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NewsCutting hospital staff won’t help productivity, says ICB chief
The leader of an integrated care board has dismissed a “narrative” that the NHS can become more productive by cutting hospital staff numbers.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Improving Health Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Communities
WINNER Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust: Establishing a Substantive Health Equity Team and Embedding a Holistic Approach to Improving Equity in Maternity Services
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NewsDoctors vote to end historic pay dispute
Junior doctors have voted to accept the government’s latest pay offer – bringing to an end a bitter dispute which lasted nearly two years and saw 44 days of strikes.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs which cut staff by a fifth in 12 months
Several integrated care boards have cut their staffing by up to a fifth in a single year – after being asked to reduce management costs – but significant variation exists, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsTrust claims ‘stressed’ staff are quitting over faulty IT system
An acute trust has claimed “experienced and dedicated staff” have quit their roles because of “the stress and anxiety caused by the instability” of its imaging IT system as its row with a private provider intensifies.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Inquiries – who are they for?
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss three major NHS inquiries that started hearing evidence this week.
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NewsTrust considers tough line on promoting minority staff
An ambulance trust may require managers to justify to its CEO each time they promote someone else ahead of a colleague with a minority ethnic background to a senior role.
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NewsNHS has ‘thrown money’ at unproductive hospitals
Too much money is being “thrown” at hospitals where productivity “has substantially fallen” and not enough is being spent in the community, a major review of NHS performance has concluded.
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NewsNational bodies ‘failed to help staff with rationing care during covid’
Covid inquiry research finds “room for improvement” for national bodies and regulators Staff report being unable to escalate patients due to bed and workforce shortages NHS England’s representative urges inquiry to consider potential harms from counterfactuals Six in ten healthcare professionals said they lacked support from national bodies ...
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NewsCouncil boss made senior DHSC mandarin
A city council chief executive who once sought to run NHS England has been appointed as the second permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsDoctor worked in NHS for six months despite sexual harassment allegations
A trust is reviewing its procedures after employing a senior surgeon as a locum registrar without knowing he had been sacked from a previous role over sexual harassment allegations.
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NewsTrust chair withdraws before starting role
A lay member of the embattled Nursing Midwifery Council, who had been appointed by NHS England to chair a mental health trust, has decided not to take up the new role, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalFormer NHSE director to chair cash-strapped ICB
A former NHS England director who has also led adult social care for a council has been appointed chair of an integrated care board.
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NewsProvider investigating ‘racism and bullying’ complaints
A community services provider has launched an investigation into its staff culture, following concerns including racism and bullying.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Getting what you pay for
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues talk winter, money and “collective action” from GPs.
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NewsExclusive: Darzi will highlight underinvestment in NHS managers
The imminent review of NHS performance by Lord Ara Darzi will highlight the need to invest more in NHS management and leadership, HSJ understands.
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NewsBlack bank staff six times more likely to be disciplined
Black British bank workers are nearly six times more likely to enter a formal disciplinary, compared to their white colleagues, NHS England analysis has found.
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HSJ LocalTrust seeks three MDs on £150k to lead hospitals
A major hospital trust is seeking three managing directors to run each of its acute hospitals.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Tumbling into a full-on row
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.
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NewsNHS England names new regional director
NHS England has appointed a long-serving trust chief executive as its new regional director for the North West, it confirmed today.