All Health Service Journal articles in July 2023
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Incoherent and wishy-washy, two NHS studies that left me cold
Steve Black reports on two recent studies of the NHS which present contrasting viewpoints, with one lacking practical solutions and the other providing insights without concrete recommendations
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NewsICB failure creating ‘absolute nightmare’ for vulnerable patients needing covid treatment
Many vulnerable patients are struggling to access covid treatments after commissioning responsibility switched to integrated care boards this week, charities have warned.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Improvers and shakers
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how organisations can make the most of their IT teams
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. In discussing the relentless pressure that has been faced by NHS staff in recent years, IT staff are sometimes forgotten – yet they too have encountered novel challenges. When the pandemic first hit, they were charged ...
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NewsTwo consultancies received over £20m each from new hospitals programme
The bulk of consultancy spending by the government’s new hospitals programme has so far gone on two firms, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPritchard vows action to increase trust CEO tenure
NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard said there had been higher turnover of trust chief executives during the ‘extremely hard’ recovery from the pandemic, and that actions were being taken to try to increase CEO tenure.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Virtual wards ‘passing some leaders by’
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by technology correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE and government reprimanded for ‘selective reporting’ of cancer performance
NHS England and the government have been criticised for “selective reporting” of statistics by an influential Westminster committee.
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NewsTrust leaders using ‘aggressive tactics’ to ‘break’ strikes, BMA claims
The BMA has hit out at a trust after it emerged that striking junior doctors could ‘needlessly’ have eight days’ wages deducted from July’s pay, despite there being five days of strike action this month.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The long arm of logistics
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNHSE appoints two new directors
NHS England has appointed an interim chief dental officer, while a big pharma executive has been hired as its new commercial medicines director, it has announced.
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HSJ PartnersPreparing the NHS oncology workforce for the innovations of tomorrow
Jagtar Dhanda, director of policy advocacy and government affairs at Bristol Myers Squibb UK & Ireland, explains how a workforce planning tool can help prepare the NHS to offer the latest cancer innovations to patients
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Consultants on the picket line
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrusts to award £500m pathology contract after legal challenge dropped
A pharma and diagnostics firm has dropped its bid to reverse a decision by three acute trusts to award a multimillion pound pathology contract to a competitor.
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News‘No more hard-nosed landlord behaviour’, says PropCo chief
The chief executive of NHS Property Services has accepted it may still need to win some people over as it moves forward from its historic issues.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Wage rage
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will this winter be better or worse?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsRedundancy pay cap ‘would hit ICB and national staff’, union warns
Integrated care board and national agency staff could be hit by government plans to cap redundancy payments at £100,000, as they are required to cut running costs, a union has warned.
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News‘Insulting’ cut to staff support services confirmed by NHSE
NHS England has issued a ‘tokenistic’ and ‘insulting’ funding settlement for staff mental health and wellbeing hubs this year, which is not enough to provide proper support, HSJ has been told.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Will the cap fit?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.