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HSJ LocalTrust with largest ICU redeploys 200 doctors as it faces being ‘overwhelmed’
The trust with the country’s largest intensive care unit capacity is set to redeploy 200 doctors as it faces being “overwhelmed” by covid-19 patients.
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NewsNHSE orders further dilution of staffing ratios to help double ICU capacity
NHS England has told hospitals in the Midlands to further dilute their staffing ratios so critical care capacity can be doubled, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrainees deployed to wards as overseas recruitment ‘blown out the water’
A trust in the Midlands says its international recruitment plans have been ‘blown out of the water’ by the new covid variant and recent travel bans – and forced it to deploy medical trainees to the wards.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Medical leaders seek to ‘shame’ private hospitals and their staff into supporting NHS
NHS England and senior clinical leaders in London are ‘profoundly uncomfortable’ that some routine elective care is continuing in private hospitals, while the NHS faces ‘unthinkable’ pressures from coronavirus.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Leaders must stand up for staff and denounce covid deniers
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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NewsAll trusts to start vaccinating staff from Monday
All English trusts will be established as vaccine ‘hospital hubs’ by next Monday and will be responsible for vaccinating frontline health and social care staff against coronavirus.
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NewsRegulator waives clinical exam so overseas nurses can bolster covid push
Overseas-trained nurses have been told they can join the temporary coronavirus register without undertaking a formal ‘clinical assessment’ in an attempt to bolster the NHS workforce as the third covid wave surges.
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NewsDavid Nicholson: Support staff and respond vigorously to covid deniers
The previous chief executive of the NHS has said “we need to support our staff and make sure we respond vigorously to people who deny there is a problem” with covid, as pressure on the service in most areas continues to grow.
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NewsRoll out covid vaccinations to frontline staff ‘immediately’, says NHS England
Covid-19 vaccinations should now be “immediately” rolled out to front line staff, NHS England has told trust leaders.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read commissioning stories of 2020
As we get ready to say goodbye to 2020, HSJ takes a look back at the 10 most read commissioning stories of the year.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read workforce stories of 2020
The importance of NHS staff was underlined during the pandemic, but many were strained like never before – here is a rundown of HSJ’s most read workforce stories for this year
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NewsLondon critical care patients could be sent to Yorkshire as capital’s ICUs top 100pc occupancy
Requests have been made to transfer patients in need of intensive care from London to hospitals in Yorkshire, HSJ has learned, as leaked figures reveal that critical care is running at 100 per cent-plus capacity across the south east and east of England.
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NewsExclusive: Hancock demands “affordability” must determine size of NHS covid pay rise
The health and social care secretary has repeatedly emphasised the need for “affordability” when determing the size of the promised pay rise for over one million NHS staff in instructions sent to the independent pay review body this week. DHSC starts Agenda for Change staff pay review process Health ...
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NewsTeaching trust’s staff ‘utterly rinsed and completely wiped out’ by elective targets
A major London trust’s critical care staff have urged leaders to review elective work targets amid serious concerns over workload, safe staffing and burnout, HSJ has learned.
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NewsChief executive apologises after sharing ‘suicide note’ with 3,000 staff
The chief executive of a mental health trust has apologised after sharing a colleague’s ‘suicide note’ with 3,000 staff.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Escaping the gloom – what 2021 holds for the NHS
Four HSJ correspondents make their predictions for the NHS in 2021, from the vaccination programme and tech reorganisation, through to change at the top, staffing and mental health.
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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. ...