All Health Service Journal articles in September 2017 – Page 5
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News
NHS trusts told to check unqualified staff are not working as 'nurses'
England’s most senior nurses have instructed NHS trusts to check whether they are employing unqualified care staff with job titles describing them as “nurses”, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
CCGs rule out merger as 'unwelcome distraction'
Three clinical commissioning groups in Leicestershire have ruled out merging as it would be “an unwelcome distraction”.
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Comment
Networks not working? Improving how we improve together
Networks are all the rage across the NHS. But too often they are ineffective
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HSJ Local
Landmark hospital merger to lead to major service reshuffle
A merger to create one of the country’s largest acute trusts will lead to some specialist services being shifted between hospitals, an NHS Improvement report reveals.
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Comment
NHS England and NHS Improvement should be brought closer together
Is it possible to tighten up NHS organisation and efficiency without major upheaval?
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HSJ Local
Leaders of major hospital worried over £30m owed by private patients
One of the world’s most famous hospitals is owed more than £30m by international private patients, HSJ can reveal.
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News
DH spent £3m on consultants for abandoned NHS Professionals sale
The Department of Health spent almost £3m on consultant advice for its plan to sell off NHS Professionals, which was dropped earlier this month.
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News
Daily Insight: Sacking chief executives won't fix the NHS
The must-read stories and debate from Monday
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HSJ Local
Trust pleads guilty to health and safety charge over patient's death
One of the country’s largest mental health and community trusts has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety law over the death of a teenage patient.
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HSJ Local
Beleaguered trust forced to revise finance plan after 'significant slippage'
A struggling trust tasked with making savings worth nearly 7 per cent of its income is set to submit a revised finance plan after “significant slippage” in its efficiency schemes.
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HSJ Local
Smokers and obese patients face six month surgery waits
Elective surgery referrals for smokers and patients with a body mass index over 35 look set to be delayed for six months under a new commissioning plan in Yorkshire.
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News
Council 'at breaking point' over NHS's push to accountable care system
Leicester City Council has threatened to raise formal concerns with Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland STP over proposals to evolve into an ACS, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
New care systems must be truly accountable
STPs and ACSs are doomed to fail if the NHS doesn’t engage others in its plans, says Leicestershire County Council chief John Sinnott
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: How telehealth can help with home care
Telemonitoring is providing a new way of caring for long-term patients while making more efficient use of NHS resources
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HSJ Local
Merger trust seeks to fix 'cultural' differences between managers and clinicians
Trust leaders have outlined plans to address “cultural” differences between clinicians and managers at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: How best to support patients at home to ease the burden on the NHS?
People with long-term conditions often prefer home care. Yet inadequate support means they often end up in hospital, at a cost to the NHS. Our expert panellists discussed how this problem can be addressed. By Alison Moore
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: The battle against COPD is psychological, not just physical
As HSJ’s roundtable heard, COPD can take a negative toll on emotions as well as bodies, says Alison Moore
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Jeremy Hunt’s futile gesture
What will the resignation of two chief executives last week actually achieve, asks Andy Cowper
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News
Revealed: 21 trusts consistently underperforming on A&E
There are 21 trusts whose performance against the four hour emergency target has been consistently below 85 per cent since April, HSJ analysis reveals.