All Health Service Journal articles in December 2024 – Page 5
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: How to shift money out of hospitals
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsNew CEO for trust in highest level of NHSE oversight
A new chief executive has been announced for an acute trust under NHS England’s highest level of scrutiny, completing a clean sweep of CEOs in the wider system.
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NewsExclusive: AI models to be trained on Federated Data Platform
The national Federated Data Platform will be used to train AI models for future use by the NHS, according to NHS England’s chief data and analytics officer.
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HSJ LocalICB names third chair in eight months
An integrated care board has appointed its third temporary chair since April, blaming the general election for the high turnover.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: 80,000 ways to attack the NHS
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsFifth cyber incident in a week under investigation
Cyber security teams are investigating the fifth suspected attack on the NHS to have taken place last week.
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NewsNew care model triggers surge in demand
Overhauling a community mental health service has led to a sharp increase in referrals – sometimes seven times higher than before – and long waiting lists.
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NewsStreeting ‘shocked’ by his lack of ‘oversight’ of social care
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said he is “shocked” by his lack of oversight of adult social care and said he is “determined to improve this” in a call with local leaders this morning.
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NewsExclusive: 10-year plan digital advisers revealed
HSJ can reveal the 17 members of the digital, data and technology working group which is helping to shape the government’s 10-year health plan, who include six local NHS leaders.
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HSJ PartnersCould cross-sector insights be the key to NHS transformation?
Sponsored and written by As the NHS faces sweeping reforms, drawing on expertise from other sectors could offer fresh perspectives, boost innovation, and enhance service delivery. Overcoming cultural and recruitment barriers may be key to unlocking this potential.
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NewsFinance directors told to ‘be realistic’ in 2025-26 planning
NHS England’s chief financial officer Julian Kelly has called for greater realism from local leaders in next year’s financial planning round, warning they must urgently make “difficult” choices about what they can deliver with what will “feel like a real terms cut”.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The dangers of simplistic assumptions
The idea that isolated comparisons of the service with its international peers tell us something useful about NHS problems is weak, especially when the metrics are chosen for the wrong reasons writes Steve Black
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NewsNew leaders bring ‘energy, focus and grit’ to troubled trusts, says NHSE
Changing chairs, CEOs and finance chiefs has helped turn around several poorly performing trusts and systems, NHS England has said, but it plans to do more to “strengthen” leadership at troubled organisations.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Unsustainable solutions, winter warnings and profitable partings
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Managers’ regulation long overdue but watch out for unintended consequences
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsEx-brewery boss to chair hospital
A trust with one of England’s largest cost-improvement programmes has appointed a new interim chair and interim finance director.
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News‘Don’t buy Epic’ unless it integrates with NHS App, says government adviser
The NHS should no longer do business with leading tech supplier Epic unless future iterations of its technology work with the NHS App, a senior government adviser has warned.
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NewsPlan for first ambulance group revealed
Two ambulance trusts are planning to form a group next year.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Targets and terror and tech
This week’s podcast looks at whose job it is to oversee England’s over-mighty provider sector, plus the new world coming into view on technology.
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NewsTrust ‘support and admin staff’ targeted for cuts in 2025-26 by NHSE
NHS England will hold discussions with every trust about the potential for cutting of its non-clinical workforce early next year.