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The company, formerly known as Pacific Knowledge Systems, will absorb three applications by Ainsoff that help reduce the risk of death for seriously ill patients and automate key clinical processes.

HSJ has learned that former NHS Improvement chief executive Sir Jim Mackey is no longer a candidate to replace Sir Simon Stevens, while two national newspapers reported on Sunday that NHS Improvement chair Dido Harding has also been unsuccessful. Shortlisting is believed to have been carried out last week, with the trio of KPMG senior partner Mark Britnell, NHS England deputy CEO Amanda Pritchard and Leeds City Council CEO Tom Riordan all making the cut. According to  The Sunday Times, Barone...

Tough at the top It’s one of the biggest public sector jobs so it’s no surprise that candidates for the post of NHS England chief executive will face a gruelling 10 hours of interviews and a full day of psychometric testing. HSJ has learned that the initial interview will be with senior representatives from Number 10, the Treasury and the Cabinet Office, including Cabinet secretary Simon Case. The shortlisted candidates will also, separately, be interviewed by those NHS England and Improv...

20 - 21 September 2021 The 14th Patient Safety Congress will bring together 1000+ attendees with the shared goal of transforming patient safety across health and social care. 23 - 24 September 2021 Integrated Care Summit unites senior leaders across healthcare to collaborate and address common challenges within ICSs to achieve better outcomes. 18 November 2021 The most esteemed accolade of healthcare service excellence in the UK, the HSJ Awards provides a platform to shape the future of the NHS...

By Alastair McLellan2021-04-29T13:44:00+01:00 The list of those who could replace Simon Stevens as NHS England chief executive is long, however relatively few are likely to be considered serious contenders. HSJ presents here the runner and riders for what has been described as the ‘fourth most powerful job’ in the UK (after the PM, chancellor and the governor of the Bank of England). The front-runners Amanda Pritchard, chief operating officer, NHS England Why: Has made a good fist of th...

The need to plan ahead when it comes to the workforce should not have been a novel idea. In February, former health secretary Jeremy Hunt branded the government’s failure to publish precise workforce figures for the future “a joke” (although, long-term projections were not published during his tenure as health secretary either). And, of course, the recent government white paper contained a new requirement for the health secretary to publish a report every Parliament setting out “greater...

Rise in GP trainee numbers does not go far enough to address workforce crisis The increase in the number of GP trainees in the UK over the past few years is too little, too late and does not go far enough to address the current workforce crisis, a leading health management expert has warned. by Emma Bower Free email bulletins