All NHS Confederation articles – Page 10
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Comment
Making the case for place
Paul Burstow delineates why a place-based approach should be adopted to meet the health challenges facing the NHS and measures to make it a success
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News
ConfedExpo cancelled because of covid-19 outbreak
One of the biggest events in the healthcare calendar has been cancelled because of concerns about covid-19.
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CQC suspends routine inspections amid covid-19 outbreak
The Care Quality Commission has suspended its routine inspections due to the coronavirus outbreak following pressure from system leaders and NHS bosses, HSJ understands.
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Pressure ramps up on CQC to suspend inspections
NHS Confederation has called on the Care Quality Commission to suspend planned inspections of front-line services so busy staff can focus on the coronavirus outbreak.
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Stevens looks to give unearned incentive cash to mental health sector
NHS England is looking to funnel additional cash to the mental health sector for capital investments next year.
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Staff survey: Increase in BME staff facing abuse and bullying
Bullying, harassment and abuse of black and minority ethnic NHS staff by patients increased in 2019 – while other measures of race equality improved slightly – according to the latest NHS staff survey.
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Comment
Unlocking the potential within the NHS as an anchor institution
We need further action research to identify the practical mechanisms that NHS institutions could adopt here and now to drive forward progressive change, writes Tom Lloyd Goodwin
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Comment
‘System by default’ – how to make a good idea a reality
Implementing the new ‘system by default’ approach to running and organising the NHS must be delivered through incremental change that identifies what is needed and what will work, not through central diktat. Writes Nick Ville.
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Integrated care systems must not be smothered by too many objectives
We need to not only maximise the benefit of existing structures but also redraw other relationships to enable a more decisive move away from the “top down” approaches of the past to allow ICSs to operate to their full potential. By Nick Ville
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A national people plan is fine but local labour markets require tailored responses
One of the main challenges with national plans long in gestation is that expectations are raised to heights the authors alone cannot possibly reach, writes Michael Wood
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Expert Briefing
Scoring points with international recruitment
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Expert Briefing
The week things changed
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News
Doctors’ union rejects NHSE’s PCN contract
The British Medical Association’s GP committee rejected NHS England’s primary care network contract in a majority vote last night.
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Former NHS Providers chair to lead ICS
Outgoing NHS Providers chair Dame Gill Morgan has been appointed independent chair of a south western integrated care system.
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Comment
The parties’ dividing lines on health and care
There is some surprising agreement amongst the three major English parties when it comes to the NHS. But once you move away from the core of acute and primary care there are stark differences too, argues Sally Warren.
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News
NHSE moves closer to four-hour target overhaul
NHS England appears increasingly likely to recommend a major overhaul — and potential scrapping — of the four-hour accident and emergency target, statements issued today suggest.
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Comment
Is underinvestment in public health setting up ICSs to fail?
William Pett reflects on concerns among STPs and ICSs that it will be they who pay the price for the ongoing squeeze on the public health grant
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News
Private providers to share concerns over medics with NHS
A new database to track doctors working in the independent sector is being developed as part of wider reforms to improve the clinical governance of those providers.
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New Brexit plan worse for NHS than May’s deal, experts warn
The NHS will be exposed to more risk by the government’s latest Brexit deal than by Theresa May’s original agreement, health service experts and lobby groups have told HSJ.
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Comment
NHS bosses’ Brexit concerns at final planning stage revealed
Local NHS leaders remain concerned about several wide-ranging issues which could be unleashed on the service if there is a no-deal Brexit, from continuity of medical supplies to transport problems. But an NHS Confederation survey suggests the sector has undergone a robust planning process and is “generally well-prepared”. The lobby ...