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NewsRevealed: Thirty-five areas go backwards on key cancer target
Dozens of local commissioning areas have gone backwards on a key cancer metric over the last five years, an analysis of national data reveals.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Helter Skelter
“When I get to the bottom, I go back to the top of the slide” ‘ Helter Skelter ’ (Paul McCartney) That was a week, that was. (Yes, I have a nasty feeling this could be the opening line for this column for some months to come, too.) ...
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Providers ‘missed opportunities’ in outbreak which killed 15
An investigation into the outbreak of a bacterial infection that killed 15 people has found there were several “missed opportunities” in their care.
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First NHS trust to run covid Lighthouse lab
A Lighthouse laboratory will for the first time be run by an NHS hospital trust, which hopes to open the covid-19 testing facility before Christmas.
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How CVDprevent will close the gap on poor primary care performance
The national audit for cardiovascular disease will include six high risk conditions with extracts of routinely recorded general practice data being monitored and managed for reducing impact on patients. By Dr Matt Kearney and Lorraine Oldridge.
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‘Razor-sharp’ covid testing agency will be ‘a single voice of truth’ on health protection
The new body set to take over the covid testing regime will provide ‘a single voice of truth’ on health protection according to government guidance released today.
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Unions ‘alarmed’ over ‘lack of consultation’ on PHE abolition
Unions have told Matt Hancock they are ‘alarmed’ at the ‘lack of consultation’ in his plan to replace Public Health England with a new national body.
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Exclusive: Top leadership team at NHS Test and Trace includes just one clinician
The top leadership of NHS Test and Trace includes several senior figures brought in from retail, commerce and industry, but only one public health expert, a leaked structure document reveals.
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Sharp rise in kids with covid symptoms as schools reopen
The beginning of September has seen a sharp uptick in children presenting with potential covid-19 symptoms to NHS 111 and 999, just as schools reopened.
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Arm’s length bodies show ‘very little improvement’ on diversity
Arm’s length bodies in the NHS made virtually no improvement in the numbers of BAME staff at the highest levels in 2019, according to new official data.
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Digital and consumer bosses encouraged to apply for CEO of new body
The government has started advertising for a chief executive of the newly formed National Institute for Health Protection.
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New screening committee to replace PHE role
A new UK-wide national screening committee is to be set up to advise the government, following the announcement this month that Public Health England is to close.
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Cowper’s Cut: The National Institute for Self-Protection (for errant health secretaries)
Andy Cowper on the health secretary’s anticipated speech, abolishing of PHE and McKinseys big giveaway.
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Hancock says new ‘standalone’ body could take PHE’s remaining functions
A new public health agency could be formed to take on the health improvement and prevention functions of the soon-to-be-defunct Public Health England, the health secretary said today.
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Exclusive: Many public health responsibilities to return to the NHS
There is a ‘central working hypothesis’ that many of the functions of the abolished Public Health England will return to the NHS next year, according to very senior sources close to the proposed changes.
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Exclusive: No change to PHE staff ‘terms and conditions’ until spring
Public Health England staff will not see the terms and conditions of their jobs change until the spring, a senior source has told HSJ .
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HSJ Knowledge
We are all in the same storm, but we are not all in the same boat
It is more vital than ever that mental health services are not forgotten, but rather included at the forefront of the national response towards the pandemic, writes Asha Patel
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Selbie: ‘I am sorry beyond words’
The chief executive of Public Health England says he is ‘sorry beyond words’ the demise of the arm’s length body was briefed to the media before his own staff were told.
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Cowper’s Cut: Cranking up the covid-19 blame game
Andy Cowper on the blame game going on in the time of coronavirus pandemic
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Exclusive: Lockdown patch sees surge in ‘excess deaths’
The rate of “excess deaths” in Leicester and Leicestershire was significantly higher than anywhere else in England in the most recent five-week period, according to official statistics.
