All Health Service Journal articles in October 2021
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NewsDaily Insight: Confidence trick
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNHS must learn from ‘resource poor’ countries, says workforce chief
The person charged with determining the NHS’ long-term workforce needs has said the service must learn from “resource poor” countries and their “frugal innovation” when designing future health services and deciding who will staff them.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Slow ministers, slow decline and slow investigations
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsICSs miss ‘key’ tech target despite ‘enormous progress’
Five integrated care systems have missed a ‘key’ national target to improve NHS staff’s access to patient data, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDaily Insight: A very efficient efficiency requirement
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsGovernment launches biggest review of NHS leadership since 1980s
The government is launching what it claims is the ‘most far-reaching review’ of NHS leadership since the seminal Griffiths report of the early 1980s.
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HSJ LocalNeighbouring acute trusts work to dampen ‘rivalry’
Two major trusts which are widely perceived to have an intense local rivalry have been making efforts to improve their relations, according to the chair of one of the providers.
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NewsUK nurses ‘not a feasible solution’ to short-term crisis
Initial savings made by using agency nurses over recruiting internationally could be cancelled out in as little as six months, according to a new Nuffield Trust analysis.
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NewsNHSE staff raise concerns over ‘conduct of senior leaders’
The behaviour of senior leaders and unfair recruitment practices were the most common concerns expressed by NHS England and Improvement staff who raised issues with the organisation’s freedom to speak up guardians.
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HSJ LocalEast Midlands trust appoints former MP as new chair
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust has appointed a former Labour MP as its new chair.
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NewsJavid promises ‘fundamental and far-reaching reforms’
Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid wants 2022 to be a ‘year of reform’ for the NHS and social care.
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NewsDaily Insight: Guardians spoke. NHSE/I must act
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Watchdog seeks clarity on bold new data vision
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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NewsNHS records five-fold increase in covid admissions during summer months
The NHS in England saw five times more covid positive patients admitted to hospital in the second quarter of the 2021-22 financial year than in the first, analysis of official data by HSJ shows.
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News‘Stupid’ and ‘wrong’ for NHS to compete for overseas nurses, claims health minister
A new health minister has said NHS efforts to compete to attract overseas nurses are ‘stupid’, despite the approach being government policy.
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NewsDaily Insight: Off with their heads
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentA focus on neurology can unlock wider benefits for the NHS
In many ways the issues facing neurology services are a microcosm of those facing the wider NHS. Getting neurology services right can help local NHS decision-makers meet many of their other targets. By Nick Moberly
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The new pandemic
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsPoor leadership to blame for some trusts being ‘in trouble all the time’, says Javid
The health secretary has said quality of leadership is the reason some NHS trusts are in “trouble all the time”, while peer organisations with the same challenges perform well.
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NewsHealth secretary to act on racial bias in effectiveness of medical devices
Sajid Javid has said medical device manufacturers should check their products work well for people of all ethnic backgrounds, citing problems that those with dark skin have experienced when using pulse oximeters.