All NHS Improvement articles – Page 13
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Expert BriefingThe Download: NHSE regains control of national tech agenda
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: How NEDs pushed chair out of governance scandal trust
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHS to tender for new ‘large and complex’ finance system this summer
NHS England and Improvement will publish a tender for a single HR, payroll, finance and procurement system covering the whole service in the summer, according to a procurement notice published on Friday.
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CommentEnglish NHS breaches 52 weeks
Waiting times across England as a whole have now breached 52 weeks. The silver lining is that, in a couple of months, the published data will be much improved: extending up to 104 weeks with mental health waits itemised. By Rob Findlay
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HSJ LocalTrust director leaves after branding HR team ‘vengeful’
An acute trust’s HR director is leaving after a restructure of more than 130 staff prompted complaints of unfair treatment and scrutiny from a regulator, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: A new data burden for trusts. But will it help?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsElective recovery requires ‘very radical’ service change, says Stevens
The NHS must think “very radically” about how it redesigns its elective pathways following the coronavirus pandemic, Sir Simon Stevens has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust reviews all specialties amid 'hidden' patient concerns
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Opening the coffers to consultants
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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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Greensill and the big catch-up
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Inside an Epic implementation
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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NHSE must act to shrink ethnic pay gap, says government report
NHS England should undertake a strategic review of the causes of ‘disparate’ pay and, where discrimination is found, ‘spell out’ measures to address it, according to a new government report.
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NewsEx-NHS Improvement boss to chair major acute trust
A former NHS Improvement deputy chief will become the interim chair of a major acute trust after his predecessor’s appointment was queried by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalLandmark integration contract shelved after NHS England intervention
NHS England has forced leaders in the Black Country to stop work on a landmark integrated care provider contract, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: ‘Our levels of trust are a million miles away from what we need’
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE launches new intervention regime for struggling providers and health systems
The NHS will divide providers, commissioners and health systems into one of four ‘segments’ that determine the level of scrutiny and intervention they receive from regional and national teams under a proposed new oversight framework.
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NewsTrusts told to be more flexible with staff holiday
Trusts should be flexible in their holiday policies, including letting staff carry over any unused annual leave, NHS England has said.
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NewsMaternity services to be quality checked as £95m pledged to improve safety
Trusts will be visited by NHS England and Improvement maternity advisers to achieve ‘sustainable improvement’ in the wake of the Shrewsbury and Telford care scandal.
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NewsTop US healthcare chief to join NHS England
The chief executive of a leading US healthcare organisation has been hired as NHS England’s new director of transformation.
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NewsGender no longer needed to book covid vaccine
Booking a coronavirus vaccine using the national system no longer requires a person to specify their gender, to help boost access among transgender and non-binary communities.