All Health Service Journal articles in February 2020 – Page 3
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: A voluntary register, a place-based leader and a return to ‘inadequate’
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentToday’s GPs don’t want their mouths stuffed with gold
Rather than doubling down on the partnership model with the government’s new ‘golden handshake’ to encourage GPs to become partners, the model should instead be phased out, writes Harry Quilter-Pinner
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CommentCommunity health staff deserve their promised pay rise
Local authorities must receive significant increases in the public health grant so that community health providers can pay their staff adequately says Andrew Ridley
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NewsCancer drugs unit’s water contaminated by legionella
Legionella and pseudomonas were found in water meant for hand washing in a unit where medicines for cancer patients were prepared, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Uncapped’ capital funds available for coronavirus response
NHS organisations can now bid for capital funding to pay for urgent works needed for their response to the coronavirus outbreak, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsTrusts told not to stockpile amid coronavirus supply fears
The Department of Health and Social Care has told trusts not to stockpile products, amid growing concern over the impact of novel coronavirus on medical supplies.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Take us to your place-based leader
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: Mandatory manager regulation set to be rejected
Policymakers look set to reject recommendations to introduce a compulsory register for senior NHS managers, instead favouring a voluntary register.
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NewsRoyal college failed to carry out hundreds of background checks
The Royal College of Psychiatrists suspended some activities last year after it realised it had not carried out background checks for more than 350 staff and patient representatives, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsICSs must move beyond ‘transformation’, says Pritchard
Integrated care systems cannot focus purely on transformation, and will gradually move to taking on performance management jobs from NHS England and Improvement, the regulators’ number two has said.
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NewsNew targets set to be phased in from April, says NHSE
The NHS can expect a phased implementation of new operational targets from April — instead of a full switchover on day one — NHS England’s number two has said.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Six home truths from an outgoing NHSE director
In an HSJ Health Check interview, the outgoing NHS England national clinical director for stroke, Tony Rudd, shares six hard-edged messages to the health and care system.
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NewsChief appeals to system as CQC rates two A&Es ‘inadequate’
The Care Quality Commission has downgraded two emergency departments run by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust to “inadequate” ratings amid quality concerns and consistently poor ambulance handovers.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Don’t all volunteer at once
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCost of hospital building project doubles in 18 months
The cost of a planned hospital reconfiguration in Kent has rocketed, with one option now estimated to cost twice as much as forecast 18 months ago.
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NewsChief to retire after taking trust out of ‘special measures’
The chief executive of a Sussex trust is to retire in September, four years after taking up the role.
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Expert BriefingSpeed over safety
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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NewsIndependent inquiry called into East Kent maternity scandal
NHS England and Improvement will commission an independent inquiry into maternity services at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust, junior health minister Nadine Dorries has announced.
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NewsExclusive: Discrimination against BME staff getting worse, finds NHSE report
Black and minority ethnic staff in the NHS are suffering from increasing levels of bullying, harassment and abuse, according to new data exclusively revealed by HSJ.
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CommentRTT waits jump to 25 weeks
Elective waiting times jumped to 25 weeks in England, as admission rates fell unusually low even for a December. By Rob Findlay