All Children's services articles – Page 3
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NewsMayor intervenes in NHSE reconfiguration row
The mayor of London is independently reviewing NHS England plans to reconfigure children’s cancer services in the capital, which were triggered when the commissioner finally accepted the current arrangements are unsafe.
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CommentICSs can disrupt the powerful social currents that pull people into ill health
Rosie Fogden discusses how the introduction of ICSs offers a significant opportunity for a renewed focus on the health of larger population as integrated health and social care has been the pinnacle of healthcare reform for decades
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CommentHow an ICS learned to listen to children and young people
Rukshana Kapasi writes about Barnardo’s Health Equity Collaborative that will help devise solutions on health issues faced by children and young people while taking in their honest views to inform their work
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NewsChild health checks failed to recover after covid, figures show
Inadequate health visiting provision has led to gaps in care for children and heaped pressure on acute services, senior clinicians have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalWarning notice over children’s safety sent to trust
A hospital trust has been served a warning notice over safety issues while its children’s and young people’s services have been rated “inadequate”.
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HSJ LocalStruggling trust hit with CQC warning notice
A scandal-hit trust has been issued a warning notice over staffing levels in medical care.
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HSJ Local‘Insufficiently curious’ leaders ‘tolerated’ safety failures
Leaders at a mental health trust tolerated high levels of safety incidents and accepted verbal assurance with ‘insufficient professional curiosity’, a critical report has found.
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NewsChildren getting ‘conveyor belt’ care due to waiting list pressure
The pressure to tackle long waiting lists in children’s community services is impacting care quality, clinical leaders have warned.
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NewsBattle for cancer centre turns in favour of challenger
A controversial transfer of children’s cancer services has moved a step closer after an NHS England assessment process supported the move.
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NewsUrgent action ordered at maternity scandal trust
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal has been ordered to report on urgent improvements in services for women and babies, amid ‘significant concerns’ about the risk of harm.
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CommentThe ‘dire state’ of children’s mental health
Saffron Cordery explains how the current plans for children and young people’s mental health must go further if we are to meet rising demand for children’s services
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CommentA bleak picture for babies and young children
Institute of Health Visiting executive director Alison Morton warns national policy has developed a “baby blind spot” amid the NHS crisis, with many young children missing out on government’s promise of the “best start in life”, and calls for a shift towards prevention and early intervention
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HSJ PartnersWhat is the impact of RSV on the health system and patients, and how could it be reduced?
Each winter for many years, respiratory syncytial virus has done to paediatric services what covid has done to adult ones. So why does it often remain a little-known condition, and how could its impact be reduced? Claire Read reports.
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HSJ PartnersAn opportunity to cut waiting times and deliver better outcomes in child and adolescent mental health services
Richard Comerford discusses how partnerships offers trusts an opportunity to cut waiting times and deliver better outcomes in child and adolescent mental health services
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Surviving winter
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2022: Provider Collaboration of the Year
WINNER: North Central and East London Provider Collaborative Commissioning and Providing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Services
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NewsSharp rise in babies missing out on timely health checks
The proportion of newborn babies receiving a timely health visitor check-in has fallen sharply, with one in five missing out in the most recent statistics available.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022: Improving Care for Children and Young People Initiative of the Year
WINNER Northern Care Alliance FT: Paediatric Trans-Anal Irrigation Training in the Child’s Home Instead of in a Hospital Setting
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022: Mental Health Initiative of the Year
WINNER Sussex Health and Care Partnership: Operation Warren - Responding to Children and Young People’s Mental Health
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Expert BriefingThe uphill battle for mental health in schools
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, this week by senior content editor Hayley Kirton — contact me in confidence.