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PodcastHSJ podcast: Who will be the next chief executive of NHS England?
With Sir Simon Stevens stepping down from the NHS’ top job in July, the 12-week countdown to find a successor begins.
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HSJ PartnersListening to the silence: What does the NHS staff survey tell us about Freedom to Speak Up?
Dr Henrietta Hughes urges all leaders within the health sector to ask whether staff feel safe to speak up in their own workforce surveys
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NewsChief exec moves from trust to ICS
A trust chief executive has been seconded to become the accountable officer of its local clinical commissioning group and the dedicated leader of its integrated care system — despite a question mark over whether the ICS will be allowed to exist.
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NewsTrust accused of ‘combative leadership’ announces new chief exec
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has appointed a new chief executive after nine months with an interim at the helm.
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NewsBritnell ‘thinking very seriously’ about NHS England CEO vacancy
Mark Britnell says he is “thinking very seriously” about applying for the soon to be vacant role of NHS England chief executive.
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NewsSpecialist trust appoints new chief executive
A specialist London trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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CommentHSIB should investigate staff well-being as well as patient safety
The NHS has been plagued by failures to learn lessons relating to patient safety and also by neglect of issues related to staff wellbeing. We offer two proposals to address this issue – that the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch broadens its remit to investigate adverse events relating to staff wellbeing, ...
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NewsFunding setback for tech roll-out at major acute trust
Plans to extend a new electronic patient record to one of London’s major acute providers have suffered a setback after an attempt to access unused national capital funding was abandoned.
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NewsExclusive: Government to suspend NHS recruitment from India amid covid crisis
The UK government is set to suspend NHS recruitment from India in light of the devastating covid wave currently hitting the country, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The covid crisis in India — and what it means for NHS staff
The NHS — and, indeed, the world — has been watching the catastrophic covid surge in India, with almost 400,000 cases recorded in a single day.
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NewsThe leading candidates for the next CEO of NHS England
The list of those who could replace Simon Stevens as NHS England chief executive is long, however relatively few are likely to be considered serious contenders. HSJ presents here the runner and riders for what has been described as the ‘fourth most powerful job’ in the UK (after the PM, ...
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Is a mandatory covid jab for staff inevitable?
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, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsNHS staff from India in ‘desperate’ situation as covid wave restricts travel
Many Indian healthcare professionals who either work in the NHS or have plans to do so have been left in a desperate situation by the devastating covid wave sweeping the country.
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NewsLandmark legal agreement sees Equality Rights Commission monitor trust’s record on sexual harassment
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has required an ambulance trust to sign a legally-binding agreement stating how it will protect its staff from sexual harassment.
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NewsCIA hunt for Bin Laden and pharma experimentation has fed distrust of govt vaccine policy among NHS staff
An ambulance trust has cited ‘mistrust’ of government and national healthcare policy as one of the factors driving lower vaccine uptake among its ethnic minority staff, linking concerns to historic international controversies around vaccination programmes.
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HSJ LocalHospital trust’s new CEO will be ninth of minority ethnic background
A north London trust has appointed a new chief executive who will be one of two provider chiefs known to be of minority ethnic background in the capital, and nine in England.
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HSJ PartnersWorkforce development in healthcare estates
Leadership, inclusion and coordination across public and private sectors are needed to resolve the challenges faced in healthcare estates and facilities, writes Greg Markham
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The Sieve Administration
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsWorkforce chief moves on after five years
A senior civil servant responsible for NHS workforce planning, the new NHS bill and other key areas of healthcare policy is to move to a new government department.
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News"Commercial partners" could take over "entirety" of planned imaging networks
New diagnostic imaging networks will be of such scale that they will be ‘significant operation businesses in their own right’ and will ‘need a distinct identity and arm’s length separation from the trusts’, NHS England has said.