All Health Service Journal articles in December 2022 – Page 3
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The unsexy topic on Barclay’s radar (you’ve been warned)
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 LocalTrust boss ‘depressed’ by NHSE spending crackdown
The chair of an acute trust has criticised NHS England’s new spending curbs, saying they make her “depressed” and significantly hamper the organisation’s ability to take strategic decisions.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The devo is in the detail
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentGovernment's hospital fabrication plan relaunched
In the latest (and only) development in the new hospitals saga, the government is blaming circumstances beyond its control for a small change of plan, writes Julian Patterson
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NewsNHSE cuts £1bn from cancer, maternity and primary care funds
NHS England is raiding a national fund earmarked for improvements in cancer, maternity care and other priority services by up to £1bn this year, to pay for deficits elsewhere, and will cut it by a similar amount in 2023-24, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDoctors set up companies to avoid pension tax hit
More radiologists are setting up their own firms so they can do additional backlog work without risking larger pensions tax bills.
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HSJ PartnersRevolutionising the hospital IT market
With immense pressure on NHS staff, the need for digitisation has never been greater. However, widespread hospital digitisation across the NHS may seem as far away as ever given the dated incumbent systems
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HSJ PartnersThe impact of digitisation on the frontline
In a letter to the NHS, Frank Hester OBE, founder and CEO of TPP, explains how digital can best support frontline workers
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Expert BriefingThe battle over international recruitment
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsStrep A rush sees half of 111 calls abandoned in some ICSs
Calls to NHS 111 soared last weekend following publicity about group A strep – causing the share of calls being abandoned to rise to to more than a third, and to half in some areas.
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NewsStubborn cancer backlog at record high
The number of people waiting more than two months to start cancer treatment remained over 30,000 – double the pre-covid level – for three months to the end of October, according to data published this morning.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Two Streps back
‘Rubbish’ communications have been blamed by senior NHS leaders for causing a flood of people going to A&E with Group Strep A concerns, with calls to NHS 111 hitting record levels so far this winter.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: So this is Christmas?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsMinisters approved two ICS salaries over £240,000
Ministers approved two integrated care systems’ requests to pay their chief executives more than £240,000, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentElective backlog grows to over 7.2 million
The October data was heavily affected by missing data, but the waiting list and waiting times continue to grow
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HSJ InteractiveHow can ICSs widen access to innovative diabetes management?
In March 2022, NICE updated its recommendations on the management of diabetes in adults. The new guidelines recommend there should be broader access to intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring devices. So how can ICSs deliver on this? Claire Read reports
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HSJ PartnersDriving the future of digital primary care
Mike Fuller discusses why accessibility, interoperability, and personalisation are the three key pillars for the future of digital primary care
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HSJ InteractiveThe education conundrum
Finding time to educate clinicians and users on flash glucose monitoring is often cited as a barrier to more widespread use of the technology. But, some experts argue, it’s a challenge which may have been overstated
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CommentThe return of PbR threatens innovation
NHS management cannot just be about managing during ‘normal times’. It must be adaptive and capable of meeting future challenges, writes Louella Vaughan
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Pension protest, worried well and not so special measures
Your essential update on health for the week.