All Health Service Journal articles in April 2019 – Page 2
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NewsFour more healthcare professionals arrested in poisoning investigation
Four more healthcare professionals have been arrested in connection with allegations of mistreatment and neglect at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
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NewsExclusive: CQC slated major central IT programme
The Care Quality Commission has heavily criticised a major NHS England-led IT project after a review found it to be dysfunctional and at risk of breaking procurement rules.
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NewsDaily Insight: Control-alt-delete
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNew digital projects will be signed off by NHSX
NHS commissioners and IT suppliers will need to get sign-off from NHSX for new digital projects, according to fresh details released about the government’s new tech agency.
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NewsExclusive: Clinical waste building up outside hospitals
Clinical waste is piling up outside hospitals, HSJ can reveal, amid fallout from the crisis which exploded in the sector last year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Does anybody want the ICP contract?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by commissioning correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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NewsSpecialist beds delayed after child welfare concerns
NHS England has halted the commissioning of new eating disorder beds in the south east following three incidents involving children at the intended provider.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts testing the new A&E targets
NHS England has selected 14 hospital trusts to test new accident and emergency standards which could replace the four-hour target.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust chief executive to retire
The chief executive of a teaching trust in Lancashire has announced she will retire, HSJ has learned.
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NewsControversial PET-CT deal referred to Matt Hancock
A controversial decision to strip a leading trust of its scanning service has been referred to the health secretary.
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NewsThe week in Brexit: Parachutes from Number 10
HSJ brings you an end-of-week roundup of Brexit health news.
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HSJ LocalService improves from 'inadequate' after warning notice
A London hospital’s maternity service has improved enough to shed its “inadequate” rating, after serious concerns were raised about it at an inspection late last year.
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CommentTurning science fiction into personalised care: how genome sequencing helps patients
Genome sequencing can help spot an increased risk or genetic tendency towards a disease and also enable healthcare providers to design personalised treatments for patients, writes Layla McCay
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NewsPM’s aide appointed as public health minister
One of Theresa May’s closest aides has been appointed as health minister for public health and primary care.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Stockpiled waste, tapered allowances and 21st century budgets
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsCounting confusion sparks artificial spike in mortality scores
An increase in so-called same day emergency care patients and confusion over how they should be counted has caused an artificial hike in some hospitals’ mortality scores, senior sources have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalAcute CEO role for boss within provider 'chain'
A senior manager who led part of a new hospital chain in Greater Manchester has been appointed chief executive of a small acute trust.
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CommentThe Bedpan: 'GPs are scared... I don't blame them'
This Week: Susie Green, chief executive of trans-child charity Mermaids
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The price of financial lying
The NHS will have to pay the price for cultivating a culture of financial lying and cheating and incentivising the wrong things, warns Andy Cowper
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NewsSir David Behan: HEE needs to be clearer about its purpose
Health Education England needs to be clear about its purpose, as “any organisation that isn’t clear about its purpose will fail”, Sir David Behan has told HSJ.