All Wes Streeting articles – Page 16
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Comment‘We’re in a right pickle’, Darzi concludes
Julian Patterson applauds the wide-ranging aspirations and familiar themes of Lord Darzi’s performance review
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NewsShrink the centre to boost local management, Darzi concludes
The NHS needs to urgently reconfigure the “balance of its management resources”, says Lord Darzi’s report into the state of the NHS.
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NewsDarzi: NHS ‘unlikely’ to meet performance targets in five years
Labour is “unlikely” to meet its flagship manifesto commitment to restore the NHS’s constitutional waiting times during this parliamentary term, Lord Darzi has warned.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: ‘We’re in a right hole’
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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CommentLabour needs to champion the role of NHS managers
The NHS faces unprecedented challenges, but to rebuild it, Wes Streeting must break from past political instincts and invest in effective management, laying the groundwork for long-term success in the upcoming Ten Year Plan, writes Jon Restell
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Winning over the Treasury
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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CommentReforming NICE would empower the drive to address health inequalities
Keith Syrett and Peter Littlejohns discuss NICE’s evolution, highlighting its cost-effectiveness focus, stakeholder balance, and role in healthcare prioritisation
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NewsExclusive: Darzi will highlight underinvestment in NHS managers
The imminent review of NHS performance by Lord Ara Darzi will highlight the need to invest more in NHS management and leadership, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Tumbling into a full-on row
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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NewsStreeting will ‘blame Tories for NHS failures this winter’
Wes Streeting is being “realistic” about recovering NHS performance, and failures this winter will be attributable to the previous government, he has told NHS chief executives.
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NewsService closures on hold after ministerial intervention call
An integrated care board has paused plans to reorganise hospital services after the threat of ministerial intervention.
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NewsExtra pay rise for band 8s and 9s confirmed
Many band 8 and 9 staff will receive an additional pay rise this November, after pay framework changes were signed off by unions and employers.
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NewsCQC to scrap ‘generic’ inspector model to fix ‘trust breakdown’
The Care Quality Commission is scrapping its “generic” inspection team model, which is unpopular with trust leaders, as it bids to recover credibility in the wake of a highly critical report on the organisation.
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NewsTrusts face ‘litigation spike’ because of Labour’s planned reforms
Labour’s employment law reforms could trigger a “spike in litigation” against trusts and create other significant challenges for managers and HR teams, senior lawyers have warned.
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CommentLabour promised an HIV plan by October, this is what it should contain
To achieve zero HIV transmissions by 2030, improving equity of access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis must be central to Labour’s action plan, writes Dr Vanessa Apea
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NewsStreeting pressed for decision on controversial service change
Wes Streeting will have to consider whether to “call in” a long-awaited, contested restructure of children’s cancer services in south London.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Don’t fixate on legal costs – invest in preventing harm in the first place
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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CommentExclusive: 10-year NHS plan revealed
Fixing the NHS is surprisingly simple, as the forthcoming government plan will make clear. The only mystery is why it took us so long to find the solution, writes Julian Patterson
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Carrying the can for corridor care
This week’s HSJ podcast looks at the latest development in Shropshire’s troubled health system and hospitals, and NHS England’s move to ramp up the rollout of the federated data platform.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Walking into a GP trap
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.