All Health Service Journal articles in February 2023 – Page 5
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NewsRegion gets first top-tier acute trust
A Kent general acute trust has become the first in its region to be rated in the top tier of NHS England’s oversight framework, and only the seventh nationally.
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NewsICS plans £100m tech investment alongside new EPR
One of the NHS’s most challenged health systems has made plans to invest around £100m on IT projects over the next three years, in addition to an electronic patient record across three trusts.
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CommentSystem working thrives in a culture that empowers staff to improve care
Len Richards explains how system working grows from the right culture, clinical leadership and systemwide joined up, real-time data
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NewsNurses to walk out of emergency departments for 48 hours
Nurses will walk out of emergency departments, intensive care units and cancer care services for the first time in the next wave of strike action.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Turning up the heat on ageing estate
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Tech budget raids and wasted millions
Many NHS technology programmes are facing an uncertain future following revelations NHS England’s tech budget is being drastically cut.
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NewsNHSE ‘pandering to ministers’ by cutting equality team to 35
NHS England is “pandering to ministers” by cutting its equality, diversity and inclusion teams to 35 whole-time posts, HSJ has been told, with some affected staff warning their “mission is no longer clear”.
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CommentHow to turn the whining into winning
Former estate agent Darren Graft was dubbed the thickest ever winner of The Apprentice. After six weeks working as Lord Sugar’s business partner, Darren reinvented himself on Instagram as Britain’s leading Gen Z business influencer. Here he offers advice to NHS’s debt-ridden hospital trusts. As told to Julian Patterson.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Beds still blocked, doors still revolving, lessons still unheeded
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsMore trusts vote to strike
Staff at another four ambulance services have voted to take strike action in the ongoing dispute over pay, the union Unison has announced.
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NewsUrgent action ordered at maternity scandal trust
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal has been ordered to report on urgent improvements in services for women and babies, amid ‘significant concerns’ about the risk of harm.
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Daily InsightThe Primer: The impact of Brexit
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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NewsICSs which ‘play the game’ offered extra funding
NHS England is offering extra revenue funding to systems that commit to hold their financial positions for 2022-23 at an agreed level, HSJ has learned.
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NewsJunior doctors plan 72-hour ‘full walkout’
Junior doctors across England are set to go on strike for 72 hours next month in a major escalation in unions’ dispute with the government over pay.
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HSJ PartnersFrom curious barbers to pioneering clinicians - how does responsible AI improve patient care?
Dr Umang Patel emphasises that with AI, we stand at the start-line of a new professional era for clinicians
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Flory tasked with getting a grip
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsStriking staff drop cover for strokes and suspected heart attacks
Striking ambulance workers in two regions have said for the first time that they will only answer immediately life-threatening calls — abandoning previous agreements to cover some Category 2 incidents.
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HSJ LocalTrust buys £85m EPR after abandoning previous procurement
An acute trust has signed an £85m deal with Oracle Cerner for a new electronic patient record, two years after abandoning a previous procurement.
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CommentICSs could drive up employment if government provides better data
The UK has a problem with economic inactivity. Research indicates that long-term sickness is to blame and, given the right data, integrated care systems could help, says Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A question of balance
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.