All Health Service Journal articles in March 2024 – Page 5
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The good, the bad, and the ugly truth of productivity
This year’s Nuffield Trust summit shed light on the challenges of improving productivity, from empty promises to the complexities of AI, while also exploring the cultural barriers hindering meaningful conversations on the topic, writes Steve Black
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News£6bn deficit warning sparks ‘horrible’ demands for nationwide cuts
Local NHS organisations are facing intense “pressure” from NHS England’s national and regional teams to cut staffing numbers to improve the service’s financial outlook for 2024-25.
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NewsRevealed: The ICSs furthest behind on dental access
Several integrated care systems are struggling to deliver more than half the NHS dental appointments they had hoped for in 2023-24, and all areas are lagging, figures obtained by HSJ suggest.
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HSJ PartnersDigital transformation starts with Kodak Alaris
Kodak Alaris has been working with NHS trusts for over three decades, building scanning solutions that capture information from documents and route accurate data directly into EMR systems. Here, healthcare sector specialist and channel sales manager Robbie Trower, discusses how digital transformation starts with Kodak Alaris
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HSJ PartnersFostering healing environments
Wendy Korthuis-Smith discusses the crucial role of psychological safety in healthcare
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NewsThousands still waiting for pay bonus after year-old pledge
Social enterprises working with the NHS have written to health secretary Victoria Atkins calling for the promised “covid bonus” to be paid to them urgently.
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NewsLeaked national tech workforce plan proposes local pay rises
The NHS’s new “digital workforce plan” is set to propose that employers be given the ability to make “extensive use” of local recruitment and retention incentives to ensure the service can compete for the most talented technology staff.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Patients and leadership
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsPritchard ‘disgusted’ by IT supplier’s ‘racist and violent’ comments
Amanda Pritchard says she “completely shares” concerns about the “racist, sexist and violent” comments alleged to have been made by the chief executive of an NHS IT supplier.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The NHS career that’s just getting hotter
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsGrowth in minority ethnic NHS staff almost three times greater than increase in white workers
The number of NHS staff from ethnic minority backgrounds has soared over the last five years, rising from less than one in five in 2018 to more than one in four in 2023, according to information released by NHS England.
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HSJ PartnersIdentifying £1.1m in additional income with improved coding accuracy in a south London trust
A programme to improve the quality of coding data has led to more than £1.1m in additional income being identified for a south London trust
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HSJ LocalChair hits out at government delay to mental health deaths inquiry
The chair of an inquiry into the deaths of mental health patients in Essex has said she is “disappointed” at a delay in having its scope confirmed by the health secretary.
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NewsTwo more directors accuse trust leaders of ‘Islamophobia’
Two more non-executive directors have criticised the leaders of Bradford Teaching Hospitals, accusing them of using “Islamophobic tropes” and retaliating against “dissenting opinion”.
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NewsRevealed: Best trusts for raising concerns and being inclusive
The share of a trust’s staff who say it respects differences, and how much confidence they have to speak up, are two of the most strongly linked answers in the NHS Staff Survey, HSJ analysis has found. Our chart reveals the strongest and weakest organisations on those measures.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Richard Kirby, CEO of Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The choices facing the NHS and Frank Hester
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 senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: ‘Islamophobic’ accusations grow
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ PartnersThe role of AI in decreasing cognitive and workload burdens for NHS healthcare professionals
The transformative power of artificial intelligence will not only empower NHS healthcare professionals by reducing cognitive and workload burdens but will lead to better patient care and outcomes