All Health Service Journal articles in November 2024 – Page 2
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NewsFormer doctor to chair trust
An acute trust has appointed an experienced chair and former medic to help it provide “sustainable high-quality health services”.
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NewsNurse leader ‘pressed execs to call police over Letby’
A nursing leader called on Countess of Chester executives to inform the police over concerns about Lucy Letby earlier than they did, she told the public inquiry into the events.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The cost of avoidable harm
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ and tech giant team up to discuss ‘most consequential’ shift in government’s NHS plan
NHS leaders and experts will come together this December to discuss how digital technology can help deliver the 10-year plan at an exciting HSJ event, being run in association with IBM.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts accused of ‘gaming’ £2bn elective fund
Government has ordered a review into how the NHS is spending billions of pounds of extra elective recovery funding, over concerns trusts are charging more for procedures but not treating significantly more patients, HSJ has learned.
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NewsJust one in 10 scans moved to community centres despite push
Only about one in 10 CT and MRI scans are taking place in “community diagnostic centres” despite a national drive to shift these services into the community.
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NewsThe leaders chosen to guide the government’s 10-year plan
HSJ can reveal the health and care leaders who have been selected by government to lead the 11 advisory groups which will feed ideas into its 10-year plan for health.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The new breed of gamers
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What the ‘left shift’ means for hospitals
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast, guest host Ben Clover is joined by the deputy chief executive of NHS Providers to talk money, quality and the CQC
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NewsCEO steps down after ‘rollercoaster’ five years
The chief executive of an ambulance trust has announced her retirement in the second high-profile departure from the organisation in as many weeks.
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NewsNHSE faces court battle with GP refusing to join a network
A landmark legal battle between NHS England and a GP who is refusing to join a primary care network will be heard by the Court of Appeal, it has confirmed.
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HSJ LocalDoctors to refuse overtime in major dispute with hospital trust
Doctors at a major teaching trust are to refuse overtime and extra shifts from next week, HSJ has learned, amid escalating tensions with executives over a decision to stop paying premium rates for locum shifts.
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CommentTrusts need to prepare for physician associate registration
Upcoming regulation will hold physician associates and anaesthesia associates to higher standards, ensuring safer patient care and stronger accountability while addressing doctors’ concerns on team integration
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Musical chairs, financial farces and costly mistakes
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The Budget will not necessarily improve the value of NHS care
The NHS must boost management and capital spending, not just frontline hires, to truly enhance healthcare value, writes Steve Black
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News200 patients failed after hospital missed warning
Hundreds of patients got the wrong or no treatment for a lung condition, a trust investigation has found, five years after concerns were first raised.
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NewsStreeting hires adviser to push ‘big reforms’
Wes Streeting has confirmed former health secretary Alan Milburn as the lead non-executive director of the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsRegional staffing gap grows by 70%
The gaps in coverage of mental health staff between regions have grown significantly in the past 14 years, researchers have pointed out.
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CommentLocal communities should lead on setting priorities, not ICBs
Brian Fisher highlights the Coalition for Personalised Care’s work in examining the key conditions that empower communities to set and address their priorities, a tactic which yields numerous benefits
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HSJ PartnersInsourcing with 18WS can help meet elective recovery targets
18 Week Support stands ready to help the NHS meet the government’s commitment to increase capacity by 40,000 appointments per week