All Health Service Journal articles in 29 November 2013 – Page 4
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway Trust taking a green approach
Kent and Medway and Social Care Partnership Trust is seeking to cut its energy use by 23 per cent and reduce its carbon emissions by 25 per cent by 2015.
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News
Organ donors 'must state intention'
Only half of people who would like to be organ donors have expressed their wishes to the families, a poll suggests.
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News
RCS calls for urgent Welsh hospitals probe
The Royal College of Surgeons has called for an urgent review of all hospitals in Wales amid “public anxiety” over standards of NHS care.
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News
HSJ Live 26.11.2013 Colchester cancer services review to be published next month
Review looking into CQC findings on mismanagement of cancer patients’ records
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood and Wexham Park investigates maternity incidents
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park bosses have carried out a review of clinical quality in their maternity services following a cluster of serious incidents.
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News
NHS to create 'world's largest safety programme'
The largest single patient safety improvement programme in the world will be created by NHS England in response to the Francis report, the director overseeing it has explained.
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News
NHS England reviews 'friends and family'
NHS England is reviewing the future use of the controversial “friends and family test”, while alternative patient experience measures have been adopted for two important performance frameworks.
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Comment
Older people are our forgotten addicts
Alcohol misuse is rising among older people and is presenting new challenges for the NHS
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HSJ Knowledge
Achieve equity in access to sickle cell services
Allocating resources to thalassaemia service provision
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HSJ Local
Monitor to probe Wirral FT's finances
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into poor financial performance at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust.
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News
OFT chief rejects need for law change on NHS merger controls
The chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading has admitted there is scope for “significant improvement” in the way the competition authorities that have taken over NHS merger controls engage with hospital trusts.
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News
Thousands of nurses exit the profession
The number of nurses actively choosing to leave their profession has jumped just over a quarter since the coalition government came into power, it has emerged.
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News
Grant to hospital favoured by Queen
A private hospital favoured by the royal family is to expand its facilities after receiving a grant worth up to £30m.
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News
Action call on mental health 'mortality gap'
NHS services need to adapt so they can address both physical and mental health issues - and not deal with them separately, an expert has said.
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News
HSJ Live 25.11.13: Thousands of nurses leaving the profession
HSJ launches BME Pioneers week, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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News
HSJ celebrates BME Pioneers working in the NHS
All this week HSJ will be looking at what can be done to create a more diverse mix at the top of NHS leadership
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex hospital buildings to be sold off
Hospital buildings owned by Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust will now be sold on the open market after failing to attract buyers with a health and social care remit.
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HSJ Knowledge
Scaling the NHS's diversity problems
Why are staff from BME backgrounds underrepresented at the top of the service?
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Comment
Compassionate care means rooting out staff stress
The Francis response will not foster a culture of compassion