All Health Service Journal articles in January 2023 – Page 6
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HSJ Local
Trusts move away from joint EPR plan
A joint electronic patient record system for acute providers across two neighbouring integrated care systems is now unlikely, according to one of the trusts involved.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Tech chiefs pin hopes on NHS App
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 me in confidence here.
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HSJ Local
Trust CEOs could ‘end up in prison’ because of ‘unsafe’ hospitals, warns chief
An acute trust chief executive has criticised the lack of communication during last month’s nursing strike, warning that he and other accountable officers could face manslaughter charges if patients are put in danger by decisions made by senior colleagues elsewhere in the system.
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News
Exclusive: ICSs with most and least funding growth
Local health systems’ budgets will rise by an average of 3.3 per cent in 2023-24, according to draft allocations seen by HSJ.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Safety fears prompt PFI payout
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Nurse strike to hit at all but one of region’s hospitals next month
Nurses at every acute trust in the South West except one will strike next month, under further action announced by the Royal College of Nursing.
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HSJ Partners
Digitally mature virtual wards: From spreadsheets to artificial intelligence
Clinical safety must be a top priority and virtual wards can help achieve it by providing patients with the sense of security of being cared for on a hospital ward whilst at home
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News
Building firm to pay £5m over ‘defects’ at major cancer centre
A construction firm has been ordered to pay £5m after fire and electrical safety defects were found at one of the NHS’s largest cancer centres.
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Expert Briefing
ImPatient: Patient leadership in the drug licensing and pricing game
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 new monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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News
CQC names worst trusts for maternity care
The trusts with substantially worse experience of maternity care have been identified by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Partners
Innovative funding options to help achieve the UK’s Net Zero goals
Joe Tilley explains various funding frameworks introduced by CCS, which can help procure low-emission vehicles, greener energy solutions, energy-efficient cloud storage, and help remove single-use plastics from public sector supply chains.
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News
Revealed: How much each ICS is getting from the £200m discharge fund
Two integrated care systems are receiving over £10m each to spend on supporting hospital discharge, while 10 are getting less than £3m.
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News
NHS England set to water down renewable energy rules
NHS England plans to water down a requirement for trusts to buy electricity from 100 per cent renewable sources.
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Comment
Government tells NHS managers: ‘Waste money and you’ll go to prison’
As the NHS plunges deeper into crisis, the government is taking firm action against those responsible, reports Julian Patterson
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News
Four urgent care centres in one ICS placed in special measures
The Care Quality Commission has placed the four urgent treatment centres run by a private provider in a single system into special measures.
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News
Deaths inquiry thrown into doubt as only 11 staff agree to give evidence
The chair of an inquiry into hundreds of deaths at a mental health trust has revealed she may not be able to deliver it in its current form following a ‘hugely disappointing’ lack of staff coming forward to give evidence.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: The New Year war on the waiting list
NHS trusts have been given 20 days by NHS England to book in all patients who have been waiting longer than 78 weeks for their elective appointment.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: New hospitals programme goes behind bars
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.