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CommentAgility: the missing ingredient for NHS productivity
While there are many ideas out there for improving NHS productivity, to really take advantage of them government and NHS leaders must invest in strengthening provider agility - building improvement capability, investing in digital infrastructure, and providing effective implementation support in central programmes, writes Anita Mehay
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NewsTrust’s CEO moves to national improvement role
Isle of Wight Trust’s chief executive is moving to a new national post to support other NHS organisations with their improvement journeys.
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NewsNHSE is ‘pussyfooting around’ race strategy amid ‘wokery media storm’, says lead
NHS England is ‘pussyfooting’ around the release of a new workforce race equality strategy amid a “media storm around ‘wokery’,” the lead of the programme has said.
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NewsUnaccredited IAPT practitioners carrying out thousands of counselling sessions
Tens of thousands of NHS-funded counselling sessions are still being carried out by practitioners who have not done accredited training courses, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTreasury leaves NHS waiting on crucial staffing budgets
Government has failed to confirm education and training budgets for next year, despite repeated warnings by officials of the potential damage to delivering key asks, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts where one in six staff have not had two covid jabs
There are 16 NHS trusts where at least one in six staff have not had two doses of coronavirus vaccine, and all but one of them are in London and Birmingham.
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NewsTrust’s directors scapegoated psychiatrist over patient’s death, tribunal finds
A mental health trust ‘scapegoated’ a psychiatrist over the death of a patient amid systemic issues, an employment tribunal has found.
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NewsNHS leaders must give staff time to ‘access psychological support’
NHS trusts must give their workforce the time to access nationally funded psychological therapies, a leading doctor has warned, as the ‘tired’ health service prepares to face a difficult winter.
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CommentStaff redeployed to combat covid must be able to 'find closure'
A key component of the NHS response to the pandemic has been to reinforce acute and critical care capacity. This led in many cases to an unprecedented re-deployment of personnel from different care pathways into covid wards. A research project is now gathering evidence of the impact of working in ...
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NewsFour integrated care systems fail to appoint chairs
NHS England has been unable to appoint chairs for the NHS boards of four integrated care systems.
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NewsTwo acute trusts to share a chair after NHSE appointment
Two acute trusts in north London will share a chair following an appointment by NHS England.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust chair steps down amid ICS creation
The chair of Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust will step down earlier than planned to allow his successor to start the role when integrated care systems are formally established.
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NewsCQC criticises care scandal trust for 'unsafe staffing'
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal does not have enough midwifery staff to keep women and babies safe, a Care Quality Commission inspection has revealed.
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NewsFormer private healthcare boss chosen to chair integrated care board
A former leader of King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust is one of three new integrated care board chairs who have been selected in the South East.
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NewsLeading trust chief announces retirement
One of the NHS’ most renowned chief executives is announcing her retirement this lunchtime, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSpecial measures trust appoints police and fire chief as new chair
A mental health trust that was placed into NHS England’s new ‘recovery support programme’ this summer has appointed a new chair.
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NewsHEE tells trusts to prioritise training, or services will suffer
The quality and performance of services will suffer if medical training is not ‘prioritised and funded’ by trusts, Health Education England has warned.
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CommentNHS can use its power as an employer to create a more just society
NHS trusts and health boards should take the lead in deploying progressive employment interventions at local level, which can be used to leverage employment opportunities towards people who are farthest from the jobs market, write Tom Lloyd Goodwin and David Burch
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NewsProvider chief executive to step down
The chief executive of a major independent mental health provider has announced her departure after leading the organisation out of special measures.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Mind the gap – again
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