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PodcastHSJ podcast: Will trusts really sack 60,000 unvaccinated staff?
NHS trusts will soon be forced to redeploy or dismiss staff members who have not had their covid jab and this week we discuss what this could mean for the safe running of the health service.
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Exclusive: NHSE orders health check blitz to stop mortality gap growing
NHS England is urging health systems to ramp up physical health checks for people with severe mental illnesses to address a widening life expectancy gap caused by covid, according to a letter seen by HSJ.
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NewsDaily Insight: A chink of light?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsHospital trust launches as social care provider
A leading acute foundation trust is launching itself as a direct provider of domiciliary social care services, and planning to open care homes, in what is thought to be a first.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The discharge debacle
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsTwo-year breaches rise by 15pc to record high
The number of two-year elective breaches jumped 15 per cent to 18,585 patients between October and November, although the NHS’s overall waiting list size stabilised at just under six million patients.
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NewsTrust rated ‘outstanding’ three times in a row
A trust has become the first mental health and community provider in the country to be rated “outstanding” overall by the Care Quality Commission three times in a row.
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CommentICS leaders must prioritise care for dying people
Dying people must be at the heart of integrated care system strategies and this cannot be left to chance, argues Matthew Reed, ahead of today’s debate in the House of Lords on the Health and Care Bill
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed could greater patient engagement help with more efficient management of the backlog?
in association with On demand recording now available From the perspective of a service user, interactions with health and social care are often exceedingly difficult to navigate. The NHS’s traditional approach to managing patient pathways has involved letters, appointments ...
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HSJ LocalTrust launches investigation after staff member’s death
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has launched an ‘independent investigation into the circumstances’ surrounding the death of a staff member, the trust’s chief executive told a board meeting today.
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NewsTeaching trust’s chief to leave after seven years
The chief executive of one of England’s top teaching trusts is to leave this summer after seven years at the helm.
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NewsNHS guarantees private sector at least £225m to reserve capacity in case of new covid surge
NHS England has guaranteed to pay independent providers around £225m between now and March to reserve capacity in case of a covid admissions surge – but the figure could rise to up to £525m if the capacity needs to be fully utilised.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: An invidious situation
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsMaternity service safety threatened by staff vacancies and mandatory vaccination, warns trust
A trust has warned it could be forced to restrict maternity services due to a high midwife vacancy rate, and large numbers unvaccinated among the current staff.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: NHSE wielding axe to quality targets risks normalising poor care
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter will track prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsTwelve-hour A&E waits average over 400 a day, leak reveals
The number of ‘trolley waits’ of more than 12 hours has continued to rise sharply into January, as senior medics warn of ‘appalling crowding’ in emergency departments.
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News‘Low priority’ community cases to be deferred as staff redeployed
NHS England has told local systems to defer ‘low priority’ cases across 11 community services, because of the pressures created by the omicron wave.
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NewsHalf of ICSs have not published board papers
Nearly half integrated care systems published no board papers for the whole of last year despite national policy indicating they should, HSJ has found.