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NewsNHS staff offered snack box or a ‘commemorative badge’ for covid efforts
A clinical commissioning group which is making redundancies has polled staff on whether they would prefer a thank you card from senior management or a “Graze-type snackbox” as recognition of their work over the last six months.
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HSJ PartnersNot ‘just another winter’: how leaders will build back better
Danny Silk, consulting manager at Carnall Farrar, explains how health and care leaders are shifting their approach to balance winter pressures, covid-19 waves and elective activity.
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NewsMental health nurses can reduce A&E trips, new study finds
Sending a mental health nurse and a paramedic to people in mental distress has dramatically reduced the number taken to A&E in a pilot scheme.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Nursing the Nightingales
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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NewsRising covid absences will have ‘significant impact’ on NHS recovery
Increasing staff absence due to covid-19 will have a ‘significant impact’ on the ability of the NHS to deliver critical care services and routine operations, leading intensive care doctors have said.
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NewsAcute chief moves to bigger trust
A longstanding healthcare leader in north London is heading west to become the chief executive of a major acute provider.
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NewsNew spending review demand for £260m on cancer
Health Education England could need additional investment of up to £260m to boost NHS staff numbers enough to meet growing need for cancer services, government has been told.
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NewsGP who fought government made a dame in Queen’s honours
Prominent and sometimes controversial London GP Clare Gerada has been made a dame in the Queen’s birthday honours list, with hundreds of other health and care figures also recognised.
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NewsTroubled trust appoints interim CEO after predecessor resigns
A London hospital which had to be closed to emergency patients following a covid-19 outbreak among staff has appointed an interim chief executive.
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NewsBMA junior doctors leader joins Jeremy Hunt’s patient safety charity
A key player in the junior doctor disputes with Jeremy Hunt has now joined the former health secretary’s patient safety charity.
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NewsSecond leading trust chooses tech supplier not included on NHSE and X approved list for £175m deal
One of the NHS’s flagship teaching trusts has defied NHSX and NHS England by selecting an electronic patient record system supplier not included on their approved framework, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTeaching trust CEO resigns to take up post as government adviser
Professor Marcel Levi will leave University College London Foundation Trust on 31 March next year after four years at the top of the institution.
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NewsTrusts told: Bid for cash to boost overseas recruitment by 41pc
Provider chiefs have been told to submit their plans to boost international recruitment, with a greater share of funding available to those which produce the most ambitious proposals.
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CommentRegulators are ‘not good enough’ at holding NHS orgs to account if they discriminate against BME staff
The strategic emphasis on race equality must be strengthened, adding greater use of evidence and learning to achieve change, writes Roger Kline
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Stevens’ successor should relish chance to tackle inequalities
In the climate of covid-19 and Black Lives Matter, the NHS faces calls for greater action to tackle race inequality. HSJ workforce reporter Nick Kituno reflects on a critical juncture for the workforce race equality standard.
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NewsHold national bodies to same leadership standards as trusts, says CQC report
The leaders of NHS England and the Care Quality Commission should have their own performance subjected to the same assessment process they require for local providers, a report has said.
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NewsFourth senior departure from NHS procurement body
The chief commercial officer of NHS Supply Chain has stood down as part of an organisational restructure, making him the fourth departure to be confirmed from the top of the agency inside two weeks.
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NewsChairs have ‘high moral values’ but struggle with ‘disruptive’ directors, claims landmark study
Nearly half of trust chairs fail to “effectively deal with non-performing board members” according to a major study of the role of NHS non-executive directors seen by HSJ.
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NewsBrexit and covid restrictions pose ‘public disorder’ threat for NHS this winter
An ambulance trust is warning of the risk of public disorder affecting its staff this winter.
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NewsSome trusts are gaming race equality targets, says retiring NHSE lead
The NHS’ race equality measures must be reviewed as some of them are being gamed by trusts, according to the NHS England director who oversaw them until earlier this year.