All Health Service Journal articles in January 2022 – Page 6
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CommentWhy NHSE’s plan to abolish the 4 hour A&E target is a mistake
The study shows that long waits in A&E are associated with higher patient mortality. So, if waits much longer than 4 hours are demonstrably bad, what does this imply about policy?
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NewsDaily Insight: The neverending story
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsAnother NHSE national director announces departure
NHS England’s national director for improvement has announced he is retiring.
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NewsNHS England admits it will miss cancer backlog target
The NHS will miss its target for clearing the backlog of long waiters for cancer, NHS England’s national director has conceded.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Red Meat for the NHS
This week we discuss the politics around the elective recovery plan, following suggestions it could be announced imminently to distract from the goings on at Number 10.
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HSJ PartnersHelping trusts build a stronger, more flexible workforce
The Managed Service Provider model has a central place in the future of a flexible workforce in the NHS, writes Mike Ruddle
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CommentDrowning in surgical tape: doctors cost NHS millions, says study
Major new report highlights concern that vital management funding is wasted on unproductive patient care, writes Julian Patterson
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News‘Babies at risk’ as NHS faces losing nearly one in 10 midwives over mandatory jabs
The NHS could be forced to dismiss almost 2,000 midwives by the government’s mandatory vaccination policy, amid warnings from a former chief nurse of England that mothers and babies will be put at risk.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Shelf lives, epic sagas and final thoughts
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsDaily Insight: Exit, pursued by a restructure
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsOnly four in 10 covid inpatients in London have the disease as their ‘primary diagnosis’
Only 41 per cent of covid positive patients in London hospitals are being primarily treated for the disease, according to official data released yesterday.
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HSJ LocalCCG opens ‘care hotel’ after critical incident
A hotel in the centre of Norwich is temporarily being converted into a care facility to help ease local bed pressures, as Norfolk becomes the latest area to pilot the model.
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NewsExclusive: Bullying, sexism and racism ‘prevalent and tolerated’ at national regulator
An external review into the national safety watchdog has revealed ‘damaging’ cultural problems, including bullying, sexism and racism which go ‘right to the top of the organisation’.
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News‘We have done our own risk assessments’: the NHS staff defying the vaccine mandate
NHS workers protesting against the requirement for all patient-facing staff to be vaccinated against covid have told HSJ the government is relying on “brute force” to push the “soul destroying” measure through and that it sets a “dangerous precedent” which could undermine the principle of “informed consent”.
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NewsThe Primer: Back to the foundations
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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NewsRevealed: The evidence which shows poorer and ethnic minority patients wait longer for NHS care
The significantly longer waiting times suffered by patients from minority ethnic groups and in more deprived areas for a range of elective procedures have been laid bare in NHS analysis shared with HSJ.
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HSJ PartnersCovid-19 prompts Foundation Trust to expand medical device integration
Clinical computing hubs help Trust move from episodic monitoring to continuous integrated surveillance without adding to clinician burden or increasing labor costs
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HSJ PartnersClinically led peer-to-peer service development: An opportunity to redefine future cancer care
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more This article was organised and fully funded by Bristol Myers Squibb, and developed in collaboration by BMS and HSJ. This article has no promotional intent. Bristol Myers Squibb does not intend to encourage the ...
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HSJ LocalTrust chief to retire after four decades in NHS
The chief executive of Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has announced she will retire in April.
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NewsSupply chain problems and EU exit delay key tech and building projects
The impact of Brexit and continuing disruption to global supply chains have been cited by several trusts as causing delays or issues for crucial capital projects.