All Health Service Journal articles in November 2017 – Page 4
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Will there be mass elective cancellations this winter?
Welcome to HSJ’s new Performance Watch expert briefing. Our new fortnightly newsletter will delve into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provide unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them.
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HSJ LocalSenior leaders depart troubled CCG cluster
Six directors have left or not reapplied for their jobs at a troubled clinical commissioning group collaboration, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ chief executive of the year revealed
The leader of a mental health and community services trust has been named chief executive of the year at the 2017 HSJ Awards.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Awards honours the healthcare profession
Andrew Preston on the importance of recognising the incredible efforts of individuals and organisations in pioneering innovation and better outcomes in healthcare
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Acute Sector Innovation
Sponsored by Cardinal Health Imperial College Healthcare Trust: The NOSH Project Imperial College Healthcare Trust developed the NOSH Project – a three tier pathway to improve nutrition and hydration in patients with dementia. Two healthcare support workers were employed to implement the pathway. The project is now ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Acute, Community and/or Primary Care Services Redesign
Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust – Primary Care Paediatrics The trust developed paediatric clinics in a primary care setting, helping to shorten the patient pathway and improve patient care. This has enabled families to receive an expert opinion without having to travel large distances to their district general hospital. Judges ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Improved Partnerships between Health and Local Government
Sponsored by Socitm The ESBT partners: Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford Clinical Commissioning Group; Hastings and Rother Clinical Commissioning Group; East Sussex County Council; East Sussex Healthcare Trust; Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust: East Sussex Better Together The East Sussex Better Together programme was developed to improve care ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Compassionate Patient Care
Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group: Commissioning for Choice at End of Life The team improved patient care in the community by supporting patients to co-design their end of life care around their needs, wishes and lifestyles. Eighty two per cent of people were able to die in their preferred place of ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Enhancing Care by Sharing Data and Information
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and East Midlands Academic Health Sciences Network: Enhancing Care by Sharing Data and Information Electronic Holistic Needs Assessments Impacts The team implemented the electronic Holistic Needs Assessments (eHNA) and care planning to tumour sites. They also developed a toolkit, enabling clinicians to extract more detailed meaning ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Using Technology to Improve Efficiency
Sponsored by de Poel health + care St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust: Home monitoring of hypertension in pregnancy (HaMpton) The team implemented an app which enables home monitoring of hypertension in pregnancy in order to reduce hospital visits for monitoring of pre-eclampsia. The number of ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Improving Care with Technology
Sponsored by NHS Digital Communitas Clinics Ltd and Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group: Surrey Downs Teledermscopy Service The team developed a real time referral service to provide timely diagnosis and improve patients’ access to services. Forty two per cent of patients referred to the service have avoided ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Improving Outcomes through Learning and Development
Brighton and Sussex Medical School: Time for Dementia The team at Brighton and Sussex developed an educational programme for undergraduate students, to help them better understand long term conditions. The programme was designed to improve understanding and knowledge in medical, nursing and paramedic students. Judges felt that this initiative humanises ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Innovation in Mental Health
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board: Cardiff and Vale Young Onset Dementia Service The team developed a service to provide age appropriate support to people diagnosed with dementia. The service saw an increase in referral rates and realised net cost savings of £133k in the first year of operation. The ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Clinical Commissioning Group of the Year
Hull Clinical Commissioning Group The CCG’s vision was to create a healthier city. They were determined to transform poor health outcomes and improve lives. The CCG helped to establish the Hull 2017 volunteering programme, with – 130,000 hours of volunteering across 29,000 shifts, improving the accident and emergency standard and ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: CCG and Local Authority Integrated Commissioning for Carers
Sponsored by NHS England Sue Ryder: Dementia Together The team developed a service that offered a single point of access to support and care for dementia patients and carers. Over 300 people registered for the service. The judges said that the team brought together a wide range ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Improving Environmental and Social Sustainability
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust: Improving Environmental and Social Sustainability - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals’ Catering Department The team at Sheffield used sustainable measures to reduce food wastage and improve healthy consumption. The cost of patient meal service reduced by more than £176,000 in the last financial year. The judges ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Chief Executive of the Year
Tom Cahill: Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust The judges found Tom to be an authentic, inspirational leader who puts service users and their families at the very centre of the trust’s work. Feedback from staff and the board was universally positive about this chief executive, recognising his empathy and passionate ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Clinical Leader of the Year
Dr Claire Fuller: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group Dr Claire Fuller has provided excellent leadership during challenging times and ensured the CCG remained focused on improving patient care and quality. She led the redesign of the governance structure and created a new clinical cabinet and developed a GP future leader’s ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: International Health Partnership
Sponsored by NHS Employers Sponsored by THET The Butabika-East London Link: Partnership for Excellence This non-profit organisation developed the Butabika-East London Link partnership to improve the provision of mental health services in Uganda and the UK. The service users were trained and empowered to ...