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  • HealthServiceJournal
  • Newsweek

Past articles by Katherine:

Child Hepatitis Cases Continue To Rise In The U.K.

Experts are investigating what's behind the unusual illness, with 650 probable cases now reported worldwide. → Read More

Government’s £750m bill for storing PPE revealed

Ministers spent £755.8m storing personal protective equipment over the first year and a half of the pandemic, HSJ can reveal. → Read More

England’s Hospitals Told To Boost Cybersecurity Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Hospitals have been asked to shore up their online defenses as Russian's attack on Ukraine escalates. → Read More

Two big private providers to the NHS to merge, expecting 'sustained demand'

One of the largest private providers of NHS acute care looks set to buy another, and has declared that the unprecedented NHS elective waiting list will “create sustained demand” for their services. → Read More

Two major private providers to the NHS to merge, expecting 'sustained demand'

One of the largest private providers of NHS acute care looks set to buy another, and has declared that the unprecedented NHS elective waiting list will “create sustained demand” for their services. → Read More

Exclusive: NHS warned multiple times that imaging shortages may kill

Coroners have warned the NHS nearly a dozen times in recent years that a lack of imaging capacity could lead to more deaths, HSJ can reveal. → Read More

Trusts to form first-of-its-kind group

Two East Midlands mental health and community trusts have agreed to what HSJ understands is a first-of-its-kind group arrangement. → Read More

NHS accused of pushing social enterprise out due to ‘integration’

NHS officials are already pushing social enterprise providers out of the service because of the government's legislative proposals, the sector has warned Matt Hancock. → Read More

Senior CQC inspector appointed hospital CEO

A Care Quality Commission deputy chief inspector has been appointed hospital chief executive at an East Midlands trust. → Read More

NHS England hires top US healthcare chief

The chief executive of a leading US healthcare organisation has been hired as NHS England’s new director of transformation. → Read More

Top US healthcare chief to join NHS England

The chief executive of a leading US healthcare organisation has been hired as NHS England’s new director of transformation. → Read More

NHS may ‘never catch up’ with surgery backlog caused by covid

Delays due to the covid-19 crisis have created tens of thousands of year-long waiters for ophthalmology treatment, and a surgery backlog which experts say may never be recovered. → Read More

Covid pressures linked to increased fall rates and patient deaths

Two patients have died and at least seven more have come to harm in recent falls linked to covid-19 pressures at a small acute trust. → Read More

Exclusive: NHS agency put under Cabinet Office-backed review in wake of PPE crisis

Government has placed the national agency which was at the centre of the coronavirus PPE crisis under review, HSJ can reveal. → Read More

Exclusive: NHS agency put under Cabinet Office review in wake of PPE crisis

Government has placed the national agency which was at the centre of the coronavirus PPE crisis under review by the Cabinet Office, HSJ can reveal. → Read More

Exclusive: No refunds over Ayanda Capital mask deal

The government will not receive reimbursement for 50 million masks which may never be used in the NHS, HSJ can reveal. → Read More

Exclusive: PPE spend to hit £14bn by the end of the year

The Treasury is preparing for spending on personal protective equipment for the health system to hit up to £14bn this financial year, HSJ understands — representing more than 10 per cent of the pre-covid NHS budget. → Read More

Government spend on PPE tops £1.1bn

The Department of Health and Social Care spent at least £1.1bn on personal protective equipment in April and May, HSJ analysis shows. → Read More

Officials put £5bn estimate on coronavirus testing cost

The government is estimating it will spend £5bn on testing for covid-19, according to a Public Health England notice. → Read More

Government spent half a billion pounds sourcing PPE in last two months

The Department of Health and Social Care spent at least £488.8m buying personal protective equipment in April and May, newly published documents reveal. → Read More