All Health Service Journal articles in July 2024 – Page 4
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News
Units rated ‘inadequate’ after inspectors report racism among staff
A trust has been issued with a warning notice, and two of its maternity units downgraded to “inadequate”, amid concerns about short staffing and racism.
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Leader
The three tensions the new government must resolve
The new government will need to resolve three tensions in its mission to fix the broken NHS, writes Dave West.
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Comment
The nursing regulator has proved itself tone deaf and wilfully blind
The Nursing and Midwifery Council faces scrutiny after appointing an interim CEO with a controversial past, raising governance concerns
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: An elusive threat
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Biggest ever fall in maternal smoking after NHS prevention scheme expanded
Last year saw the biggest ever fall in the proportion of mothers smoking during pregnancy, which campaigners have attributed to expansion of a “stop smoking” programme in maternity services.
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News
Exclusive: Trusts forced to dismiss overseas staff shortly after hiring them
Two NHS trusts have been forced to dismiss multiple staff from a cohort recruited from overseas, leading to a row over assurance of their qualifications, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Underfunded and over-reliant
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: When HSJ met Wes
While the rest of the country was watching the football, HSJ met shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting in a café in Ilford for a wide-ranging interview.
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News
Interim regional directors named by NHSE
NHS England has named interim regional directors for the North West, and North East and Yorkshire, after the incumbent’s retirement.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Virtual reality
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: ‘A period of not very well managed decline’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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News
‘Ludicrous’ expectation pushes trusts to plan savings of up to 9%
NHS trusts are signing up to deliver efficiency savings of up to 9 per cent of costs, HSJ has found.
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Comment
The next government’s stark choice: increase funding or see care decline
Anita Charlesworth describes the tough choices the new government will face as it tries to balance its ambitions to improve care with fiscal realities.
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News
Income soars at backlog catch-up firms
Two private companies offering outsourced NHS assessments for ADHD and autism have seen huge increases in income, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Virtual wards growth stalls in 2024
The expansion and use of virtual ward beds has stalled so far in 2024 amid concerns about a cut to national funding, according to analysis of official figures.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: New powers prove to be a waiting game
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Major hospital trust to share chair with neighbour
A major hospital trust will later this month become the latest to share a chair with a neighbouring provider.
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News
Interim CEO steps down after one day
The interim chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has stepped down after one day in the role, over concerns about a race discrimination case.
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News
Ministers sitting on 26 requests to intervene in service reconfigurations
The Department of Health and Social Care received 26 requests to intervene in NHS service changes in the first three months of the new reconfiguration regime, and has yet to make a decision on any of them, HSJ can reveal.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Total confidence
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.