Sir Chris Ham
Health policy and management in the UK and beyond. Non-executive chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire STP and non-executive director of Royal Free Hospitals
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NHS England » NHS and other professional bodies’ response to the Sunday Times, 25 October 2020
Health and high quality care for all, now and for future generations
Amy Coney Barrett’s Silence Is an Expression of Extremism
The conservative judge’s refusal to answer fundamental questions at her Supreme Court confirmation hearings demonstrated just how far Trump has moved the margins of our political culture.
Opinion: Local efforts to stop children going hungry suggest the emergence of a powerful new society
There is compassion and energy living deep within our local communities. We recognise that the time has come to take matters into our own hands
Think Big, Act Small: Elinor Ostrom's radical vision for community power - New Local
Exploring the ground-breaking work of economist Elinor Ostrom, the intellectual hero of community power. And asking what it could mean for the UK today.
Do we really have a handle on COVID-19 spread in Ontario? Testing problems are leading many to question if anyone actually knows what’s happening
“Between not being able to do contact tracing for every patient, and not being able to test everybody who even suspects they’ve been exposed to COVID,...
Chris Ham: A cross party approach to managing the pandemic would help restore public confidence and rebuild public trust - The BMJ
Being ignored on clinical placements is a deflating experience. Kanwal Ahmed, Salma Hashim, Mariyam Khankhara, and Ilhan Said share this composite account of how it has affected them and an [...]More...
Sir Chris Ham
the fractured national consensus on C-19 has grown wider and deeper as the forces of science, politics and economics pile pressure on the UK govt. My views
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Exclusive: Police given access to Test and Trace data on those told to self-isolate
The contact details of those who have been instructed to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace are to be passed to the police on request, in a move that has alarmed senior health figures who are concerned it will undermine confidence in and...
Newscast - Real Winter is Coming - BBC Sounds
Top SAGE scientist Sir Jeremy Farrar tells us the regional restriction row is dangerous
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey pilot - Office for National Statistics
Estimates for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This survey is being delivered in partnership with University of Oxford, University of Manchester, Public Health England and Wellcome Trust.
We’re Not Ready for Winter – We Need to Be!
The winter hasn’t even hit us yet. But it will and it’s going to hit us hard. Harder than we know. Harder than we are prepared for. Do you remember January 2015, with queues of people lying in corr…
Petition: End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry
Government should support vulnerable children & #endchildfoodpoverty by implementing 3 recommendations from the National Food Strategy to expand access to Free School Meals, provide meals & activities during holidays to stop holiday hunger &...
Ed Jones: The Government must grasp the nettle of social care reform
Enough of wheeling in the same weary academics and experts, asking them to repeat the assessments they have given to all the previous politicians.
Care homes tycoon Chai Patel reaps soaring dividends
An investment vehicle belonging to a care homes tycoon paid £27 million in annual dividends, despite a crisis in the industry.The latest accounts for Court Cavendish, which is controlled by Chai Patel
Sir Chris Ham
Not a good look at this time @RichardnotatKF @blimeysimon @so_says_sally @25DavidPearson @Car_Abrahams
Care homes tycoon reaps soaring dividends
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Covid-19 exposes NHS fault lines in England
Legislation is needed to ensure collaboration between organisations
Everything in the NHS changed in March when national and local leaders acted to prepare for the rapid increase in demand for care foreshadowed by experience in countries affected...
Sir Chris Ham
Covid-19 has shown that the organisation of the NHS is not fit for purpose. Legislation is need to make a reality of systems working in partnership and to overcome fragmentation that gets in the way of improving population health
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Parliamentary Committees join forces: Inquiry launched to scrutinise Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Committees - UK Parliament
<p>The <strong>Health and Social Care Committee</strong> and <strong>Science and Technology Committee</strong> today launch a joint inquiry into lessons to be learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic so far.</p>
Exclusive: NHS England at loggerheads with Test and Trace over staff testing
The introduction of weekly covid tests for NHS staff in "high risk areas" will mean other groups missing out or waiting longer, well-placed sources have told HSJ.
Sir Chris Ham
This is concerning and reminds me of the PM's promise to deliver 500K tests by end of October. How's this going? @HSJEditor @vsmacdonald @Smyth_Chris @BBCHughPym
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Hospitals in the north will be overwhelmed if we don’t take urgent action
Talking to NHS trust chief executives in the north of England over the past three days, they are very worried. Increasing numbers of coronavirus cases have translated into rapidly rising hospital