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HSJ PartnersPatient engagement is central to every part of the pathway
The ability to effectively communicate with patients at every point of an episode of care improves efficiency and experience, argues Jane Tyacke
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HSJ LocalBlowing whistle on trust CEO ‘hardest thing I’ve had to do’, says his successor
A trust chief who blew the whistle on her predecessor’s ‘aggressive’ behaviour and lack of interest in patient safety says it was the hardest thing she has had to do in her career.
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NewsDisabled staff nearly twice as likely to face performance management
Disabled NHS staff are nearly twice as likely to face formal questions over their ability to do their job than their non-disabled colleagues, an NHS England report has revealed.
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NewsNHSE staff survey delivers damning verdict on People Directorate
NHS England’s People Directorate recorded consistently poor results across the great majority of key measures according to the organisation’s annual Staff Survey, HSJ has discovered
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Gone but not for long
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The 20 trusts with three quarters of the NHS's two year waiters
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.
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CommentGetting a same-day GP appointment in the UK is relatively easy
A survey of around 19,000 adults over the age of 65 in 2021 asked about their health and care, including how the pandemic had affected their access to services in 11 countries. For the UK, the results are mixed.
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NewsTroubled acute appoints council chief as CEO
A major acute trust in the East Midlands has appointed the chief executive of the local county council to be its new chief executive.
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NewsNHS England gives up on A&E ‘tents’ plan
NHS England has given up telling trusts to erect ‘tents’ outside emergency departments to help cope with the ambulance handover crisis, according to senior medics.
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HSJ InteractiveCan the NHS make virtual wards work at scale?
The national direction is clear – virtual wards are to become an increasingly important part of care delivery. But can the NHS successfully scale up such an approach? Claire Read reports from a recent HSJ webinar
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News‘One last chance to get it right’ for ‘inadequate’ trust, says chair
The chair of what may be England’s most challenged trust has rejected suggestions that it needs a ‘wholesale reorganisation’ but said it is on its ‘last chance to get it right’.
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NewsStaff warn of ‘worsening’ culture at beleaguered trust
The culture at a long-troubled ambulance trust is ‘worsening, not improving’, its staff have told a health watchdog.
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NewsRetired CEO to lead trust with ‘deep-seated’ cultural problems
A trust found by a review to have ‘multiple’ corporate governance problems and ‘deep-seated’ cultural issues has appointed a recently retired chief executive as its new chair.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A big day for big jobs
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Last chance saloon
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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CommentA licence to act for progressive primary care leaders
The Stocktake report, set out to understand how leaders can support better primary care integration, highlights a number of key issues hoped to be addressed through it. By Matthew Taylor
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HSJ LocalNew NHSE regional director appointed
Clare Panniker has been appointed as the new NHS England regional director for the East of England, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNearly half of trust’s beds filled by patients fit to be discharged
A chief executive has described her ‘considerable regret’ that growing difficulty in discharging patients has resulted in nearly half of her trust’s inpatients being clinically ready to leave.
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NewsDeputy chief gets England’s biggest hospital job
UPDATED: The deputy chief executive of Barts Health Trust has been promoted to be joint CEO of the trust and its neighbour, one of the biggest jobs in the English hospital system.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Results before repairs
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.