All Health Service Journal articles in September 2024
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CommentPatient choice: two decades on and in need of reform
Adam Sampson, chief executive of the Association of Optometrists, explains why we need to put systems and structures in place to underpin real choice for patients, while having a grown-up discussion about the role of private providers
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HSJ PartnersTackling youth health inequality with remote patient monitoring
Many of the long-term health conditions that affect adults’ lives are developed in childhood.1 Inequality is one of the biggest causes of these conditions. But just how serious is this issue, and what can be done to address it?
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NewsThree ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Blast from the past
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Show us the money
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust to limit ‘non-essential’ CT scans as deficit rises
A Yorkshire acute trust is reviewing its use of diagnostic scans with a view to “limiting non-essential procedures” as it tries to bring down its deficit, according to internal messages sent to staff.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Not so joined up
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts struggling most with delayed discharge ‘interface’ problems
The trusts struggling most on the number of delayed discharges caused by so-called “interface issues” between acute and other care services – mostly negotiations over care packages – are revealed by a new dataset.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Assume the recovery position
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust CEO warns ‘I can’t afford people’ despite missing NHSE target
An ambulance trust which will fail to meet a key target for treating patients with life-threatening conditions this year has delayed recruitment of additional staff due to cost pressures.
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HSJ InteractiveHow should the NHS invest to maximise the spread of innovation?
An HSJ roundtable, in association with Philips, discussed what the NHS must do to embed the innovations it so desperately needs
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NewsNHS set to breach planned annual deficit in five months
Local NHS bodies have burned through almost all of their annual deficit target in just the first four months of the year, analysis of the latest finance reports by HSJ shows.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Resistance is futile
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Patient voice makes a confusing appearance in the Darzi report
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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News14 trust CEOs appointed regional improvement leads
Over a dozen trust chief executives have been selected by NHS England to lead a nationwide improvement drive on emergency and elective care.
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NewsNo point in having ‘honest conversations’ with centre on finance, say trust CEOs
Trusts are increasingly deciding there is little benefit in resisting the imposition of unrealistic financial plans demanded by NHS England, some of the country’s leading provider chief executives have told HSJ.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Streeting’s first job – build management capability
Long-term plans cannot address the service’s immediate problems. Short-term management-driven interventions are key to stopping the NHS from crumbling before reform can have an impact, writes Steve Black
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NewsGP federation goes under blaming falling value of NHS contacts
A GP federation has ceased trading, blaming an “erosion” in the value of NHS contracts.
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NewsDrive to uncover true level of patient harm in primary care launched by NHSE
The English NHS is to make its first attempt at revealing the scale of harm caused by primary care interventions.
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HSJ LocalStaff ‘rebuked’ for raising safety concerns despite patient deaths
Staff were ‘rebuked’ for raising safety concerns at a trust where the incorrect use of chemotherapy has been linked to patient deaths, HSJ has discovered.