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HSJ LocalMedics demand better terms for 'less valued colleagues'
A third of the doctors employed by Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust have written to management calling on them to rethink a controversial outsourcing deal.
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NewsOcado boss hired to get contact tracing app back on track
The government has recruited an Ocado boss to help get the covid-19 contact tracing app ‘back on track’ as it abandons its original operating model.
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NewsRevealed: Three regions overtake London on ‘excess’ deaths
Three regions have now overtaken London on the rate of “excess deaths” since the start of the coronavirus pandemic – suggesting increased attention and financial support should be given to these areas.
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NewsRevealed: People Plan’s proposal to tackle local workforce crisis
Regional ‘people boards’ are to be recommended for all regions in England by the unpublished People Plan for the NHS.
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NewsRevealed: Government spent more than £200m on Nightingale hospitals
The government has spent more than £200m on setting up and running England’s Nightingale temporary hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS’ workforce race equality lead to retire this year
NHS England’s workforce race equality director is to lead plans to support black, Asian and minority ethnic staff across London during the covid-19 pandemic, before retiring later this year.
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CommentA national urgent care planning service could be covid’s silver lining
Professor Julia Riley proposes a patient-focused strategy for care homes that would help implement a national digital advance care planning policy where advance care plans of patients are shared across all urgent care services.
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NewsMajor trust’s workforce chief to leave after four years
King’s College Hospital FT’s chief people officer to leave after four years Dawn Brodrick joined the trust from the Department for Communities and Local Government A major teaching trust’s workforce chief is set to leave her role after four years in the post, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHS looking to block-book private hospitals for another two months
Health chiefs in London are hoping to extend the block-booking of private hospitals for NHS patients for a further two months, HSJ understands, with some pushing for even longer.
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NewsCity Hall challenge for NHS London service shakeup plan
A London Assembly member has written to Sadiq Khan expressing concern about the lack of consultation about Sir David Sloman’s ‘fundamental’ overhaul of the NHS in the capital.
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NewsExclusive: PPE demand set to balloon as lockdown relaxed
Demand for personal protective equipment in London is expected to increase dramatically as the coronavirus lockdown is eased, according to internal modelling.
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NewsNHS ordered to rush out ‘meaningless’ covid antibody tests ahead of PM’s deadline
NHS pathology labs have been given just two days to roll out thousands of antibody tests, amid a push to reach a covid-19 testing target set out by Boris Johnson.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The capital prepares for a second peak
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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CommentEveryone should feel uncomfortable about the number of BAME staff dying from covid
Urgent social change is needed for lasting impact to allow NHS to be a great leveller it was created to be, writes Dr Lorraine Gordon
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NewsRevealed: Antibody study finds ‘unexpected’ highest covid-19 infection rate in young adults
Young adults aged between 17 and 29 were the most common age group of people infected with covid-19 in what public health officials describe as an ‘unexpected’ finding of a major new population study, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAt least 23 nationalities among NHS staff killed by covid
A unique analysis of data on 203 publicly reported deaths of health and social care workers from covid-19, shows a significant over-representation of BAME individuals. This is the third article in a series produced by Lesa Kearney, Simon Lennane, Ella Woodman, Emira Kursumovic and Tim Cook
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NewsNHS staff told not to join pay demonstrations as they ‘adversely affect public confidence’
NHS staff in London have been warned by national regulators not to take part in public protests, according to an email seen by HSJ.
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NewsChair appointed to lead second London trust
Two mental health trusts in London are set to share a chair.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Sir David’s journey
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsFour new ICSs announced
Four new integrated care systems have been confirmed by NHS England and NHS Improvement.