All Health Service Journal articles in October 2017 – Page 10
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Catch Up: Nottingham IT nightmare, Tory party conference, and 'a bully writes'
Your essential update on health for the week
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Comment
Moving rhetoric to reality: six challenges for health and social care
There are six key issues the health and social care sector need to tackle in the near future, writes Steve James. Can we turn talk into action?
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Comment
Breaking free of 'bonkers' – how not to let your organisation grind you down
The Health Service can often seem crazy. A new book offers ways out of the madness. By George Binney, Phil Glanfield and Gerhard Wilke
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News
Daily Insight: No let-up in the South West
The must read stories and talking points from Thursday
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News
Teaching hospital loses community contracts
St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust loses health visitor and community adult health services contracts Central London Community Healthcare Trust wins the £51.6m contract Hospital trust still provides inpatient sexual health services after not bidding for community sexual health services A London teaching hospital trust has lost ...
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HSJ Local
Private provider set for £35m children's service contract
Virgin Care is set to receive a £35m contract to provide children’s services for a further year ahead of another re-procurement by commissioners.
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News
Multiple leadership changes at northern CCGs
Leadership changes are taking place at several clinical commissioning groups in the North West, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Trust faces special measures amid quality and bullying concerns
England’s most south westerly trust is set to be placed in special measures after it was rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Trust remains in special measures after new problems uncovered
A troubled ambulance trust is set to remain in special measures after a Care Quality Commission inspection found a new problem with recording 999 calls.
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News
Daily Insight: May coughs up after election pledge
The must read stories and talking points from Wednesday
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News
High Court rejects pharma industry's challenge to drug cost controls
The High Court has thrown out a legal challenge by the drugs industry to a controversial affordability test on the introduction of new treatments.
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HSJ Local
Charity fears national precedent if CCG axes free transport services
A charity has warned a dangerous precedent may be set if a clinical commissioning group enforces its decision to stop funding non-emergency patient transport to people who rely on “life sustaining” treatment.
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News
Final contract for NHS procurement shake-up put on market
Procurement leaders hope to improve the way the NHS handles transactions with a contract for financial management worth nearly £50m that has gone to the market.
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HSJ Local
Trusts confirm new shared chief executive
An acute trust and a mental health and community trust have appointed a joint chief executive after forming an alliance to make services more integrated.
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HSJ Local
Chief executive admits trust will fail to fill hundreds of nurse vacancies
The chief executive of a major Midlands hospital trust has said it must use new roles such as nursing associates to tackle hundreds of nurse vacancies.
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HSJ Local
Trust suspends spinal surgery after two deaths
An acute trust in the North West has suspended its spinal surgery services after four serious incidents – including two patient deaths – were identified over a six month period.
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Comment
An uneven future: an ageing population needs innovation, but not at the expense of equal care
A new survey of clinical experts predicts technological advances, but will they benefit everyone in a population getting older but not healthier? Camilla d’Angelo considers the report’s findings
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HSJ Local
Winner of troubled community services contract named
Liverpool’s troubled community services will be run by a mental health provider from November, after its bid for the contract was preferred to that of the city’s children’s trust.
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HSJ Local
Success regime CCGs appoint single chief
The five clinical commissioning groups in the mid and south Essex success regime area have appointed a single lead accountable officer.