All Health Service Journal articles in November 2018 – Page 2
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NewsNHS blocked from accessing apprenticeship levy funds
Government rules are blocking NHS trusts from accessing the apprenticeship levy funds, an NHS Improvement director has said.
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NewsFit and proper person test used as ‘sword against managers’
Fit and proper person regulations are increasingly being used “merely as a sword against managers”, according to the head of the Managers in Partnership trade union.
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NewsSacked trust chief executive lodges appeal
A chief executive sacked in September has lodged an appeal against his dismissal.
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NewsAmbulance trust to stay in special measures
An ambulance trust is to stay in special measures after the Care Quality Commission said it was too early to judge if improvements were embedded or sustainable.
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NewsPatients 'at risk' as NHS England delays clinical reports
Patients are being put at risk because NHS England is delaying the publication of national clinical audits, HSJ has been told.
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NewsFire service to ferry winter hospital patients home
A local fire service has stepped in to help a struggling hospital trust ferry patients home as part of its winter plans.
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CommentDiabetes: Helping hospitals learn from each other
Emily Watts outlines the recommendations of a new report on how hospital stays can be made safer for people living with diabetes and explains how hospitals that have adopted the recommendations are benefitting
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CommentWaiting times steady as admission rates recover
Waiting times didn’t get significantly worse in September, and some indicators improved. But it’s still going to be tough to stop the waiting list from growing this financial year. By Rob Findlay
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust to be placed into ‘special measures’
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is set to be placed into “special measures” by NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England pledges to minimise report delays
NHS England has said it is “working to ensure delays are minimised” around the publication of national clinical audits amid “significant concerns” raised by royal colleges.
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NewsRegulators to reveal new management structure next week
NHS regulators are set to unveil their proposals for a new merged structure for hundreds of senior managers next week after a one week delay, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingGreater Manchester eyes 52 NHS sites for 1,700 new homes
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NewsRegulators 'refuse to back' research investment at deficit trust
A London teaching hospital has found itself unable to “secure regulator support” for a new research institute because of its financial problems, a board report reveals.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Playing it safe, yet more reorganisation and a third strike
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentThe Bedpan: Let them eat pizza
This week: John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Health policy and politics – caffeinated or decaffeinated?
Andy Cowper discusses Brexit and what the two political parties think on health policy
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NewsKing’s Fund chief: Regulators poised for 'huge mistake' on integration
National leaders are threatening to make a “huge mistake” in the NHS long-term plan by imposing a national blueprint for integrated care systems, the King’s Fund chief executive has said.
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NewsHealth ombudsman seeks regulatory powers
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is to seek regulatory powers to help deliver a consistent NHS complaints service, as a new report says the watchdog is “in recovery” after a period of crisis.
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NewsLocal health systems to be measured on new performance metrics
New metrics are under development to measure local health systems against the ambitions of the NHS long-term plan.
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HSJ Interactive
Empowering the frontline to lead transformation
Nitin Chaturvedi and Akshay Agarwal discuss how empowering clinicians to lead transformation efforts will create an NHS fit for the future