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PodcastHSJ podcast: How the government’s NHS reform plans are changing
In this week’s podcast we discuss how the government’s health and social care legislation plans are changing — both in substance and in context.
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NewsDoctors want tougher line on racist patients
GPs’ representatives have called on the government to taker a tougher line on racist patients, including preventing patients from refusing doctors who have a minority ethnic background.
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NewsInterim finance chief’s row with CCG over ‘warm words’ revealed
An interim finance director who was embroiled in a row with his former employer over whether he should be permanently appointed has lost his employment tribunal.
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NewsNearly half of eye patients at Hancock’s local trust waiting more than a year
The East of England has been revealed as the worst-performing region for long ophthalmology waits, with almost half the waiting list at one acute trust already breaching the 52-week milestone.
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CommentThe new NHS Bill is an ideal opportunity to improve workforce planning
Over the next decade the NHS will need a funding settlement that reflects the challenge of recruiting and retaining enough staff, catering to the quality of workforce planning, writes Anita Charlesworth.
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NewsEx-health minister to chair trust
A former public health minister has been appointed chair of a mental health trust.
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NewsTop managers’ pay has fallen nearly 5pc, says government
The salaries of the country’s top-earning very senior managers have fallen by nearly 5 per cent in recent years, the government has said.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Trusts to review use of controversial care model
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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NewsRegulator removes struggling hospital’s junior doctors
Ten junior doctors have been removed from a struggling hospital over concerns they were being left without adequate supervision on understaffed wards.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Bracing times and the vaccination bounce
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsNHS ramps up digital staff passport plans
NHS England and NHS Improvement has set out plans to significantly widen the use of the digital staff ‘passport’, a temporary version of which was rolled out last year in response to the pandemic.
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News700 anaesthetists may not secure a training job this summer, warns royal college
A perfect storm of pandemic pressures, changes to the medical curriculum and inadequate Health Education England funding threatens to leave 700 anaesthetists without a job this summer, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Who will be the next chief executive of NHS England?
With Sir Simon Stevens stepping down from the NHS’ top job in July, the 12-week countdown to find a successor begins.
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HSJ PartnersListening to the silence: What does the NHS staff survey tell us about Freedom to Speak Up?
Dr Henrietta Hughes urges all leaders within the health sector to ask whether staff feel safe to speak up in their own workforce surveys
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NewsChief exec moves from trust to ICS
A trust chief executive has been seconded to become the accountable officer of its local clinical commissioning group and the dedicated leader of its integrated care system — despite a question mark over whether the ICS will be allowed to exist.
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NewsTrust accused of ‘combative leadership’ announces new chief exec
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has appointed a new chief executive after nine months with an interim at the helm.
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NewsBritnell ‘thinking very seriously’ about NHS England CEO vacancy
Mark Britnell says he is “thinking very seriously” about applying for the soon to be vacant role of NHS England chief executive.
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NewsSpecialist trust appoints new chief executive
A specialist London trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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CommentHSIB should investigate staff well-being as well as patient safety
The NHS has been plagued by failures to learn lessons relating to patient safety and also by neglect of issues related to staff wellbeing. We offer two proposals to address this issue – that the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch broadens its remit to investigate adverse events relating to staff wellbeing, ...
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NewsFunding setback for tech roll-out at major acute trust
Plans to extend a new electronic patient record to one of London’s major acute providers have suffered a setback after an attempt to access unused national capital funding was abandoned.