News – Page 274
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NewsHSJ Awards 2020: HSJ Partnership of the Year
WINNER: Kite, a Gilead Company, NHS England and NHS Partners – Working in Partnership to Bring CAR-T Innovation to UK patients
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NewsHSJ Awards 2020: Clinical Leader of the Year
WINNER: Jalak Shukla, Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Federated4Health, Haringey GP Federation
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NewsHSJ Awards 2020: Chief Executive of the Year
WINNER: Rob Webster, Chief Executive – South West Yorkshire Partnership FT
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NewsHancock clarifies powers to appoint local leaders after criticism from ex-NHSE chief
The immediate past chief executive of the NHS has criticised the health secretary’s intention to take a ‘joint’ role in some senior local NHS appointments.
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NewsVaccine centres must suspend new appointments amid ‘significant reduction in supply’
Mass covid vaccination centres and pharmacies must stop booking new first doses for April due to a ‘significant reduction’ in supplies, NHS England has announced.
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NewsLenny Henry presents the HSJ Awards at 5pm today - register now to watch
The HSJ Awards – the most prestigious and fiercely sought after accolades in UK healthcare – will be revealed at an online ceremony from 5pm this afternoon.
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NewsTrust CEO leaves for national role
The chief executive of Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has been appointed the national lead for the implementation of the NHS long-term plan.
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News‘Smoking ruin’ DHSC could not lead vaccine procurement says Dominic Cummings
Downing Street took covid vaccine procurement out of the ‘smoking ruin’ of the Department of Health and Social Care in the early stages of the pandemic, according to Dominic Cummings the former chief advisor to the Prime Minister.
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NewsCapital budgets could be cut in areas that lose control of finances, NHSE warns
Health systems that fail to show robust monitoring and control of their capital budget could see their allocation cut in subsequent years, regulators have warned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Watered down or full strength?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsGovernment to take ‘joint’ role in appointing NHS chairs and CEOs
Matt Hancock has revealed that the government’sproposed health legislation would give the health secretary the power to ‘sign off’ or ‘veto’ senior appointments to local NHS boards.
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NewsTrusts say joint board under single chair ‘does not mean merger’
Two neighbouring hospital trusts have ruled out a full merger, despite forming a joint board under a single chairman.
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NewsCovid patients now fill fewer than 10pc of general hospital beds in every system
All of England’s health systems now have fewer than 10 per cent of general hospital beds occupied by covid-positive patients, and half are at 5 per cent or below, according to HSJ analysis.
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NewsTest and Trace cuts 8,000 posts
The government’s Test and Trace service is cutting around 8,000 workers as covid cases continue to decline from the January peak, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalICS to push ahead with contentious reconfiguration
Several acute services are set to be centralised in a partial ‘hot/cold split’ after local health chiefs recommended a controversial reconfiguration between two district general hospitals.
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HSJ LocalTrust chair accused of ‘misleading’ staff over critical report
The chair of a prominent cancer trust has sent a ‘misleading’ message to staff about the extent to which a critical draft report was significantly softened before being finalised.
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NewsDaily Insight: Snackbox blues
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsMore than nine in 10 of CCG’s staff give it their approval
More than 95 per cent of staff at one clinical commissioning group would recommend it as a place to work – but one newly-formed organisation would be recommended by well under half its staff, according to NHS staff survey results.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts with the worst levels of discrimination for minority ethnic staff
The acute trusts with the highest and lowest proportions of minority ethnic staff who told the NHS staff survey they had experienced discrimination from colleagues or managers can be revealed today.
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NewsStaff who decline covid vaccine could be redeployed, says NHS England
NHS England has advised trusts to consider redeploying staff who decline the coronavirus vaccine — an approach criticised as a ‘threat’ and ‘sledgehammer approach’ by one union.