award contracts based on ”social value”.
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Comment
Putting neighbourhoods at the heart of integrated care
Leaning into neighbourhood working offers a threefold benefit: reducing demand on the health and care system, developing community resilience and enabling retention through delivering new models of care. By Toby Lewis
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Staff who refuse covid vaccination may see ‘impact upon their pay and pension’
NHS staff who have to be redeployed because they refuse to be vaccinated against covid may be forced to ‘compete’ for a new role and could find their pay and pensions affected if their transfer becomes permanent, according to new NHS England guidance.
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Acutely unwell prisoners left in ‘limbo’ due to lack of mental health beds
People needing acute mental health treatment are being left in prison for extended periods, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: Government considering single leader for local NHS and care services
A single person would be accountable for planning health and care services in each local area under plans being reviewed by government, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
NHS faces ‘gear shift’ in performance management
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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National plan to modernise NHS’s HR function revealed
NHS England has unveiled a plan to modernise the health service’s human resources and organisational development functions over the next decade.
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NHSE pushing for four-hour target to be scrapped in April
System leaders are pushing for their new bundle of urgent and emergency standards to replace the four-hour target from April, HSJ has learned
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Javid: Structure of NHS digital leadership ‘odd’
Sajid Javid has described the way digital technology is led in the NHS as ‘odd’, as the health service awaits the publication of a long-delayed review on the topic.
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Comment
The NHS' system for paying nurses needs an overhaul
Research shows that the seven-year public-sector pay cap over the last decade saw nurses’ earnings fall significantly, by 5 per cent after we factor in consumer price inflation, writes Nihar Shembavnekar
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Messenger review could ‘set NHS leaders up to fail’, Javid warned
A government-commissioned review of NHS management could turn into a ‘blame game’ with leaders ‘set up to fail [against] unrealistic expectations’, NHS Providers chief Chris Hopson has warned.
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Comment
Deceased NHS staff called on to do their part
The government is planning to bring the dead out of retirement in an audacious bid to solve the workforce crisis, writes Julian Patterson
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: ‘Hoping for six feet of snow to keep everyone at home’
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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NHS now getting ‘slaps not claps’, warns national elective chief
The NHS has gone from getting clapped by the public to ‘getting slaps’ because patients’ tolerance of long waits for health services has deteriorated, NHS England’s elective chief has warned.
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Comment
Racial discrimination is present at all levels and all professions within the NHS
Understanding what is needed to turn the situation around after data from new research reveals, Black and minority ethnic staff are more than twice as likely to experience discrimination at work from a colleague
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Julian Patterson: Government pledges to end shortage of NHS plans
No shortage of turkeys this Christmas as government steps up production of plans and policy documents
