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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Road to recovery goes via independent sector
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust backed into corner as strikes escalate
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentThe critical role of NHS finance directors in patient safety
There are challenging misconceptions about NHS finance directors that highlight their vital role in enhancing patient safety and healthcare value, writes Emma Knowles
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HSJ LocalTrust pauses EPR go live amid roll out problems
A large teaching trust has delayed the launch of its new electronic patient record system, with no new date yet set.
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NewsFinance directors ‘incensed’ at comments by safety watchdog
The Health Services Safety Investigation Branch has been accused of taking ‘divisive potshots’ at NHS finance directors.
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HSJ PartnersVirtual Wards: Getting the model right - A Perspective for NHS Leaders
NHS Virtual Ward models are a necessary solution for today’s challenges and the right investment for the future. The decisions trust and ICB leaders must make today can turn pioneering home care options into permanent operational improvements to the NHS hospital experience
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NewsCommissioners need only use competitive tenders in rare cases say new rules
New regulations have significantly narrowed the circumstances under which commissioners must use a competitive process to choose suppliers of healthcare services.
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NewsReliance on private hospitals being ‘hard wired’ into NHS elective care
The drive to cut NHS waiting lists is becoming ‘disproportionately reliant’ on the private sector, experts have warned, as new data suggests rapid growth in the elective activity carried out by non-NHS providers.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Management regulation is all fur coat and no knickers
The post-Letby verdict debate on NHS manager regulation underscores the necessity for substantial leadership and management development, revealing the shortcomings of performative regulatory solutions
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NewsHospitals close areas after discovering RAAC planks
More hospitals have closed parts of their site after discovering potentially unsafe concrete had been used in the building structures, HSJ has learned.
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LeaderBarclay has crossed the line this time
In writing directly to NHS organisations effectively instructing them to stop recruiting to equality, diversity and inclusion roles Steve Barclay has taken a step which is as unacceptable as it is unwise.
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HSJ PartnersMobilising Health and Social Care Data to Reduce Health Inequalities
The April 2023 publication of the Hewitt review, an independent, government-commissioned review of integrated care systems in the UK, revealed staggering statistics relating to the financial and social impact of health inequalities. Defined by the NHS as “unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population, and between different groups ...
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HSJ PartnersPay is important, but the NHS shouldn’t ignore drivers of retention that they can fix
Amidst the NHS staff retention crisis, worsened by recent strikes, ImproveWell suggests cost-effective strategies to enhance workforce retention, with a focus on involving staff
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ Webinar discussed using data to tackle health inequalities
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. Reducing health inequalities is one of the key tasks of integrated care boards with a statutory duty to “have regard” to reducing health inequalities. Many will be focused on the Core20PLUS5 approach adopted ...
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CommentFrom conception to ridicule: the journey of an NHSE framework
It’s not enough to rely on common sense, sometimes we need NHS England to explain it to us. Julian Patterson has read the Staff Recognition Framework so you don’t have to
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NewsNHSE defends equality roles against Barclay intervention
NHS England’s chair has defended the need for ‘specialist skills to address equality, diversity and inclusion’, after Steve Barclay told local NHS organisations to stop recruiting dedicated EDI roles.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Mackey’s next move
Sir Jim Mackey is moving on from Northumbria Healthcare FT after 18 years and taking the top job at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT. This week we discuss what this means for the NHS in the North East and also for NHSE, where he will be leaving his chief operating ...
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News‘Notable decline’ in ambulance, mental health and maternity care, says CQC
The quality of maternity, mental health and ambulance services has seen a “notable decline” over the last year, which is contributing to “unfair care” and worsening health inequalities, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsSenior managers’ pay rise delayed until at least November
Senior managers will not get their 5 per cent pay uplift for 2023-24 until at least November, with unions describing a slow sign-off process as “making a mountain out of a molehill”.
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NewsPublic inquiry will probe ‘NHS management and governance’
The inquiry into how concerns over Lucy Letby were handled will examine wider questions about NHS culture.