All NHS Confederation articles – Page 7
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Javid warned: Drop ‘power grab’ and press on with ICS bill
If Sajid Javid delays introduction of NHS legislation, the service will lose good managers and could sacrifice a rare consensus on health policy, the NHS Confederation is warning him today.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Hope Is A Dangerous Thing
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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Comment
Inclusiveness should be seen as a competence and not a virtue
To strengthen board diversity in the NHS, there must be commitment from the top, starting with national commitment and NHS boards, and public transparency is imperative, writes Joan Saddler
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Tussles for ICS influence are coming soon
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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Stevens: My successor must ‘speak out for what is right’
Sir Simon Stevens has advised his successor they should not ‘be afraid to stand up and speak out for what is right’.
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New health bill may create ‘bureaucratic nightmare’, ICS leader warns
The senior NHS leader who is representing integrated care systems has warned government and NHS reform proposals risk creating a ‘bureaucratic nightmare’.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Inquiring minds and the World King’s gambit
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: The pandemic's disproportionate toll on female staff
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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New law to dissolve CCGs and curtail the internal market confirmed
The government has confirmed its commitment to bring in new health legislation during this Parliament, but social care reform has again been ‘kicked into the long grass’.
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Beating the backlog: why tech is key to supporting recovery in the NHS
New technologies that propel better patient care and streamline processes will be essential to bringing the NHS back on track, writes Tim Weil
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Medway chief executive to join NHS Confederation
The chief executive who is leaving Medway Foundation Trust is to take up a new role at the NHS Confederation.
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Inpatient elective care down by half at peak of pandemic
Inpatient elective hospital activity was down by around 50 per cent this January and February compared to the year before, laying bare the impact of the pandemic this winter on routine care.
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NHS Confed hires former Blair adviser as new CEO
The NHS Confederation has hired a former adviser to prime minister Tony Blair as its new chief executive.
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Two dozen trust leaders warn white paper is a ‘step backwards’
The leaders of more than half the mental health trusts in England have told Matt Hancock his department’s new legislative proposals represent a ‘step backwards’ for their services.
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Comment
Legislation must require clinical and lay members on ICS boards
With the DHSC’s bill brought forward in Parliament, health leaders have raised concerns with the NHS Confederation which require the government’s attention, writes Lou Patten
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CQC to expand inspection programme from April
More Care Quality Commission inspections will take place from next month as pressures from covid-19 continue to ease.
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Comment
NHS leaders don't understand the value of volunteers
Results from a national survey show a low understanding of the impact of volunteering amongst NHS senior leaders, leading to a reluctance in bringing volunteers back to hospitals. By Mark Lever, Helpforce CEO
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Comment
Concerted action is needed to bring true equality in the NHS workforce
We must heed the imperative to develop and deliver meaningful race equality strategies and plans by investing in achieving WRES data improvement targets, resourcing organisational leadership programmes and stepping up opportunities for BME staff. By Joan Saddler
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Comment
NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation must be 're-unified'
Oxford Health Foundation Trust chair David Walker on the reunification of NHS Providers and NHS Confederation to avoid duplication and non-effectiveness
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Calls for GPs to ‘get back to being GPs’ as other vaccine centres ‘empty’
Senior figures running the covid vaccine programme locally are calling for more flexibility, and for a big shift away from GP-run sites in the next phase.