All Amanda Pritchard articles – Page 2
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Live from Confed
This week’s episode comes to you from the NHS Confed Expo conference in Manchester, where we’re joined by NHS Confederation’s CEO Matthew Taylor and chair Victor Adebowale.
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NewsNHS can succeed where it previously failed in shifting care to community, says NHSE CEO
A “startling” change to system working along with other opportunities means the NHS can succeed where it failed in the past to shift more care into the community, the NHS England chief executive has claimed.
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NewsPritchard: NHS risks becoming ‘expensive safety net’ if politicians dodge ‘key choices’
The NHS is in danger of becoming an “expensive safety net” if government and society do not “grasp the nettle” over increased funding and tougher prevention, NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard has claimed.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: What can be done to improve duty of candour?
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsDame Ruth May announces retirement
Dame Ruth May is retiring as chief nursing officer for England later this year, it has been announced.
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NewsNHSE now backing 1,300 staff who missed out on ‘covid bonus’
NHS England has now said it is supporting a trust in trying to pay 1,300 of its staff who missed out on the covid bonus due to a quirk of timing.
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CommentTaking a stand against bigotry
In response to racist and misogynistic remarks by the CEO of a prominent technology supplier, the digital health community is uniting to forge an Equity charter, aiming to ensure sector-wide accountability and fairness, while fostering a safe and equitable environment for all
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NewsNHSE regional director to retire
The longest-serving NHS England regional director is retiring after four decades in the health service.
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NewsTrusts told to justify workforce increases, as NHSE warns the service must ‘consolidate’
NHS England has told trusts to review and justify their staffing increases over the last four years, saying there must now be a drive to “consolidate” services and workforce.
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NewsNHSE ‘reviewing contracts’ over supplier’s racist comments
NHS England is “exploring” relationships between the health service and tech firm TPP — and considering wider measures with other suppliers — in the wake of alleged racist comments by the company’s chief executive Frank Hester, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: ‘Martha’s Rule will mean that she didn’t die completely in vain’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsNHSE director admits ‘huge cost’ to cutting ambulance delays
Reductions in the number of long ambulance delays have come at a “huge cost” as hospitals are having to take in more emergency patients than they have space for, NHS England’s urgent care director has said.
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NewsDoctors who worked during strike thanked by NHSE chief
Amanda Pritchard has thanked junior doctors who “returned to work to ensure minimum levels of cover” during last week’s strike, “whether or not formal patient safety mitigations were granted” by their union, along with others who helped “keep patients safe”.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most-read policy stories of 2023
It’s the last day of 2023 so we’ve taken a look back at HSJ’s most-read policy stories for the year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The chronic covid hangover
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE crackdown on 10-hour ambulance delays
NHS England has launched a new crackdown on trusts it says have a ‘management strategy’ to hold patients in the back of ambulances to cope with emergency pressures inside their hospitals, HSJ has learned.
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News£100m national accounting system delayed by up to six months
The delivery of a ‘business critical’ accounting system for the NHS has been delayed because the stretched programme team wants more time to ensure readiness in light of a similar project being deemed ‘unachievable’ by a government watchdog, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe NHS needs to give its 'accidental managers' more support
Inadequate training for NHS managers highlights a pressing need for mandated and high-quality leadership training to enhance patient care and organisational effectiveness, writes Anthony Painter
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News‘We’re overwhelming people with efficiency asks’, says NHSE director
Local leaders are likely being ‘overwhelmed’ by centrally driven efficiency programmes, according to an internal NHS England document.
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CommentAmanda Pritchard’s diary: Passionate about priorities
This exclusive extract from the NHS chief executive’s diary is brought to you by the letter P (as told to Julian P)