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CommentThe NHS should make better use of its economic power to help local communities
The move from STPs towards ICSs represents an exciting opportunity to change the way the NHS thinks about its role as a local economic player, writes David Maguire
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News‘Widespread vacancies’ putting vulnerable children at risk
“Widespread vacancies” and a lack of child protection roles in NHS organisations are putting vulnerable children at risk, a report has found.
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Junior doctors could lose travel expenses
A proposed national policy on travel expenses could leave some junior doctors more than £50 a week out of pocket, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsClinical leaders appointed ahead of six-way CCG merger
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed clinical leaders ahead of the formal merger of six CCGs.
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CommentTop GP: National diktats could shatter fragile PCNs
To ensure the success of primary care networks, policy makers must act swiftly to address early problems and ensure networks feel truly owned and co-designed by GPs, says RCGP chair Professor Martin Marshall
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NewsTrust blames behaviour ‘from top of the NHS’ for bullying
Leadership behaviour from the “very top of the NHS” has led to an increase in bullying, according to an official strategy document produced by an acute trust.
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NewsPair of London trusts to share chair
A pair of London trusts have announced they will be sharing a chair, in the latest in a string of joint leadership moves across NHS trusts.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The PCN furore, inpatient safety, and a step-change in A&E
Listen to this week’s HSJ Health Check, discussing primary care networks, sexual assaults in mental health facilities and the significant worsening of accident and emergency performance.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Is the centre finally about to get serious on workforce?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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NewsTwo-thirds of trusts failing to protect staff from violence
Around two-thirds of NHS providers were found to be breaking laws aimed at protecting staff from violence and aggression, when inspected by the Health and Safety Executive, information released to HSJ reveals.
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PodcastHSJ Health Check: Why the 2020s will beat the 2010s
Listen to this week’s HSJ Health Check, discussing the 10 things that mattered most for the NHS in the past decade, a podcast exclusive from HSJ editor Alastair McLellan.
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CommentMake 2020 the decade of healthy ageing
As larger numbers of people live longer, the UK government needs to take urgent action to support people in later life in view of a broken social care system, exhorts Anna Dixon
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CommentThe GP locum ‘feeding-frenzy’ that is crippling general practice
Reliance on GP locums must force a rethink on the future workforce to create a positive opportunity to transform general practice, writes Nadeem Moghal
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LeaderThe NHS begins 2020 with good reason to hope for a better decade
The NHS stands at the threshold of a new decade facing both potentially its most difficult winter in decades and the most hopeful medium-term future since the 2008 financial crash.
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NewsStevens leads NHS new year’s honours
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has been knighted in the 2020 new year’s honours list.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read workforce stories of 2019
As 2019 winds down, HSJ is taking a moment to revisit its most read workforce stories of the year.
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NewsNHS England: PCN services to be phased amid ‘overburdening’ risk
NHS England has acknowledged it risks “overburdening” primary care neworks “at an early stage with unrealistic expectations for new service delivery”, and emphasised that new requirements will be “phased”.
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NewsEyesight in 20,000 people put at risk from delayed follow-ups
Tens of thousands of patients have had their follow-up treatment for glaucoma delayed over the past year, risking their sight, a new study has revealed.
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NewsStronger rules on rehiring managers after redundancy payments
NHS England is planning to strengthen rules around senior managers who are rehired after receiving a redundancy payment for leaving the service.
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HSJ LocalFinance director makes swift U-turn to stay at troubled trust
The finance director who opted to quit his hospital trust to ”be held to account” has now decided not to resign after all.