All Health Service Journal articles in December 2017 – Page 5
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Comment
Guidance on sentencing in health and safety cases
Errol Archer gives his insights into the sentencing remarks of the judge in the Health and Safety Executive prosecution of Shrewsbury and Telford Trust
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Comment
Emergency care: Learning from unintended consequences
A study looking at the impact of redesigning urgent and emergency care two and a half years after the first bespoke emergency hospital opened in Northumberland found some unexpected consequences of change, notes Dr Adam Steventon
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Comment
Lord Kerslake's resignation is a sober warning to the government
Lord Kerslake’s resignation shows that speaking out is still hard for NHS leaders – and should be a red flag for ministers, writes Rob Whiteman
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News
Council chiefs to take on leadership of several CCGs
The leadership of four more clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester is set to merge with their corresponding local authority by the end of next year.
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News
Exclusive: Private patient transport firm to be dissolved
A company that was heavily criticised over a shambolic patient transport services contract in Sussex is to be dissolved, Companies House has confirmed.
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Comment
Taking command of care
An Vu and Sarah Ouanhnon describe how a command centre is revolutionising Humber River Hospital’s approach to managing day-to-day operations
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: The true test of collective thinking
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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News
Exclusive: Government warned not to repeat Care.data mistakes
Dame Fiona Caldicott has warned the government that too many exceptions to the new patient data opt out scheme risk repeating the failings of Care.data.
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News
Acute trust triggers surgery review after never event cluster
An acute trust has commissioned an external review of its operating theatres following a string of never events, all of which caused harm to patients.
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HSJ Local
CCG chairs abstain from crunch reconfiguration vote
Three out of the five clinical commissioning group chairs in mid and south Essex abstained from a vote over publishing a consultation on plans to reconfigure local hospital services, HSJ has learned.
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News
Trusts face wait until 2019 for savings from procurement shake-up
NHS trusts should not start planning for savings through the new national procurement model until 2019-20, a senior Department of Health official has said.
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News
Stevens and Hunt in a Mexican standoff at the top of this year’s HSJ100
Little has changed, yet much has changed. The same five individuals occupy the top spots in the 2017 HSJ100 as did in the refreshed rankings produced after this summer’s general election, but their interactions will be very different. By Alastair McLellan
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News
HSJ100: The list in full
Simon Stevens tops the 2017 list of the most influential people in health.
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News
HSJ100: How it was judged
The HSJ100 seeks to measure power and influence in the English NHS and health policy until September 2018.
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HSJ Local
Legionella found in teaching trust's water system
Eleven water outlets in an East Kent hospital have tested positive for legionella after a patient developed Legionnaire’s disease.
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News
Exclusive: Mental health services get £18m winter boost to support A&E
Mental health services are to be handed nearly £20m of the new £335m winter resilience funding to help take the pressure off beleaguered accident and emergency departments, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Partners
Chloe's story: Watch the video
Find out how LloydsPharmacy Healthcare Centres provided end to end healthcare and helped Chloe deal with her cancer after she skipped being treated at hospital and instead chose to be treated at home through her local LloydsPharmacy clinic
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HSJ Knowledge
Building health systems that are more than the sum of their parts
Integrated care is not just a structural job but requires closer collaboration to build proactive services that prevent illness, says Michael Macdonnell