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News
Interim CEO steps down after one day
The interim chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has stepped down after one day in the role, over concerns about a race discrimination case.
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News
Ministers sitting on 26 requests to intervene in service reconfigurations
The Department of Health and Social Care received 26 requests to intervene in NHS service changes in the first three months of the new reconfiguration regime, and has yet to make a decision on any of them, HSJ can reveal.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Total confidence
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Whittling down the provider numbers
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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News
Exclusive: Streeting has ‘total confidence’ in Amanda Pritchard
The shadow health and social care secretary has “total confidence” in NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard, he has told HSJ.
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Labour expects trusts to pay ‘time and a half’ to staff delivering ‘40,000 extra appointments’
Trusts should pay staff around “time and a half” for the additional shifts required to hit Labour’s manifesto pledge for an extra 40,000 elective appointments a week if the party wins power, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has told HSJ.
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Daily Insight
The mythbuster: The three things that matter more than increased NHS funding
Steve Black outlines three policy areas that are more important to improving NHS performance than increasing the service’s budget.
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News
Regulator defends interim chief over race discrimination concerns
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has insisted it is “confident in our due diligence process” after criticism of its new interim chief executive, for her links to a landmark NHS race discrimination case.
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HSJ Partners
Cross-pathway efforts are needed to optimise multi-modality treatment for non-small cell lung cancer
After decades with little progress, the treatment landscape for lung cancer has dramatically transformed. However, experts at a roundtable event highlighted that the NHS is struggling to keep up with such rapid progress, and changes across the pathway are urgently needed to optimise outcomes from multi-modality treatment.
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News
Trust’s private income up 44% in a year
A specialist hospital trust recorded its highest ever income from private patients last year, with a 44 per cent rise in a year, its latest annual accounts reveal.
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News
Exclusive: Price cut will extend long waits, NHSE warned
Private providers warned a move to cut the amount of funding they get for NHS procedures would “destabilise” eyecare and lead to longer waiting lists, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Partners
Getting to grips with the workforce conundrum: A practical approach
Boston Consulting Group discusses how an approach that prioritises the engagement of frontline staff, and that leverages three key elements – data transparency, leadership, and empowerment and accountability, can lead to real and sustained improvements in activity, outcomes and staff engagement.
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Daily Insight
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Corridor caution, research rip-off and service sluggish
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: Regulation support, staffing appeals, and leadership changes
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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News
Midwives call women in labour ‘Asian princesses’ amid ‘hostile’ environment fears
The NHS Race and Health Observatory has raised fundamental concerns about racism towards maternity patients after several cases have come to light in recent months, including midwives branding patients “Asian princesses”.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: What’s missing from the manifestos
This week we’re joined by Sally Gainsbury and Leonora Merry from the Nuffield Trust think tank, who help us join the dots on the key issues for the NHS in the election campaign.
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HSJ Partners
Could better screening reduce the slide in UK cancer outcomes?
Deloitte sheds light on the barriers faced by vulnerable populations, disparities in cancer screening, and strategies for equitable access.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Not the new normal
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Trusts agree staff rebanding deal after year-long dispute
Two acute trusts have agreed to reband around 1,500 healthcare assistants – and to backdate pay for five years.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Labour’s £6bn social care questions
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.