All Health Service Journal articles in April 2023 – Page 6
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HSJ Local
Furious trust rejects BMA’s claim it ‘abused’ strike deal
The trust accused of “abusing” strike agreements by the British Medical Association has told HSJ it rejects the allegation that it “misled” the union and NHS England.
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News
NHSE rejects British ‘alternative’ bid to run £480m data platform
A consortium of British technology companies has failed in its bid to win the high-profile contract to provide the NHS with a new “federated data platform”.
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Comment
Politics and the NHS: can the link be broken?
Sir Chris Ham talks about the current crisis as a reflection of a political system dominated by short-term thinking and unwillingness to deal with long-term challenges
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News
Hospital ‘left in unsafe condition’ by private contractor
A PFI contractor left a hospital ‘in an unsafe condition’ for nine months after a fire which required patients to be evacuated, a trust has claimed in legal papers.
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News
ICSs’ £3bn deficit plans rebuffed by NHSE
NHS England has refused to sign off the spending expectations for local systems, after a second round of financial plans warned of a combined deficit of £3bn, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Interactive
HSJ webinar discussed the role of better data in overcoming patient safety challenges
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Time to give patients their data
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
Revealed: Best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food
The best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food have been revealed in a national assessment by patients and staff.
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News
More integration ‘metrics’ despite Hewitt’s call for fewer targets
New guidance has introduced a ‘wider range of metrics’ that will be used to measure the contribution made by systems and trusts to the development of integrated care – in the same week that a major report called for fewer national targets.
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HSJ Partners
The key to delivering digital change for the NHS
A report highlights that a new approach to technology creation and adoption where clinical staff collaborate to design and introduce new technologies and digital transformation is linked to clinically relevant outcomes can help deliver digital change, write Dr Mick Quinn and Professor Sultan Mahmud
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News
Trust CEOs’ strike warning: ‘If anyone gets sick, we’re stuffed’
The leaders of acute trusts across England have told HSJ the second junior doctor’s strike ‘feels very different’ from the first stoppage, and services are much more vulnerable because of ‘thinner’ consultant coverage.
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Daily Insight
The mythbuster: The Hewitt report is more radical than you think
There is already a large volume of commentary on the Hewitt report. So I’m not going to do a general review. But I want to highlight some of the more radical ideas in it.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: Does the Hewitt review matter?
Patricia Hewitt’s much-anticipated review of ICS autonomy was published this week. We discuss its recommendations, the politics behind it, and what meaningful, lasting impact it could have.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: The toughest week since peak covid
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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Comment
Digital exclusion is not solved by enabling online access alone
To make digitally enabled healthcare more inclusive requires co-producing services to meet the needs of various population groups with different levels of digital functionality for patients to choose from, writes Pritesh Mistry
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HSJ Local
‘He tarnished my reputation’: whistleblower demands action against CQC accuser
A former adviser for the Care Quality Commission has called on the regulator to explain what action it has taken against the officials responsible for wrongly dismissing him after he raised whistleblowing concerns.
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News
New CEO for trust at centre of funding row
A trust which lost its former chief over a funding row with commissioners has appointed a new permanent chief executive.
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HSJ Interactive
Understanding staff absence in the NHS
Staff absence is a multifaceted issue demanding an equally multifaceted response, panellists at a recent HSJ webinar argued
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News
Fears for vulnerable patients as NHSE changes covid treatment rules
Some of the most vulnerable patients could risk missing out on covid treatment because new rules will place the onus on them to access antiviral medication themselves instead of the NHS contacting them directly, senior figures have warned.
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News
Hospital building chiefs request £900m for external consultants
Officials leading the government’s New Hospital Programme expect to spend almost £1bn on external consultants, HSJ can reveal.