All Health Service Journal articles in October 2017 – Page 6
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CommentThis year's most important health strategy is the one you might not read
If it ignores the upcoming Industrial Strategy White Paper, the NHS will miss the opportunity to boost its future financing, provision and staffing through strategic local economic partnerships, notes Michael Wood
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NewsNHS private patient income predicted to grow every year to 2020
Income from private patient work carried out by NHS run units will grow by more than 5 per cent in each of the next three calendar years, researchers have predicted.
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NewsHSJ Live 17.10.17: Dido Harding faces health committee grilling
Baroness Dido Harding answers questions from MPs at pre-appointment hearing
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CommentConsolidation does not guarantee better care coordination
The drive to merge independent NHS organisations might have potential benefits but could end up making the health service less responsive to patient needs, opine Bill Morgan, Andrew Taylor and John Bennett
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NewsA&E survey: Two in five report waiting more than four hours
Two-fifths of accident and emergency attendees report waiting more than four hours to be seen, a new patient survey has revealed, with urgent care centres performing much better than large trauma centres.
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NewsA&E survey: Best and worst performing trusts revealed
Five trusts have been identified as offering a poor overall experience to patients in their accident and emergency departments, based on a new Care Quality Commission patient survey.
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NewsSystem is at 'full stretch' warns new NHS Improvement chair
The new chair of NHS Improvement has told MPs it is “obvious” the NHS is at “full stretch” and needs more money.
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HSJ LocalHospital trust may hire mobile morgue for winter
A hospital trust in the south of England may hire a mobile morgue and use local funeral directors’ facilities as part of its preparations for winter.
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NewsDaily Insight: NHS Improvement role isn't a 'cushy job'
Your essential round-up of the day’s biggest health stories
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HSJ LocalTrust pulls out of contract amid whistleblowers’ safety concerns
An independent investigation has been commissioned into quality and safety concerns in prison health services in Liverpool, while the trust that runs them has given early notice on its contract.
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NewsChief inspector warns of DTOC target risk to elderly
The focus on short term targets for reducing delayed transfers of care from hospital could put elderly people at risk, the Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector of social care has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Current providers set to win major new procurement contracts
Multimillion pound procurement contracts are set to be awarded to the incumbent purchasing providers to the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust spends £2m to convert storage rooms into new bed space
More than £2m is being spent by the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust to create 45 new hospital beds to help tackle its 133 bed shortage.
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NewsExclusive: Second private hospital stops taking new patients after CQC concerns
A second mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care closed to new admissions in July after the Care Quality Commission raised serious concerns, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCygnet named in new care model despite serious failings at hospital
NHS England named Cygnet Health Care as a partner in a new care model for young people’s mental health 10 days after inspectors found serious failings at its hospital in Woking that led to the temporary closure of its adolescents’ psychiatric intensive care unit.
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NewsRevealed: Culture in all English maternity units to be assessed
EXCLUSIVE: The culture of every maternity unit in England will be assessed as part of a nationwide drive to improve safety, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNew chair for hospital trust following Sir Ian Carruthers' departure
A challenged acute trust has appointed a new chair after Sir Ian Carruthers left this summer.
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NewsGovernment revives plan for medical examiners to review deaths
The government has revived plans for a national independent medical examiner service to review all deaths reported to coroners.
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Swindells: Tech suppliers must sign up to data sharing or risk funding
Providers supplying IT services to the NHS will have their access to the health service curtailed if they do not agree to feed patient records into a new data sharing scheme.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health prosecuted for third time
A third prosecution will be brought against Southern Health Foundation Trust after a patient was found dead in a hospital in Southampton five years ago.