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NewsNHSE director: government has ‘absolute duty’ to hold public inquiry into handling of covid
‘Scared’ health and care staff who ‘put themselves on the line’ during the covid pandemic are owed a ‘duty’ by government to hold a public inquiry into how it was handled, a senior NHS England director has declared.
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HSJ LocalICS lead announces retirement
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire integrated care system’s executive lead is to retire in March after 36 years of working in the NHS.
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NewsGPs say rule change makes covid vaccine programme ‘unfeasibly challenging’
Coronavirus vaccinations at GP practices will now take ‘twice as long’ after regulators announced new rules just days before the jabs are rolled out across primary care.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Mind the staffing gap left by the vaccinators
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 workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. ...
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Nurse seeks funds to take sexual harassment complaint to tribunal
A specialist nurse is taking her employer to tribunal over the handling of a sexual harassment complaint she first raised five years ago.
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Exclusive: NHS and care home staff may miss covid-19 vaccine because of tech oversight
NHS and care home staff may be wrongfully excluded from the covid-19 vaccination programme because of an IT oversight, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust chair whose appointment was queried by CQC steps down
A former Post Office chief executive is standing down as chair of a major acute trust after two years.
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CommentWe need better sanctions for those who fail
Better sanctions guidance, redress for victims of “kangaroo courts” and proper training for managers are essential if disciplinary procedures are to be reformed, argue Narinder Kapur, Christian Harkensee and Terry Skitmore.
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NewsNHSE: Ethnicity and co-morbidities ‘could’ be considered for covid vaccine priority
NHS England has advised GP groups they “could consider” prioritising based on co-morbidities and ethnicity if they have more people who are over 80 than they can cover with their first batch of covid vaccine.
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NewsNursing union chief appointed to trust board
Royal College of Nursing chief Dame Donna Kinnair will join the board of a London mental health trust next year.
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HSJ LocalSTP lures system leader away from London
A north east London system leader is moving out of the capital to run a health system in the West Country.
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NewsNHS must review ‘all disciplinary procedures’ by March following nurse’s suicide
Trusts have been urged to reflect on their disciplinary procedures, and review them annually where required, following the death of a senior nurse who took his own life after being dismissed.
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HSJ LocalCEO urges staff to come forward after anonymous racism allegations
A trust chief executive has called for staff to come forward with concerns after anonymous allegations were made about black workers being treated like a ‘second class’.
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NewsRevealed: which NHS staff will get covid vaccine first
The first to be vaccinated after this morning’s approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech covid vaccine are likely to be NHS staff who are at risk of greater harm from covid-19, have greater exposure to it, or are likely to infect vulnerable people.
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CommentHow hospitals could step in to help manage GP practices
One way to help struggling GP practices could be ‘vertical integration’ which occurs when healthcare organisations operating at different stages along the patient pathway combine, by Jon Sussex and Dr Manbinder Sidhu.
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NewsNHS England reveals community pharmacies’ role in covid vax effort
Selected community pharmacies will provide up to 1,000 coronavirus vaccines each week, in addition to those provided by general practice and mass centres, according to an NHS England letter.
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CommentWhy we created a ‘financial hardship fund’ as part of our covid response
Consistently delivering the physiological needs are what most of our colleagues require this winter and beyond, writes Richard Mitchell
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NewsShouting, screaming and microaggressions uncovered at NHS organisation
A review of a clinical commissioning group has discovered “microaggressions and insensitivities” towards Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff, and the use of derogatory slurs about other groups.
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HSJ PartnersManaging cultural change in a crisis
Executive leaders can drive improvement by focusing on developing an organisational culture, building up staff in an open, just, and empowering environment, thereby enabling organisations to meet the challenges of the new and uncertain healthcare environment.
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NewsNHSE recommends law to abolish CCGs by 2022
NHS England is backing legislation to abolish clinical commissioning groups by April 2022, strip back competition rules, and require trusts to be part of care alliances, HSJ can reveal.