All articles by Jack Serle – Page 10
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Hancock hits back at Cummings allegations
Matt Hancock today rejected the incendiary allegations made about him by the PM’s former advisor Dominic Cummings, including that the health secretary had lied ‘to everybody on multiple occasions’.
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Government launches £5bn PPE procurement drive to prepare for winter covid surge
A new £5bn procurement framework is being developed for personal protective equipment, aimed at meeting current demand and any potential winter surge in covid-19 cases.
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Provider ‘dismisses’ CEO as regulators question governance and oversight
The directors of an east London primary care provider have told HSJ the organisation’s chief executive has been ‘dismissed’.
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Government paid £38m for covid diagnostics contract that was never signed
The government has paid out nearly £38.5m to a covid diagnostics supplier despite never signing a full contract with the firm.
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Exclusive: DHSC reveals procurement shake-up in wake of covid
The Department of Health and Social Care is standing up a new medical technologies directorate, after covid exposed vulnerabilities in government and distribution, as well as global supply chains.
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Hospital trust’s new CEO will be ninth of minority ethnic background
A north London trust has appointed a new chief executive who will be one of two provider chiefs known to be of minority ethnic background in the capital, and nine in England.
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All but eight health systems have given the covid jab to more than half of 45- to 49-year-olds
The great majority of England’s health systems have given first doses of the covid vaccination to more than half of those aged 45 to 49 in their area, according to the latest NHS England data.
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Directors of urgent care provider warned they could face prosecution over financial ‘criminal offences’
A London urgent care provider faces criminal prosecution over financial and governance concerns, HSJ has learned.
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Exclusive: English NHS awarded framework deal to Hancock’s family’s firm two years ago
Matt Hancock omitted to declare his connection to a company owned by his close family, despite it winning a place on a framework to provide services to the English NHS in 2019, as well as contracts with the NHS in Wales.
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Covid admissions began rising before pubs re-opened, new data shows
Weekly covid hospital admissions increased the day before the latest step in the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, according to analysis of NHS England data.
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London struggling to catch up on covid vaccine uptake
London has failed to make up ground with the rest of England on covid-19 vaccine uptake among eligible groups in recent weeks, despite the programme seeking to focus on reducing variation.
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A dozen hospitals to share single patient record system
The four acute providers in a London health and care system will use the same patient record system making the information available to clinicians across their 12 hospital sites.
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PHE’s emeritus medical director dies
Public Health England’s emeritus medical director has died four years after being diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer.
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Revealed: Areas with highest second dose uptake
Fifteen health systems have given at least one in 10 of their fifty-plus population two covid-19 vaccine doses, according to the latest figures from NHS England.
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Only one in three of trust’s black Caribbean staff vaccinated
Just over a third of black Caribbean staff have been vaccinated at one of the London acutes most heavily impacted by the pandemic, new data has revealed.
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DHSC hires government immigration chief to lead finance and ops
The Department of Health and Social Care has appointed a senior official from the Home Office to take over the role of overseeing finance and operations.
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New health promotion unit to use Singapore-style rewards to prompt people to be healthier
The new unit for national health improvement and promotion will use Singapore-style incentive schemes involving the private sector to encourage people to eat healthily and exercise more, HSJ understands.
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Trusts drop business rates battle against councils
Eleven NHS trusts have dropped a long-running bid to pay business rates at a discount usually reserved for charities, according to the Local Government Association.
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NHSE launches new intervention regime for struggling providers and health systems
The NHS will divide providers, commissioners and health systems into one of four ‘segments’ that determine the level of scrutiny and intervention they receive from regional and national teams under a proposed new oversight framework.
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Treasury demands ICSs achieve financial balance for first time
The government has included a new requirement around the financial performance of integrated care systems in its key demands of the NHS for 2021-22.