All Health Service Journal articles in November 2019
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HSJ LocalTrust’s CQC visit drawn out ‘as inspectors not available’
A London hospital trust has said its Care Quality Commission inspection has been drawn out “due to availability of inspectors” – though the regulator insists it is fully staffed.
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PodcastHSJ Health Check: What the election means for the NHS
Listen to the HSJ Health Check podcast — this week we explain what the forthcoming general election means for the health service.
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NewsDaily Insight: Four-hour thoughts
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment‘It was the most terrible thing I’d ever seen’
This week: Barry Quirk, chief executive of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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NewsMan’s overdose death prompts changes to 999 software
Changes are being made to the NHS 999 and 111 triage software after it was criticised for failing to determine the urgency of overdose cases based on type of drug taken.
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NewsDaily Insight: Telling the difference between heroin and paracetamol
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Winter panic, subco snags and racism rebuttals
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsLeading trust CEO will switch to running ICS
The chief executive of a foundation trust has stepped down to take an expanded role with the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System.
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NewsTrust stops making cancer drugs after criticism from regulator
An acute trust is to abandon manufacturing its own radiopharmaceuticals after a regulator said it needed more quality improvement work and better facilities.
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CommentPressing ahead: what to expect from the Conservative manifesto on the NHS
Richard Sloggett gives a lowdown on what the Conservative manifesto might have in store for the NHS
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NewsPM asks Hancock to investigate ‘removal’ of trust directors
The prime minister has asked Matt Hancock to investigate the “removal” of two non-exec directors from the board of a specialist hospital trust.
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NewsNurse sacked because of past whistleblowing activity
A large mental health provider unfairly dismissed a nurse with a record of whistleblowing because it feared he was seeking to highlight care failures, a tribunal has ruled.
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NewsTrust faces 48-hour strike over subsidiary company plans
Several hundred support staff at Frimley Health Foundation Trust are expected to strike for 48 hours this month, as controversy continues over its proposed subsidiary company.
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HSJ LocalConsultant to lead large STP
One of the biggest sustainability and transformation partnerships has appointed a new chairman.
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NewsTeaching hospital chair to also run neighbouring trust
The chair of one of England’s biggest teaching hospital trusts will also chair its smaller neighbour from next April.
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NewsSay ‘no’ to racist patients - Hancock tells NHS staff
Patients who ask to be treated by a white doctor should be told ’no’, health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has told NHS staff.
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HSJ LocalSwedish firm picked for major radiology contract
A Swedish company has been named preferred supplier for a major radiology contract, spanning eight NHS trusts in the North West, HSJ has learned.
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CommentSending mental health patients out of area is counterproductive
Professor Wendy Burn on ensuring that patients can get the care they need in local facilities
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NewsDaily Insight: Does it really need to be said?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.