All Health Service Journal articles in September 2022
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Ambitions thwarted, underperformers roasted and no-shows warned
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsTemporary staffing agencies see huge jump in income
Companies supplying agency staff to NHS trusts have seen their income increase dramatically, an HSJ analysis of financial documents shows.
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NewsTrust drops mandatory renewable energy scheme with ‘no value’
An NHS trust has dropped a renewable energy mechanism that was intended to support a transition away from fossil fuels, despite it being made mandatory by NHS England.
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News‘Appalled’ NHSE director orders safety review at all providers
The NHS’ mental health director has branded abuse exposed at a city inpatient unit as “heartbreaking and shameful” and ordered all providers to review their safety.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: New chiefs, new narratives and new twists
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The ‘cost of staying in the NHS’ crisis
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment'Learning systems' can help get the NHS off its knees
Giving providers digital tools and technologies to resolve challenges within the health system is a possible approach for embedding learning and improvement into the process of delivering healthcare. By Nell Thornton-Lee, Tom Hardie and Tim Horton
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NewsExclusive: New hospitals could be required to have single patient rooms only
New hospitals may be required to have single patient rooms only, HSJ can reveal.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Why NHS pain will follow Truss’ economic chaos
With warnings the public sector could be forced to bear the brunt of last week’s tax cuts, we discuss the dire impact this will have on the NHS’ finances, its ability to retain staff and deal with the covid backlog.
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CommentThe grimmest of fairy tales
Traditional stories and rhymes have entertained and scared generations of children. Now we can all enjoy a good nightmare, writes Julian Patterson
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: New chief knows his patch
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentNHS at risk of losing a generation of data analysts
If the NHS wants to lead the world in health data and analytics to improve care and make better population decisions, analysts must receive opportunities to access continuing professional development. By Andi Orlowski
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NewsHospital’s ‘consistently high’ mortality rate under investigation
NHS England and local system leaders are looking into “consistently high” mortality rates over the last two years at an acute hospital after previous reviews failed to find an explanation, an integrated care board meeting was told this week.
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NewsTrust CEO drafted in to replace departing ICS leader
The chief executive of a successful acute trust is to take over as the interim leader of an integrated care system.
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NewsGrowth in covid hospital admissions equalling January surge
The growth in the number of hospital patients who test positive for covid is rising as steeply as during the January wave.
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NewsService threatens to sue CQC after ‘inadequate’ rating
An independent mental health facility is challenging an “inadequate” Care Quality Commission rating, and said it will use “the full extent of the law” to do so.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: New narrative needed
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News‘Terrorist activity’ concerns trump patient confidentiality, NHS staff told
Health professionals should not let fears about sharing personal data “stand in the way” of reporting patients at risk of “being groomed into terrorist activity”, new government guidance has stressed.
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NewsCQC triggers two reviews into whistleblowing concerns
The Care Quality Commission has commissioned an independent review into handling of a high-profile whistleblower case, and a wider internal review of how it responds when it is given “information of concern”.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Will NHSE ever kill off the four-hour target?
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.