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CommentFresh thinking can transform new hospitals in England
Lord Ajay Kakkar hopes this year’s Wolfson Economics Prize can kickstart a national conversation about the future of hospital building after government pledged £3.7bn towards the construction of 40 new hospitals.
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NewsExclusive: New call for NHS to take public health budgets back from councils
The NHS should be handed back the commissioning of clinical public health services currently dealt with by local authorities, it has been argued today.
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HSJ InteractiveHow ICSs could offer fresh hope on public health, inequalities and prevention
An HSJ and Sanofi webinar looked at how integrated care systems can play an important role in early intervention in public health, with a broader aim of reducing health inequalities
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HSJ InteractiveHow covid-19 testing is developing and its future
An HSJ and Siemens Healthineers roundtable discussed how the covid-19 testing regime has developed to date, how it will need to evolve further to consistently reach the right person with the right test at the right time, and what its likely legacy will be for the diagnostics sphere as a ...
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HSJ PartnersHuman centred systems - the case for integration
We need to focus on the person not our own organisation to achieve real integration, writes Donna Hall
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HSJ LocalMore than 70 staff promoted as merging CCGs cut staff
More than 70 staff have been promoted to more senior roles as part of a merger between eight clinical commissioning groups.
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HSJ PartnersHow can the NHS improve outpatient referrals?
The outpatient referral process has grown in complexity in recent years, often leaving both GPs and consultants frustrated and patients receiving inefficient care. Some areas are now investigating whether digital technology could help, as Claire Read reports
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HSJ PartnersImproving the quality of the outpatient referral process
Some areas report that giving GPs improved ability to seek advice from specialists is in turn improving the outpatient referral process.
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HSJ PartnersThe need for a unified approach to managing elective patients during the pandemic
Philip Purdy discusses the key factors for success in ongoing management of elective care patients during the pandemic
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NewsHospital hosts others’ surgeons so cancer ops can go ahead
A specialist trust has freed up 29 theatre sessions a week so cancer surgery from nearby providers can continue during the covid pandemic.
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NewsHospital warns it may become ‘impossible’ to stop patients catching covid
A trust has warned it may reach a ‘tipping point’ where it is ‘impossible’ to separate covid positive and negative patients.
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HSJ PartnersRapid collaboration across healthcare systems can boost access to elective services
Elective Care Hubs pool resources to deliver elective activity within a health system or geography, augmenting the utilisation of resources and the ability to treat patients in date or priority order, note David Thorpe and Ashley MacNaughton
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HSJ PartnersIs the future here already, but just not evenly distributed?
With a drive for health and social care integration ever more pressing, Markus Bolton and David Grigsby explore the vital role that sharing of data and information can play in transforming care services
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CommentThe pandemic has broken the promise of universal healthcare
The promise of universal healthcare from the NHS has been broken, as it is not “coping” with covid-19, and will be hard to reinstate without being honest, writes Charlotte Augst
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HSJ InteractiveWhat will the hospital of the future look like?
In two virtual roundtables, run by HSJ in association with IBM, trust leaders discussed the complex decisions and considerations in planning new hospitals.
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NewsAll trusts to start vaccinating staff from Monday
All English trusts will be established as vaccine ‘hospital hubs’ by next Monday and will be responsible for vaccinating frontline health and social care staff against coronavirus.
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CommentICSs must be 'the servant of place'
What has emerged in West Yorkshire and Harrogate, built on over four years of working together, is a model that tackles problems faced by people in the communities by seeing the local places as the building blocks for action. By Rob Webster and Tim Swift
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CommentCommunity health services can only absorb so much pressure
Not only do community services need recognition for their contribution, but they also need immediate support for their staff and the resources, writes Andrew Ridley
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HSJ PartnersSwitch directory functionality saves junior hospital-based doctor hours
Research held by Induction Switch reveals the average switchboard wait time plus the number of calls being made per day.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow!
Andy Cowper shares his insights on Brexit British exceptionalism, slight improvement on TAT performance and 12 days of covid.