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NewsNHSE ‘tiger teams’ deployed to support tech rollouts
NHS England has announced plans to procure expert “Tiger Teams” to support the delivery of electronic patient records in provider organisations in a contract worth £16m.
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HSJ InteractiveProviding mental health support to NHS staff
A recent HSJ webinar explored the worsening mental health of many working in the NHS, and how both sustained investment and a long-term strategy are needed to develop wellbeing within local systems
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HSJ LocalTrust appoints new chair from ICB
An acute trust in the West Midlands has appointed a new chair from its neighbouring integrated care board.
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HSJ LocalICS row breaks out over patients being shunted to GPs
A row has broken out between senior leaders in Norfolk and Waveney over the volume of work being passed to GPs by the acute sector.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Culture war casualties
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsHalf of covid ICU kit stockpile to be auctioned off
The government hopes to sell nearly half the intensive care equipment in the strategic pandemic reserve in the next few weeks, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts ‘pause’ merger of exec teams
Two hospital trusts with a combined turnover of nearly £3bn have “paused” plans to merge their executive director teams.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Directors and their clout
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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HSJ PartnersThe wait for NHS mental health services – how long is it?
Unveiling waiting times data and implementing standards can pave the way for crucial improvements for the mental health sector in patient access and outcomes, writes Michael Watson
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NewsICS says government must act on ‘crisis’ in children’s services
An integrated care system has called on government to provide adequate funding to deal with a “crisis” in children’s services.
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NewsRegional managers ‘scapegoated’ in ‘shambolic’ handling of racism report
An NHS agency refused to publicly apologise to two managers despite widespread doubts over the accuracy of a published report that accused them of presiding over “systemic racism”.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: NHS leaders must be honest about the service’s poor performance
Steve Black accuses the NHS’s leadership of spinning bad news
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Heed calls for inquiry into maternity failings now
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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CommentThe problem with 'lifers': lessons from the Post Office scandal
Peter West reflects on the Horizon Post Office scandal and suggests examining the impact of long-serving staff, or “lifers,” on organisational culture and patient care in healthcare settings
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NewsTheatre staff 'deliberately slow down' operations, review finds
Theatre staff at a major hospital “deliberately slowed down” to limit the number of operations that could be done each day, an NHS England review has been told.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Sluggish strategies, odd decisions and pay comparisons
Your essential update on health for the week.
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HSJ LocalTrust bosses used racist language in interviews, says CQC
Trust bosses used racist language and created a closed culture, according to a Care Quality Commission report, which said the trust’s overall and leadership ratings had been downgraded following an inspection.
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CommentOne minute to midnight in the ICB boardroom
With NHS Blithering ICB under imminent threat of attack by NHS England, Sir Trevor Longstay could go off at any moment. In a rare display of unity, the executive team works together to defuse the situation. Julian Patterson reports from the scene
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HSJ InteractiveHow to cut time out of cancer pathways
An HSJ webinar explored the role of digital workers in releasing capacity and reducing waiting times in cancer pathways
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HSJ LocalLeak reveals trust omitting two-year waits from reported figures
A hospital trust has been breaching national guidance by excluding some long waiters from its reported waiting list figures, in a move experts warned could put patient safety at serious risk.