All Health Service Journal articles in January 2022 – Page 4
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Comment‘I didn’t know it was a meeting’ – ICS leader defends lockdown breach
Leading doctor to head enquiry into what Sir Trevor Longstay knew about illegal board meeting, writes Julian Patterson
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CommentICS delay muddies leadership and threatens accountability
What we need from the centre is real clarity on accountability and a crystal-clear framework for this delay period that is understood by all parts of the health and care system, writes Louise Patten
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NewsDaily Insight: FT’s unexpected next move
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNHSE tells staff: Consider legal action against patients who refuse to leave beds
NHS England has encouraged trusts to consider taking legal action against patients who refuse to leave hospital beds when step-down care is made available.
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NewsRegion’s hospitals expect covid pressure to rise for another two weeks
Another two weeks of rising covid admissions have been forecast for one of the country’s hardest-hit regions for hospital cases, with senior sources telling HSJ they expect staff absences ‘to get worse before they get better’ and culminate in an end-of-January peak.
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NewsNo payments for unvaccinated staff, trusts told as NHS prepares for dismissals
17 Jan 10:40 Please can you kindly provide any links 17 Jan 10:40 Please can you kindly provide any links NHS organisations have been told to prepare for redeploying or dismissing thousands of unvaccinated staff without an exit payment, and to raise the alarm about services which may be rendered ...
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News‘Millions of covid vaccines’ set to expire within two weeks, leaked memo warns
Large supplies of covid vaccine delivered to local centres before Christmas have not been used and are set to reach their expiry date within two weeks, a leaked memo suggests.
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NewsThe Primer: Councils squirm over NHS ‘power grab’
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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HSJ PartnersNew provider collaboratives offer an opportunity to reset the dial
Collaboration, not competition, between providers could help unlock potential benefits by combining resources and working at scale, writes Louise Robson
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NewsIncreasing management spend does not improve hospital performance, research concludes
There is no significant relationship between the number of managers or the amount spent on management and the quality of NHS hospital services, research has concluded.
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CommentA pause in the growing waiting list
The waiting list hovered just below six million, as more patients were discharged or removed from the waiting list.
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NewsExclusive: Pfizer extends shelf life after revelation NHS could waste ‘millions’ of vaccines
The expiry date on some covid vaccine supplies has been extended by two weeks, following concerns that large quantities would be wasted.
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NewsNHS staff isolation cut to six days with tests
NHS staff who test positive for coronavirus can leave isolation and return to work, if they test negative on days five and six, in line with national changes to guidance, it has been confirmed.
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CommentCare of those with personality disorders has been privatised
A new report on out of area placements for people with a personality disorder diagnosis reveals worrying findings, writes Keir Harding
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The omicron damage
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NewsDon’t ‘rush out’ incomplete elective plan, ministers warned
Ministers have been urged not to ‘rush out’ their elective recovery plan this week by NHS Providers because the full impact of omicron on the service has not been established.
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NewsDaily Insight: Vax to the future
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsOmicron wave peaks in hospitals
The number of covid positive patients in English hospitals has fallen week on week for the first time since the beginning of the omicron wave.
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NewsStroke patients waiting nearly an hour longer to get to hospital
Some stroke patients are waiting nearly an hour longer to get to hospital than before the pandemic, risking their lives and chances of recovering without severe disability, HSJ has found.
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NewsMortuary abuse report delayed until ‘middle of next year’
The final report into how a maintenance supervisor managed to abuse scores of women’s bodies in two hospital mortuaries has been delayed until next year.