South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 359
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Comment
Concerted action is needed to bring true equality in the NHS workforce
We must heed the imperative to develop and deliver meaningful race equality strategies and plans by investing in achieving WRES data improvement targets, resourcing organisational leadership programmes and stepping up opportunities for BME staff. By Joan Saddler
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‘If you are not at the table, you are likely to be on the menu’
A vision for how integrated care system reform can lead to a more democratic, equitable and human health and care system, by Charlotte Augst and Alex Fox.
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NHS England ‘reboots’ race work to ‘focus down hard’ on laggard trusts
NHS organisations will be given specific actions to improve their progress on race equality, as NHS England’s equality chiefs say they will “focus down hard” on those who need to improve.
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Exclusive: GPs’ survey finds race discrimination in NHS treatment of primary care
A survey of an area’s GPs and other primary care staff found those from a minority ethnic background feel they are less involved in decision making and less respected by their colleagues, according to results shared with HSJ.
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Daily Insight: Fit and proper not fit for purpose?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
NHSX leading digital transformation (still)
Matthew Gould sheds light on the ‘exciting’ future of NHSX
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Revealed: Most Nightingales in £500m programme to close
England’s Nightingale hospitals will be “stood down” from providing beds for covid-19 patients by next month, with some of the facilities set to be used for other purposes.
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NHS England referral to investigate ex-leaders of scandal-hit trust fails
NHS England’s referral of two former hospital leaders for a ‘fit and proper person’ review will not be investigated by the Care Quality Commission, because they no longer work for the trust.
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Comment
Integration cannot be delivered if ‘NHS leaders are always looking up’
Places and systems must be the focus if local organisations are to successfully work together in a new spirit of collaboration rather than competition, write Chris Ham and Rob Webster
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HSJ Interactive
The practicalities of outpatient transformation
A Vantage Health sponsored podcast looks at implementation of healthcare technology solutions from the perspective of a large NHS hospital. The panellists, experts in their field, discuss how the situation has changed since the start of the pandemic and, given the emergence of so many technologies, how to determine which ...
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Region with the lowest vax take up seeing slowest drop in covid hospital patients
The regional variation in vaccination rates now appears to be significantly impacting the number of covid positive hospital patients in England.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Kick the can
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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Comment
The chancellor’s spending squeeze signals a long period of austerity
While the chancellor is going big on the rescue phase of covid, the Budget was silent on how to recover health and social care after the pandemic, writes Anita Charlesworth
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Trust chief withdraws application after probe into bogus law degree
An incoming trust chief executive has withdrawn his application for the post after an inquiry about his qualifications.
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Daily Insight: Short on managers, but not for long
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Staff who refuse covid vaccine face 'one-to-one’ with managers
NHS England has called for line managers to have one-to-one conversations with staff who have refused the covid vaccine by next week, to discuss its ‘powerful protective effects’.
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Comment
Budget lacks clear direction of travel for health and social care
The chancellor’s “whatever it takes” pledge must include the resources to tackle the long-term ramifications of the pandemic, argues Eleanor Roy
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Realpolitik and the NHS’ next big plan
In a last minute controversial intervention, Matt Hancock has torpedoed plans in Lancashire to consolidate emergency services.
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HSJ Local
‘Elements of abuse’ witnessed at ‘inadequate’ private hospital
The Care Quality Commission has rated a Suffolk mental health hospital ‘inadequate’ after finding some interactions between patients and staff ‘demonstrated elements of abuse’.
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Daily Insight: Jam today, thinly spread toast tomorrow
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.