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Trusts across the capital have been gradually agglomerating since before the pandemic, with the sharing of board chairs as the most visible sign that providers are coming together.
The latest announcement that trusts will share a chair came last week when The Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust, London North West University Healthcare Trust, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, and Chelsea and Westminster FT announced the four of them would split the role.
To our knowledge, this is the first time trusts have looked to appoint a four-way joint chair. Two has been the norm, maybe three.
A new strategy announced against a backdrop of large numbers of NHS staff having to self-isolate will allow frontline health workers who are double jabbed to keep working, even if they have come into close contact with someone who has tested positive.
The government’s announcement came into effect immediately and also covers social care staff – but it brought a mixed reaction from NHS leaders.
Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers and deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “On the one hand, they are worried about their capacity to support patients safely and quickly, particularly given that many staff will already be away for parts of summer as they take overdue annual leave that is owed to them but on the other hand, the last thing they would want to do is expose their patients and colleagues to an increased risk of catching the virus, so the need for local review and discretion here is important.”