All Health Service Journal articles in October 2021 – Page 3
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CommentRefugees can help tackle the NHS workforce shortage
Kaye Burnett places emphasis on supporting people from excluded communities with the opportunity of being potential recruits for the NHS
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HSJ PartnersListen when people speak up
Russell Parkinson, Head of Office and Strategy at the National Guardian’s Office, highlights the importance of encouraging staff to speak up and lists ways in which organisations can take action
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NewsRevealed: The trusts still losing one in 10 beds to covid
Eight acute trusts have seen at least one in 10 general and acute beds occupied by patients with confirmed covid-19 over the past two months.
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NewsTrusts rubbish accuracy of ‘vital’ covid vaccination figures
Multiple trusts have disputed the accuracy of the first published provider-level data on NHS staff covid vaccine uptake, which is described as ‘vital’ and ‘highly important’ by the UK Health Security Agency.
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CommentICSs pose a potential risk to improving stroke care
Even though Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks, vital to the further transformation required in stroke prevention and treatment, may span multiple ICSs, there is currently no mechanism to ensure that their plans and priorities are joined up. By Juliet Bouverie
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Expert BriefingInappropriate payments to trust directors caused by ‘exceptional events’
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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NewsDaily Insight: Not a data remember
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsFirst of ‘40 new hospitals’ delayed amid EU workforce disruption
Disruption to the supply of materials and workforce to the construction sector have contributed to another delay to a major new hospital, for which planning started more than 10 years ago.
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CommentThe pandemic demonstrates the need for a business school for healthcare management
A new business school dedicated to health aims to build a cadre of healthcare leaders and managers who can reinvent healthcare systems and address the grand health challenges facing the world today, writes Professor Nora Ann Colton
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Mind the gap – again
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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NewsTwo regions see covid admissions increase by a quarter in one week
The South West and East of England regions have seen a sharp rise in covid admissions, with the former now outstripping the much larger London region.
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NewsProvider chief executive to step down
The chief executive of a major independent mental health provider has announced her departure after leading the organisation out of special measures.
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CommentNHS can use its power as an employer to create a more just society
NHS trusts and health boards should take the lead in deploying progressive employment interventions at local level, which can be used to leverage employment opportunities towards people who are farthest from the jobs market, write Tom Lloyd Goodwin and David Burch
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NewsDaily Insight: The 10-year project
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust chief executive given national role to oversee 12-15 covid vaccination
A trust chief executive has been appointed to lead the delivery of covid-19 vaccinations for people aged 12 to 15 amid sharply rising infection rates across the group.
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NewsTrusts face ‘inevitable’ price rises as supply crisis hits NHS
Trusts face ‘inevitable’ price rises on goods bought through NHS Supply Chain due to ongoing disruption to global trade, according to an update published by the national body.
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NewsFirst national director of ‘neglected’ rehab care appointed
An adviser to the Northern Irish government has been appointed as NHS England’s first director of rehabilitation care.
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NewsOne in four now waiting more than four hours in A&E, leaked data reveals
Waiting time performance in London’s accident and emergency departments has fallen further since August, which was an all-time low, leaked data indicates.
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NewsHEE tells trusts to prioritise training, or services will suffer
The quality and performance of services will suffer if medical training is not ‘prioritised and funded’ by trusts, Health Education England has warned.
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CommentLetter from Scotland: Unhappy over England’s Health and Care Bill
Henry Anderson shares an insight into the Scottish government’s new five year plan and their possible denial to give formal legislative consent to England’s Health and Care Bill