All Health Service Journal articles in September 2024 – Page 3
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NewsNew unit closed to admissions after four months due to attacks on staff
A new unit providing mental health services for children and young people has been closed to new admissions after just four months, HSJ understands.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how up-to-date patient data can help the NHS
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. “Garbage in, garbage out” is a phrase often used about big datasets. However slick IT systems are, they can only produce the desired results if the data they are manipulating is accurate and as up-to-date as ...
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NewsRevealed: The 22 areas testing radical changes to GP operating model
HSJ can reveal the 22 primary care networks taking part in an unprecedented national programme designing a new “GP operating model” set to influence the national GP contract.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Unheard harm
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsSafety alert over 25 serious incidents linked to common drug
Maternity services have been issued with a national patient safety alert over inappropriate use of a common labour-inducing drug following a review of 25 serious incidents.
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NewsTrust selects company chaired by CEO’s wife for £8m contract
A trust chair has said he is “completely satisfied” with the way his organisation selected a GP co-operative chaired by its chief executive’s wife to provide an £8m urgent care contract.
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CommentReducing the impact and £2bn cost of adverse drug reactions
Alison Cave writes how new technology continues to drive the Yellow Card scheme forward, serving to improve user experience and streamline reporting, in order to enhance patient safety
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NewsStreeting ‘thinking deeply’ about overhauling NHS funding flows
The new government is “thinking deeply” about reforming NHS financial flows and incentives, Wes Streeting has said.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Ben Travis, chief executive, Lewisham and Greenwich Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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NewsRevealed: Dozens more children harmed after care failures
Dozens more children have suffered harm due to failings in audiology services, HSJ can reveal.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The dropout docs
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsLabour will end NHS ‘custom’ of raiding dental budgets, says minister
Stephen Kinnock says dental contract is “absurd” and “dysfunctional” Poor-performing ICBs need to “up their game”, says senior dentist Expert says it is “custom and practice” for NHS to divert dentistry money elsewhere Every penny of dental funding will be spent once the Labour government has carried out ...
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: The Darzi seal of approval
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsRevealed: Why GP numbers will barely increase under national workforce plan
More than 1,000 medics funded to take GP training every year will not go on to work as fully qualified GPs in England, according to details of the NHS long-term workforce plan obtained by HSJ.
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CommentReeves needs to give the NHS time to make the most of its funding
There is a clear opportunity presented for the new government to publish the 2025-26 government spending plans alongside the Budget on 30 October and address the lack of long-term financial planning in the NHS, writes Charlotte Wickens
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NewsNHS directors brought out of retirement to help tackle financial crisis
Former trust and regional finance directors have been drafted in to support the most financially-challenged integrated care systems by NHS England.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Deciding what NOT to fix will be the biggest challenge for the 10 year plan
To fix all the problems Lord Ara Darzi has identified, the NHS needs to prioritise three to four goals at a time, writes Steve Black
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NewsNamed: the twelve projects given go-ahead by New Hospital Programme
Twelve hospital building projects have received permission to proceed, despite an ongoing review into the wider New Hospital Programme.
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CommentWhat Darzi missed out
The Darzi Review overlooks the critical issue of NHS workplace culture. While detailing systemic failures, it devotes minimal attention to bullying, discrimination, and staff wellbeing, says Roger Kline
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CommentLongstay's trail of destruction finally comes to an end
The world of management is rocked to its foundations as the NHS’s greatest and most prolific leader, Sir Trevor Longstay, announces his decision to retire. Julian Patterson has the distressing details