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CommentWhat the NHS's partnership with Virginia Mason revealed
Prioritising workplace culture when planning and delivering improvement at an organisation and system wide level is the need of the hour. By Bryan Jones and Nicola Burgess
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NewsSenior managers at major trust ‘disempowered’, warns external review
Senior managers at a major teaching trust felt ‘disempowered’ in a risk-averse culture that hindered decision making, according to an independent review obtained by HSJ.
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NewsCentre has ‘lost the narrative’ over NHSE merger
The NHS should reduce the number of different electronic patient records used by trusts and instead rely on a smaller set of suppliers with nationally agreed prices, according to the CEO of NHS Digital.
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NewsNHS regional director stepping down
NHS London regional director and community health trust chief executive Andrew Ridley will step down at the end of December.
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News‘Two week GP appointment’ policy delayed, despite Coffey pledge
NHS England has delayed a measure encouraging GP practices to see patients within two weeks – in contrast to ministers’ announcement last week trumpeting a new ‘expectation’ they would do so for all patients.
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NewsBig expansion of nurse and doctor training planned by Labour
Labour would use revenue from reversal of the abolition of the 45 per cent rate of income tax to fund “one of the largest NHS workforce expansions in history,” the shadow chancellor has announced.
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NewsCEO quits under-pressure ICS
A former Number 10 adviser who was made CEO of an integrated care board has become the first to leave since the organisations were created in July this year.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The downfall of a ‘pioneering’ private provider
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsLabour would ‘pool’ health and social care budgets
Health and social care budgets would be pooled together under a Labour government in a bid to boost NHS integration, the shadow health secretary has said.
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NewsUpdated: IR35 rules on NHS contractors to stay in place
UPDATE: Controversial rules governing the tax status of contractors will now remain in place, after a U-turn by government on its own September ’mini budget’.
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NewsStaffing shortages force NHSE to abandon safety target
NHS England has this week told trusts it is abandoning a patient safety target ‘until maternity services in England can demonstrate sufficient staffing levels’ to meet it.
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NewsTrusts told to offer ‘pension recycling’
Trusts have been told to offer the option of pay rises for forgoing pension contributions for some senior staff, as part of a package of NHS pension changes announced today.
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News‘Gross’ care delays could become ‘new normal’, says CQC report
The Care Quality Commission today urged system leaders to move away from “quick fixes” to the “enormous gap in resources and capacity” in urgent and emergency care.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Paying the consultants
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Simple tech slashes lists
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNew lead for DHSC’s MedTech directorate
The procurement lead from a major London acute will lead the Department of Health and Social Care’s new medical technology directorate, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The NHS’s £18bn rainy day fund
NHS trusts have more than £18bn in covid cash reserves, but how helpful is this extra money?
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Expert BriefingThe uphill battle for mental health in schools
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, this week by senior content editor Hayley Kirton — contact me in confidence.
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NewsPension contributions overhaul from October will avoid pay cut
The NHS pension scheme is to be amended, so staff do not face a take-home pay cut by being pushed up a contribution tier because of annual pay awards.
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Expert BriefingTrust 'hiding serious harm and death' report
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.