All Health Service Journal articles in June 2018 – Page 4
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CommentDemand, capacity, and the law of averages
If you plan capacity without allowing for variation, disaster will follow. Or will it? By Rob Findlay
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CommentThe right to stay with people with dementia
Allowing carers to stay with dementia patients and doing away with visiting hours reduces incidents of stress among patients
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NewsLeading information lawyer joins panel at HSJ webinar
Information law specialist Andrew Latham, from Capsticks, will be joining the panel at next week’s HSJ webinar on the General Data Protection Regulation.
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News'System approach' helps trust boost A&E performance by 40 percentage points
Extra beds, more staff at night, and twice-daily meetings with health economy chiefs are among the factors that caused an “inadequate” trust’s A&E performance to rocket by nearly 40 percentage points in two months.
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NewsUpdated: Government to scrap visa cap for non-EU doctors
The government is to remove its tier two visa cap for non-EU doctors and nurses, the Home Office has confirmed.
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NewsNHS 'must turn on all the taps' to meet workforce gap
The NHS workforce needs to grow by between 3 and 5 per cent a year for the next decade but is on course to fail that target, the head of Health Education England has warned.
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NewsNHS funding deal may be imminent
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsFunding settlement linked to 'simple goals' - Hunt
Jeremy Hunt has said that talks within government about a long-term settlement for the NHS are “difficult and ongoing” and any deal would be linked to new “simple goals”.
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CommentBiggest ever RTT waiting list
The NHS has now failed to keep up with demand since RTT records began, writes Rob Findlay
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NewsLocal plans still not good enough, says A&E boss
Local NHS providers and commissioners were given a fresh warning this week that their plans will not deliver the “capacity, productivity or length of stay” improvements required for 2018-19.
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NewsRegulator explores standardised designs for new NHS buildings
Plans for new standardised NHS buildings are being drawn up by efficiency directors in a bid to speed up much needed improvements to ageing estate.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Imminent NHS funding deal, provider changes and health and care honours
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsCQC warns providers over bogus inspectors
The Care Quality Commission has issued an alert to providers after two examples of people impersonating inspectors.
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CommentDe-risking innovation: it isn't just about the evidence
Evidence is one factor that helps to “de-risk” an innovation and accelerate its adoption and spread, but there are a range of assurances and mitigations that can support and speed up successful implementation, says Dr Amanda Begley
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NewsDaily Insight: Must try harder
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsNHS gets 3.4pc a year in major new funding deal
The government has agreed to increase NHS England’s budget by an average of 3.4 per cent in each of the next five years.
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NewsTreasury ‘agrees to support social care'
The Chancellor and prime minister have agreed the NHS should not have to foot the bill for knock-on pressures from rising demand for social care, senior sources told HSJ.
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Secret Cabinet Office report was key to unlocking Treasury coffers
The run-up to agreement on an NHS funding deal.
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NewsHunt: NHS deal was 'a moment of choice for government'
The new NHS funding deal had been a “moment of choice for the government and the country”, health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.
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NewsMay expects new money to deliver improvements in key services
The prime minister has said NHS England will be tasked to draw up a “ten year plan” to make improvements to key services with the extra funding announced today by government.