All Health Service Journal articles in September 2024 – Page 4
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NewsNational medical tech lead appointed after two-year gap
NHS England has appointed its first substantive chief clinical information officer since 2022.
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NewsSystem sees clean sweep of CEO departures in 14 months
The retirement of a long-serving trust chief executive has meant a system has seen all four CEOs of its providers and integrated care board step down in little over a year.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Troubled tech, shrunken staff and pricey parking
Your essential update on health for the week.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Streeting ‘reads the Riot Act’
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast, guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss the big Streeting meeting plus a new player in primary care.
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NewsStreeting urged to stop ICB plans to ‘erode’ local authority influence
A county council is to ask the health and social care secretary to intervene over the proposed overhaul of its local integrated care board’s operating model.
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NewsICB chief takes early retirement
An integrated care board chief executive is retiring after eight years in top commissioning roles.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Trusts reverse out of free parking
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalICS with health inequalities ‘at heart of strategy’ raids budget three years running
An integrated care system which has reducing health inequalities “at the heart” of its strategy has raided the budget for this three years in a row.
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NewsGovernment must take ‘more control’ of NHSE, says ex-minister
NHS England’s status as an independent body has “gone too far” and needs to be reined in by government, a recent ex-minister has said.
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HSJ PartnersIntroducing HSMR+: pioneering a new era in mortality data analysis
Following a comprehensive review of HSMR, Telstra Health UK is introducing HSMR+, which has been refined to better align with the NHS’s requirements
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NewsRevealed: Staff must now pay to park at five in six hospitals
Only around 15 per cent of England’s 140 acute and specialist trusts are still offering free car parking for staff, HSJ analysis has found.
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CommentGrenfell highlights the NHS’s poor record in working with communities
Shilpa Ross explains how the Grenfell Tower tragedy exposes systemic failures across sectors, highlighting critical lessons for health and care services on listening to communities, sharing power, and addressing diverse needs for better outcomes
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NewsLeaders ‘challenging CQC inspectors’ are ‘normalising’ poor care
Failings identified in high-profile maternity scandals are “widespread” across many hospitals and poor care is being “normalised” by leaders, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Thirlwall hears from management
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentBusiness-as-usual NHS management won't work for 'fixing the front door'
Primary care faces the same challenges as the rest of the public sector, but typical NHS management processes can’t solve them, argue three healthcare leaders.
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HSJ LocalStaff criticise ‘disgusting’ cuts at trust with huge savings target
A trust that is trying to cut nearly a tenth of its costs in one year has been criticised by staff for a string of “last minute” cuts to temporary shifts.
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NewsTrust-owned GP provider doubles in size despite ‘NHS rulebook’
A foundation trust’s GP provider has grown rapidly in the past year to become one of the largest in England, its team has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Lessons from the Thirlwall inquiry
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsLetby managers: We weren’t slow to act
Former senior managers at the Countess of Chester Hospital have told the public inquiry into murders of babies that “given the information with which we were provided, we acted appropriately at the time”.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Corridor clampdown
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.