All Health Service Journal articles in September 2022 – Page 4
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HSJ InteractiveThe need for education around psychological interventions
Primary care is facing growing pressures due to a mental health crisis. More needs to be done to unify mental and physical healthcare, in recognition that they are ‘almost inseparable’, with each impacting on the other. Jen Trueland reports
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Expert BriefingThe uphill battle for mental health in schools
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, this week by senior content editor Hayley Kirton — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ LocalHospital issues ‘full capacity’ alert days before move to smaller building
A major acute site has issued a ‘full capacity’ alert to staff, just days before the services are due to move into a replacement hospital with fewer beds.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Musical beds?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrusts face quadrupling in gas prices
A leading energy broker for the NHS has told trusts to expect gas bills to rise by more than three times from April, according to information seen by HSJ.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust to share CEO and chair
An “outstanding” mental health trust will share a joint chief executive and chair with an acute trust covering the same patch, it has been announced.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The view from the helicopter
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalGP contract change needed, says CEO of integrated trust
Changes are needed to national GP contracts in order to deliver better integrated care, according to the chief executive of trusts spanning acute, primary and mental health services.
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NewsUpdated: Staff warned of ‘harrowing’ care standards review
Trust staff have been warned that an independent investigation into maternity services will be ‘a harrowing read’ with a ‘profound and significant impact’.
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CommentThe seemingly fair principle that is driving NHS inequality
Co-authors Sally Gainsbury and Polly Mitchell highlight the need to tackle the “first come, first served” reality in the health service.
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NewsUpdated: Rollout of omicron vaccine threatened by ‘flimsy needles’
NHS staff have warned that needles supplied with a covid vaccine which targets the omicron strain are “not fit for purpose” and could place vaccinators and members of the public at risk.
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HSJ LocalCity braced for ‘Winterbourne View’-level scandal
Police are braced to investigate a ‘Winterbourne View’-level scandal in Greater Manchester, with a TV documentary expected to include allegations of serious patient abuse.
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HSJ InteractiveWebinar: What needs to happen if remote monitoring is to truly enhance patient outcomes and system efficiencies?
in association with WEBINAR: What needs to happen if remote monitoring is to truly enhance patient outcomes and system efficiencies? Tuesday 18 October 2022 – 10.30am-11.15am Remote monitoring of patients quickly accelerated during the first phases of the pandemic, most notably via pulse ...
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Pointed remarks
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The NHS’s £18bn rainy day fund
NHS trusts have more than £18bn in covid cash reserves, but how helpful is this extra money?
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NewsTrust earned £39m from Middle Eastern country in one year
A leading hospital trust earned nearly one-tenth of its income during a single year doing private work for a small Middle Eastern state, it has been revealed.
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NewsCovid admissions rise sharply in the South West
The number of covid positive patients admitted to hospitals in the South and East of England has stopped falling and, in some areas, is rising steeply.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: New hospitals, nuisance needles and wallet-busting bills
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsNew lead for DHSC’s MedTech directorate
The procurement lead from a major London acute will lead the Department of Health and Social Care’s new medical technology directorate, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBMA ‘acting like football agents’ inflating extra shift pay, say trust chiefs
A row has broken out between trust bosses and the British Medical Association over the doctors’ union’s campaign to drive up consultants’ hourly pay rates for extra shifts, HSJ has learned.