Alastair McLellan
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Only a quarter of NHS land sale proceeds used on new estates’ projects
Less than a quarter of the money raised from NHS property sales last year went back into the capital budget for reinvestment in the estate, according to provider accounts.
Alastair McLellan
NHS land sales are STILL not being used to fund new projects - despite endless promises. hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef… It's almost as if they think nobody will notice!
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Mitie
Twitter, I need your help! Almost 600 hard-working and dedicated Mitie employees who work at St George's Hospital are facing cuts to hours and redundancies, despite promises that this wouldn't happen...
The EU is crippling our NHS
Among the many disasters that are apparently set to befall this country when we leave the European Union, the one that touches our moral and political sensitivities the most is probably that Brexit will undermine our National Health Service, the...
Alastair McLellan
'The EU is crippling our NHS' - a critique from the left by @giles_fraser unherd.com/2019/07/the-eu… Any thoughts @JonAshworth ?
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Following the Money: Rent is optional
HSJ's weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
Alastair McLellan
"Too many NHS organisations and GPs seem to regard paying for their premises as optional” @ncarding explores the troubled history of @NHSProperty
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The Bedpan: The poor can’t afford to follow public health advice
This week: Professor Sir Michael Marmot, professor of epidemiology and public health at University College London
Alastair McLellan
'The poor can’t afford to follow public health advice'. HSJ's 'Bedpan series talks to @MichaelMarmot
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Exclusive: Patients die after multiple warnings about national 999 IT system dismissed
Patients have died after the government overruled multiple safety concerns raised about an IT system used to triage 16 million NHS patients a year.
Alastair McLellan
This is why @MattHancock IT focus must also embrace @Jeremy_Hunt patient safety agenda - Exclusive: Patients die after multiple warnings about national 999 IT system dismissed hsj.co.uk/technology-and… Great investigative work by @BHeatherJourno
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Top US hospital opens London clinic offering £5k 'health MoTs'
A hospital rated as the best in the United States is to open its first clinic in London. The Mayo Clinic will offer £5,000 “health MoTs” targeted at executives and wealthy individuals near Harley Street. These include a 75-minute initial...
Mortality rates are on the rise in the UK—so why is no-one talking about it?
Ask yourself this: why do we care so little that we cannot even be bothered to analyse and interrogate our own mortality statistics properly?
I am ashamed of the way the NHS treated my elderly aunt
Kieran Walshe shares an account of his aunt's treatment that raises serious questions about the quality of care for the frail elderly
Alastair McLellan
'I am ashamed of the way the NHS treated my elderly aunt' hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe… Powerful piece by @kieran_walshe - I'd be v interested in @mancunianmedic take
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North by North West: Unpicking the headlines
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
Boris Johnson vs Jeremy Hunt: Tory leadership candidates quizzed by Telegraph writers
Boris Johnson has promised to “fix” the pension cap that causes 90 per cent tax rates for some high earners and has led to doctors refusing to work.
Alastair McLellan
"I took some pretty tough decisions. I think the NHS has improved a lot as a result" @Jeremy_Hunt tells @Telegraph hustings, while Boris claims he'll fix he pensions crisis
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Racist and homophobic communities must be challenged, say NHS chiefs
Three leading NHS trust chief executives have called on their peers to directly challenge communities whose racist and homophobic views often lead to the abuse of NHS staff.
Alastair McLellan
In my 15 odd years as a journalist reporting on the NHS this hsj.co.uk/racist-and-hom… is among the most significant stories I've covered. - 'Racist and homophobic communities must be challenged, say NHS chiefs' 1/2
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MPs ready to join forces and sabotage Johnson move for no-deal
MPs will threaten next week to shut down the government if Boris Johnson defies parliament and tries to take Britain out of the European Union without a deal. In a cross-party move to thwart the...
Matt Hancock steals march in race to become Boris's chancellor as Osborne's protege goes into battle for new boss
In trashing his predecessor Jeremy Hunt’s handling of the junior doctors debacle, Matt Hancock yesterday proved his credentials as one of Boris Johnson’s most loyal lieutenants as insiders touted the health secretary a potential future Chancellor.
Alastair McLellan
Strange days indeed one Tory health secretary trying to trash the reputation of another telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/… Jeremy Hunt was never this rude about Andrew Lansley!
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Parliamentlive.tv
Health and Social Care Committee
Alastair McLellan
V interesting to hear MPs on @CommonsHealth frustrated about the difficulty of dealing with failing GP practices [effectively] due to their indepenent contractor status
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Children with cancer need an end to the 10-year Marsden standoff
"The language of priorities is the religion of socialism" - and the NHS, Nye Bevan might have added.
The Bedpan: ‘Healthcare is cultural’
This week: Ryoji Noritake, chief executive of the Tokyo-based Health and Global Policy Institute.
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Alastair McLellan
He's back! - and this tme he's got a Bedpan. @HPIAndyCowper interviews Japanese expert on the 'Super-Aged' Ryoji Noritake
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NHS warned to act now on Australian flu
The leader of England's emergency care doctors has called for the NHS to take action now to prepare for a possible flu epidemic as Australia battles an early outbreak of the virus.
Johnson is set to face an early general election. His Cabinet must be ruthlessly shaped to fight it – on a No Deal platform.
Its members must be signed up to leaving on October 31. Here's a rough draft of what the top team might look like.
Alastair McLellan
What a Boris cabinet might look like (via @ConHome ) - @MattHancock stays health sec as 'he is running the department with an absence of fuss, has avoided NHS disputes, understands the relationship between technology and healthcare
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