All Health Service Journal articles in December 2020 – Page 3
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Rhetorical diarrhoea and distraction
Andy Cowper on the worsening developments regarding the coronavirus
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News
Exclusive: Hancock demands “affordability” must determine size of NHS covid pay rise
The health and social care secretary has repeatedly emphasised the need for “affordability” when determing the size of the promised pay rise for over one million NHS staff in instructions sent to the independent pay review body this week. DHSC starts Agenda for Change staff pay review process Health ...
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Comment
The NHS is failing to explain the impact of covid on healthcare access
Do the public fully understand the impact of rising covid-19 infections on their access to healthcare services, asks David Rowland
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News
Covid infections caught in hospital rise by a third in one week
The number of people likely to have caught covid-19 in NHS hospitals in England has risen by more than a third in the last week.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Is smaller better?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
Why has the government gone quiet on prevention when we need it most?
The government has gone quiet on prevention, but it could save the NHS, boost the economy and level up the country, writes Chris Thomas
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News
Teaching trust’s staff ‘utterly rinsed and completely wiped out’ by elective targets
A major London trust’s critical care staff have urged leaders to review elective work targets amid serious concerns over workload, safe staffing and burnout, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
PHE's abolition is an 'opportunity for councils to take the lead'
An enhanced sector-led improvement approach, where councils are responsible for their own performance and are held accountable locally, not nationally, would be a cost-effective way to boost public health, argues Cllr Ian Hudspeth
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News
HSJ covid-19 coverage free to view
HSJ is switching off its paywall for coronavirus stories over Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
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News
Four in five health systems see rise in hospitalised covid patients
The number of covid-positive patients in hospital has risen in 80 per cent of England’s health systems — showing the virus’ impact on the NHS is growing in nearly all areas.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Infection inspection, cancer concern and four-hour ousted
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Insight Briefings
Early cancer detection and the pandemic
The NHS has committed to getting the number of cancers diagnosed in stages I and II up from 54 per cent to 75 per cent by 2028, but GP referrals tumbled and screening programmes came to a virtual halt as the service was hit by covid-19. HSJ bureau chief Ben ...
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News
Troubled children’s service taken out of special measures
An independent children’s and adolescents’ mental health service has been taken out of special measures after cutting beds by two-thirds.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Hold tight London
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Chief executive apologises after sharing ‘suicide note’ with 3,000 staff
The chief executive of a mental health trust has apologised after sharing a colleague’s ‘suicide note’ with 3,000 staff.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Mackey warns of ‘extreme dangers’ around NHS legislative proposals
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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News
Government finally accepts need for ‘independent’ national patient safety commissioner
The government has accepted the need for a new ‘patient safety commissioner’, according to the author of a safety review commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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News
Region experiencing ‘January workload in December’ as covid inpatients rise 45pc
The East of England has seen a 45 per cent increase in the number of covid inpatients in the last week, with occupancy now higher than at the peak of the first wave.
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Comment
ICSs must be 'the servant of place'
What has emerged in West Yorkshire and Harrogate, built on over four years of working together, is a model that tackles problems faced by people in the communities by seeing the local places as the building blocks for action. By Rob Webster and Tim Swift
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HSJ Partners
The ethics of health passports: we need them
Health passports can protect the wellbeing of citizens, restore the economy and release NHS and social care resources to meet other pressing challenges. By Christine Macqueen