All Health Service Journal articles in April 2023 – Page 4
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News
National ambitions for use of NHS App undermined by plateauing performance
Take-up and usage of the NHS App in England has begun to plateau, after covid drove huge growth, figures seen by HSJ suggest.
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News
Leaked report accuses ICSs of ‘driving up cost’ by stockpiling supplies
A report commissioned by national procurement chiefs has criticised trusts and systems for developing their own warehousing and supply chain facilities – warning this would lead to duplication and excess costs.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Providers criticise NHSE’s lack of action on ‘rate card’ as row deepens
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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HSJ Local
Struggling trust hit with CQC warning notice
A scandal-hit trust has been issued a warning notice over staffing levels in medical care.
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News
ICB chair on ‘extended leave’ amid leadership turmoil
An integrated care board’s chair is on a ‘period of extended leave’, amid wider concerns about unstable leadership, poor relationships and staff dissatisfaction at the organisation, HSJ can reveal.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Lawyers of last resort
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Crackdown on ICS priorities needed
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ Local
Trust CEO to depart after eight years
The CEO of a trust with one of the lowest staff satisfaction rates in the NHS has announced she will step down next year, eight years after taking up the post.
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Comment
Action is needed now to reverse shocking decline in stroke care
To tackle declining performance in stroke care, investment in well-evidenced interventions, and a sustainable stroke workforce is the need of the hour, writes Juliet Bouverie
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News
Suing trust for £56m is ‘last resort’, says Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it supports a PFI firm taking legal action to claim £56m from an NHS hospital trust, including tens of millions said to be owed to the bank, HSJ has learned.
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News
Services risk being scaled back over unfunded NHS pay rises
Unfunded NHS pay rises will likely lead to essential frontline public health and community services being scaled back, senior sector figures have warned.
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News
Scrapping of unit dedicated to cutting PPE waste ‘short-sighted’, says boss
NHS Supply Chain has disbanded a team working on sustainability for personal protective equipment in a move branded ‘short-sighted’ by a former manager.
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News
New chair will ‘reset group model’ across three trusts
Three Midlands hospital trusts with a combined turnover of more than £2bn are moving to share a single chair, who wants to drive further collaboration and partnership between them, HSJ can reveal.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: What a waste
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Manchester must get a grip on electives
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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News
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in February 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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HSJ Local
ICBs hire same tech provider following court order to redo procurement
Two integrated care boards have hired the same tech supplier after a court order to re-procure due to a previous purchasing process being deemed unlawful.
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Daily Insight
The mythbuster: The biggest problems in primary care are poorly understood
Steve Black highlights three interconnected problems in primary care that rarely get the attention they deserve
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News
More nursing strikes planned as unions split on pay deal
The Royal College of Nursing has announced fresh strikes after its members voted to reject the government’s pay deal, while Unison healthcare staff voted in favour.
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HSJ Local
CEO of care scandal trust quits
The chief executive of a mental health trust at the centre of a high-profile care scandal has announced his resignation.