Alastair McLellan
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The Bedpan: 'You must attend the opening of every new MRI'
This week: Part two of our interview with Ben Page, chief executive of pollsters Ipsos MORI
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Alastair McLellan
Here it is. hsj.co.uk/comment/the-be… Part two of the Bedpan's interviiew w/ @benatipsosmori Required reading for any politician looking to understand how to sway public opinion on the NHS
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The Bedpan: 'Suddenly that vast gorilla is very interested in you'
This week: Ben Page, chief executive of pollsters Ipsos MORI
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Alastair McLellan
If you want to understand why the NHS is so difficult for politicians and governments to run, read today’s Bedpan interview with @benatipsosmori
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Alastair McLellan
Learn why (and many more things about the strange relationship between the NHS and public) in my interview with @benatipsosmori hsj.co.uk/comment/the-be…
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Alastair McLellan
3 things that DON'T [very much] affect public opinion about the NHS Things that don't
- clinical outcomes
- safety
- sums of money spent on the service (tho they like announcements abt new things) hsj.co.uk/comment/the-be…
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A&E performance falls for ninth successive year
The NHS' capacity crisis was laid bare by official data published today, which confirmed 2018-19 was the worst year on record for breaches of the four-hour waiting time target.
Alastair McLellan
We all new this - but this graph shows how dramatic the fall has been in NHS A&E performance (especially since 2015)
- A&E performance falls for NINTH successive year
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Patients' choice of provider must be defended, says NHSE leader
Choice of provider remains "fundamental" and integrated care systems will "fail" if they do not offer it, according to a senior NHS England director.
Alastair McLellan
'Rage, rage against the dying of the light' - Patients' choice of provider must be defended, says NHSE leader'
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Blood bike volunteers replaced by private firm in £14m deal
A charity that provided a free out-of-hours blood supply service to the NHS in Coventry and Warwickshire, has been replaced with a new £14 million contract with a private firm.
Trust makes vaccination mandatory for recruitment
A West Midlands trust will no longer recruit staff who have not had an immunisation for mumps, measles and rubella.
Alastair McLellan
Trust refuses to hire clinical staff who haven't had the MMR jab hsj.co.uk/sandwell-and-w… Two Qs: a) is this becoming more common? b) is it legal under employment law?
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Broken Britain will turn to radical parties
In his dream, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, saw a statue that was beautiful but filled him with terror. “This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and...
Alastair McLellan
The Times @RSylvesterTimes reports that @ChangeUKParty is recieving 'dozens of applications...every day, from NHS chief executives, Ofsted inspectors and businesspeople..'
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Trust hits waiting time target in just 8pc of cases
A trust has apologised to patients after its performance against the two-week waiting time target for symptomatic breast referrals fell to less than 8 per cent.
Alastair McLellan
This is grim. - Trust sees just seven out of 92 women refered with possible breast cancer within the two week target. hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe… As pressure builds in the system - the inequalites and outliers get ever more extreme
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Tens of millions in STP tech funding held back
More than £35m of central tech funding for NHS providers was held back last year, with at least one region losing out after local organisations failed to reach a financial deal.
Alastair McLellan
Health Sec @MattHancock talks the talk on increased IT investment - unfortunately the service he (in theory) heads is not walking the walk hsj.co.uk/technology-and… via @BHeatherJourno
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CPD budget cuts were ‘trade-off’ for more nurses
The removal of money from continuing professional development budgets was "a trade-off" to increase the number of nurses in training, the chair of HEE has said.
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Alastair McLellan
The NHS did a deal with the Treasury to cut CPD training in exchange for 3000 more nurses - hsj.co.uk/workforce/cpd-… V interesting revelation from @HSJAnnabelle interview with @NHS_HealthEdEng chair David Behan
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Cowper’s Cut: The price of financial lying
The NHS will have to pay the price for cultivating a culture of financial lying and cheating and incentivising the wrong things, warns Andy Cowper
Alastair McLellan
'Financial lying in the NHS' @HPIAndyCowper returns to a favourite theme, identifies the (many) culprits and explains why it REALLY matters
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The Bedpan: 'GPs are scared... I don't blame them'
This Week: Susie Green, chief executive of trans-child charity Mermaids
Alastair McLellan
This week 'The Bedpan' addresses the complex and controversial issue of transgender rights with @green_susie100 the CEO of @Mermaids_Gender
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Alastair McLellan
In the light of the Times' splash about NHS consultants quitting over 'transgender experiements on children' - you might be intereted in reading my interview with CEO of @Mermaids_Gender @green_susie100 who has very different views
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Alastair McLellan
HSJ's interview with transgender activist @green_susie100 now updated in light of Times story on 'experiments' on trans/gay-children
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The Trump administration is forcing this health start-up that took Chinese money into a fire sale
PatientsLikeMe sold a majority stake to Chinese company iCarbonX in 2017. The deal is backfiring now that Trump is clamping down on China, as CFIUS forces the Chinese firm to divest its majority stake.
The Integrator: Does anybody want the ICP contract?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by commissioning correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
Alastair McLellan
The new integrated care provider contract from @NHSEngland makes it 'unappealing' for private companies to get involved says @SharonBrennan
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Exclusive: Clinical waste building up outside hospitals
Clinical waste is piling up outside hospitals, HSJ can reveal, amid fallout from the crisis which exploded in the sector last year.
Alastair McLellan
Think last year's NHS clinical waste emergency is over? Think again. 'Clinical waste building up outside hospitals' hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe… cracking exclusive from @ncarding
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New digital projects will be signed off by NHSX
NHS commissioners and IT suppliers will need to get sign-off from NHSX for new digital projects, according to fresh details released about the government's new tech agency.