All Health Service Journal articles in July 2019 – Page 5
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NewsSir Bruce Keogh joins messaging app company
Former NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has been hired to advise the health tech company trying to sell an alternative to WhatsApp to the NHS.
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NewsSerious incident declared over cancer diagnostics backlog
A serious incident has been declared at a trust after a backlog in scans delayed five patients’ cancer diagnosis.
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NewsQuango spends £11m shedding hundreds of staff
The government agency charged with delivering NHS digital transformation spent £11m last year shedding more than 400 staff.
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CommentHSJ Partnership Awards once again celebrate private sector contribution to the NHS
HSJ today launches the third edition of its Partnership Awards. These seek to celebrate the contribution made by private and third sector suppliers of goods and services to the success and sustainability of the NHS.
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NewsUnion ballots for strike over company’s cleaning crew cuts
A union is balloting its members over strike action at a hospital trust, amid claims the number of staff cleaning theatres is being cut.
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NewsDaily Insight: Golden handshakes for a digital era
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalCEO chosen for new mega-trust
The chief executive for what will be one of the largest NHS trusts in the north of England has been appointed from a shortlist of three interviewees, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEx-NHSI directors receive payouts of up to £300k
Four directors who left NHS Improvement amid its effective merger with NHS England received exit packages worth between £150,000 to £300,000.
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NewsStroke unit shutting down early after losing staff
A Kent stroke unit is to close seven months earlier than planned, as the loss of staff is putting patient safety at risk.
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CommentBuild social prescribing into the architecture of the health system
Naomi Phillips on how social prescribing can reap benefits in the field of personalised care
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NewsNHSE and I set to scrap one in seven posts
NHS England and Improvement are beginning the third and largest phase of the restructure bringing the two organisations together, which is expected in total to remove about 15 per cent of posts.
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NewsDoctors will be incentivised to work in unpopular trusts
Health Education England has revealed plans to incentivise trainee doctors to work in hard to recruit for areas and specialities.
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NewsDaily Insight: Merger misery mania
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: A closer look at supervision
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Seen in sixty minutes
Performance Watch is HSJ’s fortnightly expert briefing on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsStevens: Lawyers get in the way of doctors learning
Lawyers sometimes get in the way of doctors learning from patient safety incidents, says Simon Stevens.
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NewsThree organisations in STP leave special measures
Three organisations, which are part of a sustainability and transformation partnership once seen as one of the country’s most challenged, have left financial special measures.
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NewsPrivate mental health hospital told to improve safety
A private mental health hospital has been downgraded to “requires improvement” and told it must do more to ensure safe care.
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NewsRevealed: Acute trusts in talks over possible merger
Two acute trusts in the north east are exploring a possible merger as part of major changes to the region’s acute services, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust chair perplexed by CQC leadership criticism
The chair of an acute trust has been left feeling puzzled and questioning inspectors’ assessments after the Care Quality Commission criticised its leadership model.