All Service redesign articles – Page 17
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NewsSenior medics urge trusts to protect electives by boosting post-op care
Senior medics urge trusts to protect electives by boosting post-op careospitals are being urged to set up enhanced post-operative care services to free up critical care beds and protect electives in the face of a covid winter surge.
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NewsGo-ahead given for hospital rebuild backed by PM
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has given the go-ahead to the building of a new ‘specialist emergency hospital’ – which was pledged as one of six major rebuilds by the prime minister – the month after it was called in.
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CommentStrengthening ICSs must not undermine local collaboration
As the NHS and its partners push forward with change, especially structural change, it’s important to not lose sight of the purpose of integration, writes Richard Murray.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Just like déjà vu all over again
Andy Cowper on the announcement of national lockdown measures, the PM’s ‘protect the NHS’ narrative and shortcomings of the test and trace.
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CommentThe covid pandemic could cause a decrease in cancer survival
Dr Robert Rintoul shares his insights on screening, diagnostics, retaining workforce and harnessing treatment opportunities for lung cancer services amid covid-19.
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NewsTrust in NHS ‘poor and diminishing’ among communities hit hardest by covid
There is growing distrust for the NHS and government in communities that are of fundamental importance to the national effort to counter covid, according to research by NHSX.
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NewsNHS England will ‘trust local leaders’ to handle second wave, says chief
There will be more regional flexibility in managing NHS services in coming months than during the spring covid-19 peak, NHS England’s deputy chief executive has said, promising to ‘trust our local leaders to do the right thing’.
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CommentHealth is made at home, hospitals are for repair
Lessons for NHS to learn from health creators that use a holistic approach to health and wellbeing, creating conducive environment for people to flourish, by Nigel Crisp
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NewsNHS management 'seen as slow and inward looking', David Nicholson warns
Former NHS chief Sir David Nicholson says NHS management needs to be ‘a bit more creative’ to rebuild despite covid-19, and to disprove government perceptions that it is ‘slow and inward looking’.
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CommentThe three key tests for the comprehensive spending review
Charlotte Augst shares her insights on the need to strengthen places and communities to overcome inequalities and rebuild the health and wellbeing sector
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HSJ PartnersRecovering cancer services from covid will take all of us
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more Delivering healthcare is complicated and one of the barriers to improving it has always been the very wide range of different organisations who have a role but don’t always work together smoothly. The pandemic ...
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HSJ PartnersISO 27001 certification offers a secure choice for NHS organisation
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more The global pandemic caused by covid-19 has taught us many things about the way we live and work. For NHS Greater Manchester Shared Services, it put into practice months of hard work and demonstrated ...
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HSJ LocalMore mental health trusts will merge with acutes, chief predicts
The development of the integrated care agenda will see more mental health providers merging with acute trusts, an experienced chief executive has forecast.
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NewsChief exec of NHS agency resigns
The man reponsible for leading the troubled NHS Supply Chain agency has resigned, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersDeveloper S.106 contributions: The key to sustainable communities
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more The shortage of housing across the UK is a well-known fact; residential development is needed, and fast, particularly in the current economic climate. However, it is vital to ensure that the impact of these ...
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CommentHow CVDprevent will close the gap on poor primary care performance
The national audit for cardiovascular disease will include six high risk conditions with extracts of routinely recorded general practice data being monitored and managed for reducing impact on patients. By Dr Matt Kearney and Lorraine Oldridge.
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NewsGovernment tenders £785m testing contract
The Department of Health and Social Care will spend up to £785m on a new service to pack and deliver covid home test kits over the next two years, according to tender documents published today.
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HSJ LocalTop acute trust was ‘flying blind’ on population’s health
A major London acute trust has published a profile of its catchment population, having acknowledged that it was previously ‘effectively flying blind’ on health improvement.
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NewsRush to meet election promise risks hospital rebuild ‘disaster zone’
A major hospital rebuild may become a ‘disaster zone’ because of a rush to meet the government’s election promise to deliver new facilities quickly, a Conservative MP has warned.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: ‘Top tranche’ theory trumps reality in H*nc*ckl*nd
Andy Cowper sheds light on the performace of SAS test and trace as it fails to meet 46 per cent of the targets set.