All Policy articles – Page 34
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NewsStaff face losing annual leave for post-trip quarantine
NHS staff and healthcare professionals returning from an overseas trip from high risk countries may have to take unpaid annual leave to cover the 14-day self-isolation period, according to new guidance.
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NewsNHS Providers accepts case for axing four-hour target
NHS Providers has accepted the case for ditching the four-hour target – but has not yet backed system leaders’ replacement proposals due to significant concerns around accountability and deliverability, it has told HSJ.
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News‘Repetitive’ local gov tendering is undermining NHS covid response
NHS leaders have called for the retendering of community and public health services to be ‘paused’ for 21 months, amid concerns about winter capacity within community health.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The future of Matt ‘who, me, guv?’ Hancock
Andy Cowper’s insights on Hancock’s most remarkable speech featuring “seven lessons” for the NHS and the “future of healthcare”
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Hancock’s vision for health and care after covid
Matt Hancock set out his post covid vision for health and care in a wide-ranging speech this week – HSJ’s podcast dissects key themes including staffing, emergency care, digital, system working and social care.
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NewsHancock: ‘busting bureaucracy’ will help NHS staff
Matt Hancock has launched a “bureaucracy busting call for evidence” from healthcare staff, alongside publication of part of the long-awaited NHS People Plan.
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NewsNew A&E targets ‘to be rolled out before winter’
NHS England is planning to roll out new emergency care standards, designed to replace the four-hour A&E target, before winter, according to plans published today.
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NewsTackle ‘bias’ against overseas doctors or risk shortage warns regulator
The NHS must tackle the discrimination faced by overseas medics as an essential part of renewed efforts to improve retention as fewer doctors arrive in the UK from abroad, the chief executive of the General Medical Council has told HSJ.
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CommentBritnell: 'Protect the NHS' was an expression of 'anxiety'
The performance of other countries successfully tackling the coronavirus pandemic has shown that investing in services such as public health is the bedrock of economic success, not a drain on it and the UK should take note, writes Mark Britnell
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CommentCovid-19 proves running the NHS ‘hot’ is far from cost-effective
Covid-19 has shown investing in long-term capacity and resilience in the NHS is cost-effective, writes Chris Thomas
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Nostalgia and political power aren’t what they used to be
Andy Cowper on the government’s mysterious obesity strategy, Jeremy Hunt’s letter on NHS test and trace, and the shortcomings of a “world-beating” antibody testing.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The unfolding scandal at East Kent
Recovery is the buzzword as the NHS tries to drag itself out of the deep hole dug by covid-19. This week’s HSJ Health Check is a deep dive into plans for recovery in three different regions.
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NewsNHS England urged to bring in new A&E targets before winter
The NHS should begin implementing a new emergency care performance regime — which is set to replace the four-hour target — before winter, the Royal College of Emergency president has told HSJ.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: A tale of three regions’ recovery
Recovery is the buzzword as the NHS tries to drag itself out of the deep hole dug by covid-19. This week’s HSJ Health Check is a deep dive into plans for recovery in three different regions.
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NewsNHS ‘overcrowded with regulators’, says watchdog
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has warned of an “overcrowding of regulators”, following proposals made by the Cumberlege report for a new independent patient safety commissioner.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why the Cumberlege review is being buried
A government-commissioned review — into why mesh implants and other treatments were allowed to harm hundreds of women — said the failings were “caused and compounded by failings in the health system itself”. This week’s HSJ Health Check podcast considers why it is being buried by government.
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NewsKing’s Health Partners chief to step down
The head of a leading academic health science centre is stepping down after more than a decade in the role.
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CommentA difficult balancing act lies ahead for Matt Hancock
About to complete two years at the DHSC this week, Matt Hancock’s in-tray for the third year looks particularly challenging in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Richard Sloggett
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CommentNHS must play its part in the economic recovery too
Michael Wood shares NHS Confederation’ five-point plan for every system - offering leadership, guidance and practical support.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: When in doubt, ignore
Andy Cowper gives the lowdown on the government’s bungled handling of the covid-19 pandemic