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NewsNational chiefs tell staff covid vaccine is ‘professional responsibility’
The most senior clinical leaders in the NHS have written to staff telling them it is their professional responsibility to be vaccinated against covid-19, in the wake of the government abandoning plans to make it a legal requirement.
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HSJ LocalWaiting lists balloon after suspension of private provider
Waiting lists for some diagnostic scans have ballooned after the sudden suspension of a major private provider.
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NewsNHSE to spend up to £42m on management consultants for elective recovery
NHS England will fund integrated care systems to spend up to £42m on management consultancy help with their elective recovery plans this year, it has confirmed.
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HSJ InteractiveIs cybersecurity now an urgent patient safety issue?
With cyber attacks constituting a risk to clinical care, a recent HSJ webinar in association with Sophos argued cybersecurity should be the business of everyone in the NHS. Claire Read reports
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NewsTrust apologises for saying patient’s sexual assault ‘didn’t happen’
A hospital trust has apologised to a mental health patient who reported being sexually assaulted in its A&E department – after it emerged in a safety review that staff wrote ‘this has not happened’ and dismissed her claims of the attack.
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Expert BriefingThe Primer: Levelling up?
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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HSJ LocalTrust's recruitment process for new CEO under fire
A major acute trust has defended its recruitment process for a new chief executive after an influential MP criticised what she sees as a lack of involvement from local stakeholders.
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News‘Galling’ move to claw back £28m of overpayments to GPs
NHS England is seeking legal advice on whether it can claw back £28m of “overpayments” that were made to GPs.
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NewsDaily Insight: Integrated chaos system
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNHS spend on private healthcare rose 27 per cent in a year
NHS commissioners’ spending on private healthcare increased 27 per cent to more than £18bn in 2020-21, with pandemic effects causing it to rise faster than spend on NHS trusts and general practice.
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LeaderSorry, not sorry
The non-apology has arrived to squat on British public discourse like a particularly ugly and unwanted toad.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Careless spending, candid chiefs and a change of heart
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Comment'Shape up or ship out' message was motivation, claims chair
Chair and chief executive who presided over a ‘culture of name-calling’ promise to learn the lessons of the past, writes Julian Patterson
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NewsJavid wants ‘best cancer care in Europe’
Sajid Javid has pledged to make England’s ‘cancer care system the best in Europe’ with a new 10-year plan, despite current problems with underdiagnosis and long waits for treatment.
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HSJ LocalNew ICS structure ‘absolutely daft’, says acute chair
Proposals for how Norfolk and Waveney integrated care system will work ‘feel so top heavy’ that residents could ‘struggle to understand the point’, a local hospital chair has warned.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Two trusts, NHS England and the whistleblowers
Two very different trusts are under the spotlight after concerns were raised by whistleblowers about poor culture and behaviour.
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NewsNHS England appoints medical director for secondary care and transformation
Vin Diwakar has been made medical director for secondary care in the new national transformation directorate, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSX CEO to remain national director as brand ‘retired’
The head of NHSX will retain his title as ‘national director for digital transformation’ and will continue to work for the Department of Health and Social Care, as the tech unit ‘retires’ its brand this week, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: ‘Four hundred people were approached to lead our ICS… just one was credible’
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ performance, recovery and workforce correspondent Nick Kituno, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies ...