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Survey: what are the top challenges facing health and wellbeing boards?
HSJ and sister title Local Government Chronicle are conducting research to discover the key issues HWBs face
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Bradford Teaching Hospitals appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford as its chair.
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16 May issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue HSJ research reveals more than one third of health chiefs are actively using Twitter to engage with staff and the public. Plus: ...
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Leading London trusts explore joint paediatric working
STRUCTURE: Two leading London trusts are exploring the possibility of joint working within the field of paediatrics.
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Court backs NHS info transmission
The passing on of information by NHS bodies to the government as part of the crackdown on “health tourism” has been upheld as lawful by the High Court.
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Concern over stroke admissions at Surrey trust
PERFORMANCE: South east commissioners have issued a critical assessment of stroke services at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust as it seeks to establish a round the clock unit for acute patients.
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Elective backlog must be cleared this summer says Hakin
Hospitals must clear their backlogs of planned operations over the summer to help the NHS get “back on track for sustainable delivery” before autumn, NHS England’s deputy chief executive said yesterday.
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Cambridge University Hospitals appoints non-exec director
WORKFORCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Andy Richards as a non-executive director.
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HSJ Live 16.05.2014: Foundation trusts will be told to look again at overly optimistic plans
Monitor to ask foundation trusts to reconsider two-year plans, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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Former equalities lead challenges tribunal findings
A high-profile NHS chief executive who was accused of nepotism by two whistleblowers has begun a fightback by challenging the employment tribunal that led to her suspension.
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Dorset County positions to provide community services
STRUCTURE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust plans to increase its provision of integrated out-of-hospital services during 2014-15, board papers reveal.
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Health chiefs flock to Twitter to talk to staff and the public
Trust chiefs have taken to Twitter in significant numbers in a bid to keep in contact with staff, swap ideas and drive good practice, HSJ research has revealed.
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Bournemouth trust misses cancer target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust has missed a national target to admit cancer patients for their first treatment within 62 days.
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Hospitals 'failing' dying patients
Hospitals are “falling short” on caring for dying people in their final days and hours, a new review has found.
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Government advisory group criticises migrant NHS rule changes
The government’s repeated reforms of rules governing migrants’ access to NHS services have caused confusion among healthcare staff with “tragic consequences”, a new report has found.
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NHS Twitterati: How we engage staff and communicate with the public
The most active chief executives on Twitter reveal why they use the platform
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New chair for Taunton and Somerset
WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair who previously held board level positions at the Bank of England and Boston Consulting Group.
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HSJ Live: 15.05.2014: NHS Twitterati - How we engage staff and communicate with the public
Tweeting NHS leaders explain what they get from the social media platform, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NHS England warns of tough financial challenge ahead
NHS England has warned of an “even more challenging” financial year than 2013-14 in an overview of the sector’s finances that revealed only one in four clinical commissioning groups have balanced plans.
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CQC concludes re-inspection of Keogh special measures trusts
The Care Quality Commission has completed its inspection of the “Keogh trusts”, HSJ has learned.