All Health Service Journal articles in April 2022 – Page 7
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News
Former trust CEO takes up regional medical director role
NHS England’s London region has announced Chris Streather will be the new interim medical director for the capital.
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News
Mackey: cost-saving targets for trusts ‘not really possible’
The cost savings targets set for the most financially challenged trusts ‘probably aren’t really possible’, NHS England’s national director of elective recovery Sir Jim Mackey has warned.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Road to redemption
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Local
Trust chair dies unexpectedly
The chair of a major trust in the North West has died at the age of 72.
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Expert Briefing
Creating the NHS’ biggest virtual outpatients department
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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News
Finance team at scandal trust was ‘under-staffed and unable to whistleblow’
An under-resourced finance department where staff did not feel they could blow the whistle on senior colleagues was a factor in enabling ‘intentional misstatement’ of a major acute trust’s financial position, HSJ has been told.
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Comment
The NHS is still not learning from past mistakes in maternity
In the light of the Ockenden report, James Titcombe and Nadine Montgomery share their stories of maternity care failings and what is not yet being done to prevent them happening again.
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HSJ Interactive
How can the NHS make the most of temporary staff?
Organisations need to find new ways of emphasising how much the service values temporary workers, a recent HSJ webinar suggested. Claire Read reports
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News
'Inadequate' private hospital ‘not suited to modern psychiatric care’
An independent hospital for people with complex learning disabilities or autism is facing fresh criticism from health inspectors just months after it was first placed in special measures.
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HSJ Local
Trust leaders seek to combat ‘tough place to come’ to work reputation
Leaders of an acute trust have said they have had to battle a perception from doctors that it is ‘a tough place to come’ to, while also trying to negate the reputation of the town it operates in.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Accident (and emergency) waiting to happen
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Procurement of PPE, diagnostics and medical devices to be in-housed by national agency
The national supply chain agency will bring management of significant areas of NHS spend in-house on a permanent basis in a major overhaul of its operating model, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
A&E patients waiting more than two days for a bed, warns leaked letter
A clinical director and several senior managers have written to a trust CEO warning that patients are routinely waiting more than 60 hours to be admitted to a ward from accident and emergency, leaving staff “crying with frustration and anger”.
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News
Board shake up at NHS England
Sir Andrew Morris will become joint deputy chair of NHS England when it takes on the powers of NHS Improvement later this year, while Lord Ara Darzi is leaving the board.
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Daily Insight
The Primer: Haunted by Shrewsbury failures
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Former hospital chief hired to lead ICS
A former hospital trust chief is set to be appointed chair of one of the largest integrated care boards.
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News
Bullying among top surgeons sparks two national investigations
‘Horrifying and upsetting’ reports of bullying in prestigious heart units are being probed by national officials and professional leaders, HSJ can reveal.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Words of warning
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Govt cuts £330m from NHS budget and gives it 13 priorities
The government has reduced the NHS revenue budget for 2022-23 by £330m, after the Treasury refused to fund the Department of Health and Social Care for additional ongoing covid costs, HSJ understands.