All Health Service Journal articles in August 2020 – Page 6
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News
Hospital chief executive joins NHS track and trace effort
A new chief executive has joined the NHS track and trace team with immediate effect.
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News
Exclusive: Trust CEO subject to ‘fit and proper person’ review
The chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust is facing a fit and proper persons review following a critical employment tribunal hearing,HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Sad stories, big neighbours
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Aspirational elective targets and £300m winter pressures fund
Your essential update on health for the week.
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HSJ Local
Trust director quits for STP role
A trust finance chief in Lancashire has resigned to take up a senior role for a sustainability and transformation partnership.
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News
PM’s local hospital chief exec resigns in wake of covid controversy
The chief executive of a London hospital which had to be closed to emergency patients following a covid-19 outbreak among staff has resigned.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Far away from ‘near normal’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
CQC describes ‘normalisation’ of poor care at scandal hit trust
The Care Quality Commission has warned of a ‘normalisation of poor care’ by staff in its latest damning report on Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital’s Trust.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Why the mistake in the People Plan matters
The NHS People Plan included an ‘unacceptable’ mistake about LGBTQ+ people, fuelling debate about diversity and inclusion in the NHS, and its workforce culture and policy. HSJ Health Check covers the latest developments.
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News
Contact tracing app to give users covid-19 ‘risk score’
The new version of the government’s contact tracing app will give users a ‘risk score’ based on how many people they interact with and where they live.
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News
Long waits for cancer treatment double
The proportion of cancer patients receiving their treatment 104 days or more after referral has doubled year-on-year, new data shows.
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Comment
Efforts to treat long-waiters were overwhelmed in June
The NHS managed to admit more long-waiting patients in June, but the numbers were small and waiting times rose rapidly.
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News
Record poor performance ‘dashes hopes of near normal’
Unprecedentedly poor waiting time data for electives, diagnostics and cancer suggests the chances of NHS England’s ambitions for ‘near normal’ service levels this autumn being met are very unlikely, experts have warned.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Social care ‘Nightingales’ - or not?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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News
Exclusive: Lockdown patch sees surge in ‘excess deaths’
The rate of “excess deaths” in Leicester and Leicestershire was significantly higher than anywhere else in England in the most recent five-week period, according to official statistics.
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Comment
Covid-19 resurgence: an opportunity to change how we recruit to health research studies
Health research is a key factor in helping us to return to normality, and the resurgence of covid-19 cases in various parts of the UK could provide the catalyst for NHS trusts to revolutionise their approach to research recruitment. By Professor Nigel Brunskill
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HSJ Partners
How AI is easing the mounting pressures on GPs and hospitals?
AI-powered solutions are helping GPs effectively implement pathway guidance and reduce unnecessary referrals to hospitals, writes David Ezra
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HSJ Local
Getting shielded staff back before winter key priority, says hospital CEO
A teaching hospital which had over a thousand staff shielding or working from home at the peak of the covid outbreak has made getting these employees safely back on site a top priority before winter, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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News
Trust chief: NHS should cut spend on suppliers where bosses lack diversity
Firms should not be able to “readily” access public money if they cannot demonstrate diversity among their senior leadership, an NHS trust chief advising NHS England has told HSJ.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Begging for beds
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.