All Health Service Journal articles in August 2024
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NewsGPs vote overwhelmingly for collective action
GPs have voted overwhelmingly to take collective action from today following a dispute over the 2024-25 contract, the British Medical Association has announced.
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HSJ LocalTiering system needs ‘streamlining’, says trust CEO in programme
NHS England should streamline its “tiering” intervention programme to reduce the time and resource demands it places on struggling trusts, a CEO in the regime has told HSJ.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Rachel Reeves’ blueprint for the NHS
The new chancellor this week made her first big intervention on public spending and the NHS — backing above-inflation pay rises for NHS staff, effectively pausing the new hospitals programme, and calling for tech-powered productivity reforms.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Busted budgets
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalICS admits ‘doubts’ it can fix decade-old deficit by 2026
A health system says its decade-old financial deficit is “hampering” its ability to tackle inequalities, after NHS England ordered it to sign legal “undertakings” to improve.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Black holes, CEO ‘exodus’ threat and busted budgets
Your essential update on health for the week.
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HSJ LocalCoroner says care integration failings contributed to death
Care integration failings across an acute and a mental health trust contributed to the death of a homeless man, according to a report published this week.
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CommentRevealed: how quantum physics wrecked NHS funding
Public spending has been cancelled as Rachel Reeves develops an unhealthy obsession with Jeremy Hunt’s hole. Full story from Julian Patterson
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The argument for abolishing the CQC
Steve Black argues the Care Quality Commission needs radical reform or even abolition because of its flawed approach to inspections and lack of expertise
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NewsExclusive: 20,000 patients a year ‘warehoused’ in community beds after hospital discharge
More than 20,000 patients each year are being left to languish in care homes and community beds after discharge from hospital without any rehab support according to new data obtained by HSJ.
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NewsSupport managers ‘to do the right thing’ says whistleblowers’ champion
Managers must be “supported to do the right thing” when alerted by whistleblowers to potential problems, the NHS’s national freedom to speak up guardian has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Good news, long reads and tin foil hats
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.
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NewsTrust refuses to share full data with ICBs, citing ‘counter terrorism’ concerns
An ambulance trust with some of England’s worst handover delays has refused to share some patient data with local partners on the grounds the information relates to “counter terrorism and other sensitive” details.
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NewsPritchard urges NHS leaders to demonstrate ‘British values’ in face of riots
NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard has condemned anti-immigration riots that took place over the weekend as “deplorable violence, intimidation and thuggery”.
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NewsAuditors discover ‘significant weakness’ in trust’s financial plans
An external auditor has warned of a “significant weakness” in a high-performing trust’s financial sustainability because of its under-delivery on efficiency savings.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Zero tolerance
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalCEO who led trust through scandals announces departure
The chief executive of a trust mired in maternity and emergency care scandals has announced she is leaving after four years at the helm.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE leak reveals GP ‘work to rule’ could cost £570m in four months
GPs’ “collective action” could cost over half a billion pounds and lead to around half a million additional elective referrals over four months, according to NHS England’s internal modelling.
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News‘Tax traps’ warning for managers and doctors after pay rises
Senior medics could be discouraged from working extra hours due to the threat of excessive pension tax charges and losing childcare benefits, after the government’s latest pay award.
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HSJ LocalTrust appoints senior ICB figure as new CEO
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has appointed a new chief executive.