All Health Service Journal articles in April 2024 – Page 4
-
NewsStaff mental health support axed by NHSE
A dedicated mental health and addiction support service for secondary care staff is shutting to new patients, as NHS England is set to cut its funding.
-
NewsNHSE hires consultants to ‘promote adoption’ of FDP
NHS England has awarded an £8.5m contract to consultancy firm KPMG to “promote the adoption” of the “federated data platform” by trusts and integrated care boards.
-
Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Why the Arts Council should have funded the planning guidance
The NHS planning guidance lacks focus. Too many goals prevent prioritisation of what is important, and fails to reflect on and learn from past actions, writes Steve Black
-
NewsRevealed: 90% increase in year-long waits for children
The number of people waiting more than a year for community services has risen sharply, with children the hardest hit, data reveals.
-
HSJ PartnersEarly intervention: Shifting the dial on child health requires an integrated approach
Rukshana Kapasi explores why early intervention is so essential in supporting prevention and promoting child health and wellbeing
-
NewsAbusive patients told ‘we have the right not to treat you’
A trust’s CEO has warned patients they could be refused treatment and asked to leave if they become abusive towards hospital staff.
-
NewsNHSE U-turns over axing staff mental health support
NHS England has extended a national mental health support service for NHS staff by 12 months, pending a review, just three days after announcing it was axing it.
-
Daily InsightDaily Insight: Year-long waiters soar by 87%
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
-
HSJ LocalICSs too focused on patients stuck in A&E, warns CEO
Integrated care systems are too focused on getting mental health patients out of A&E and should do more to improve support from non-mental health providers, a departing trust chief executive has warned.
-
Expert BriefingImPatient: Asking good questions and getting organised
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
-
Expert BriefingThe Download: What we learned from the unredacted FDP contract
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 correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
-
NewsRegulators battling 'overlapping remits and confusion'
A watchdog today called for simplification of health and social care regulation, saying “it’s really quite challenging to get the health and social care regulators into one room” because there are so many.
-
NewsNew Hospital Programme admits 50% vacancy rate amid recruitment problems
The New Hospital Programme team has faced issues recruiting to internal roles and recently had a 50 per cent vacancy rate, the government has admitted.
-
NewsDame Ruth May announces retirement
Dame Ruth May is retiring as chief nursing officer for England later this year, it has been announced.
-
NewsRedundancy scheme to cut corporate staff by 14%
Multiple hospitals are launching redundancy schemes or plans to freeze recruitment for corporate and non-clinical staff, in a bid to meet their financial expectations in 2024–25.
-
Daily InsightDaily Insight: Exit experience
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
-
News‘Disgraceful’ regulator’s 10-year case delay
A regulator overseeing 340,000 professionals breached a psychologist’s human rights by letting their fitness-to-practise case go on for a decade, amid widespread very long delays, it has emerged.
-
HSJ PartnersThe vital voice of carers: How to reinforce the Triangle of Care in inpatient mental health
This article is written by two carers who have significant experience of caring for loved ones in inpatient mental health services, and who work with national and local mental health organisations to improve standards of care.
-
NewsSeven more avoidable sepsis deaths spark coroner warnings
Preventable deaths of seven people from sepsis – including four children – have prompted coroners to flag major concerns about NHS services’ management of the condition.
-
NewsEx-CQC boss to lead £85m deficit trust
A former Care Quality Commission chief executive is to take over as chair of a high-profile trust with long-running financial problems.