NHS reality check: the financial and performance ask for trusts – NHS Providers 
This report outlines the findings of a survey of NHS leaders, looking at the pressures being felt across the health and social care sector. It finds that rising demand for NHS services combined with workforce pressures and an underfunded social care system means there is a still a long road ahead for trusts in tackling care backlogs. It highlights how the pandemic has deepened existing pressures and finds that many waiting times targets are taking longer to deliver than expected. However, trusts report that the number of patients being seen in mental health services and cancer services exceed pre-pandemic levels.

National guidance on quality risk response and escalation in integrated care systems – NHS England
This guidance is to support system leaders as they develop their approach to quality management. It sets out how quality concerns and risks should be managed within integrated care systems in collaboration with NHS England and wider partners.

The Khan review: making smoking obsolete – independent review into smokefree 2030 – Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
This independent review into the government’s current tobacco control policies, led by Dr Javed Khan OBE, looks into whether government will achieve its ambition to make England smokefree by 2030. It finds that although good long-term progress has been made in reducing smoking rates to their lowest ever level, almost six million people still smoke in England and smoking is still one of the largest causes of health disparities.

NHS faces leadership shake-up after review finds evidence of discrimination and bullying – The BMJ
On 8 June the government published the findings of an independent review into health and care leadership in England that found evidence of discrimination, bullying, and blame cultures in the NHS. After a major review the government has announced “the biggest shake-up in health and social care leadership in a generation.” Jacqui Wise reports

Right to transfer for SAS doctors – NHS Employers 
Doctors employed on 2008 specialty doctor grade or on closed SAS grades will have the right to transfer to the 2021 specialty doctor contract.

HSJ Roundup – Full text available on request from the Hanley Library

‘Deeply disappointing’ ICS strategy criticised by council An integrated care board’s plans to work with the public and patients have been attacked as ‘deeply disappointing’ and ‘box ticking’ by the chair of a local authority oversight committee.

Messenger at odds with Javid over NHS diversity jobs Sajid Javid’s claim that the number of NHS roles dedicated to promoting equality and diversity should be cut is incorrect and not what the government-commissioned review into NHS management recommended, according to its author.

Javid: ‘Extra pay for leaders in challenged areas’ Sajid Javid says NHS leaders will be incentivised to take jobs in challenged organisations through increased pay offers and better ‘support packages’.

Good leadership not always ‘resource intensive’, says review lead Good leadership does not have to be ‘an enormously resource intensive function’, the army general responsible for a government review of health and care leadership has said, ahead of its publication.

Trusts may have to close services to make savings, say NHS leaders The tight financial envelope facing the NHS could force trusts to close services in some areas and ‘streamline’ them to single sites, NHS Providers has warned.

NHSE extends Capita primary care contract for £94m NHS England has extended Capita’s primary care support services contract for three more years for £94m.

Government plans ‘single set of management standards’ for the NHS A government review of health and care leadership has recommended a single set of ‘core leadership and management standards’ for NHS managers.

New role for CQC chief inspector The Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector of primary care is taking up a new role at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, it has been announced.

CQC chief inspector to take the helm at HSIB The Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector of primary care is taking up a new role at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, it has been announced.

Four trusts failing government’s free parking commitment Four trusts are not providing free car parking to those identified as needing it, despite this being a government commitment, HSJ has established.

Recent Guidance