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NewsTrusts appoint former banker as joint chair
Two of the largest mental health and community trusts in the country have appointed a joint chair.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: If the worst should happen
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNHSE director demands maternity consultants work nights
The deputy chair of NHS England has said it should be as ‘demanding’ of nightime medical cover in obstetrics and neonatal care as it is for emergency departments, to improve safety in the wake of repeated care scandals.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What’s the future of ICSs?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentWhy the NHS’s ‘menopause passport’ is important
NHS England CEO Amanda Pritchard’s announcement of national guidance encouraging NHS employers to offer flexible working and other support to women is welcome. It builds on work already under way in a number of NHS trusts including our own to break the stigma and offer practical support.
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NewsExclusive: Thousands of referrals for sick babies turned down due to lack of beds
More than 1,000 referrals to admit very sick or premature babies to neonatal units were rejected in the last year due to a lack of beds, data obtained by HSJ has revealed.
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NewsConsultant refused to carry out urgent surgery at trust facing criticism from CQC
A consultant surgeon refused to attend hospital to carry out urgent surgery at a trust which later had upper gastrointestinal surgery suspended after an unannounced Care Quality Commission visit.
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HSJ PartnersFrom product supplier to a trusted partner
Getinge’s new technologies and approaches have demonstrated results, from increased throughput to decreases in average length of stay and reducing non-contact clinical time for staff, all helping to reduce waiting lists and improve patient outcomes
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HSJ InteractiveWebinar: How can integrated care systems make the best use of medicines optimisation and pharmacy services?
Webinar: How can integrated care systems make the best use of medicines optimisation and pharmacy services? Tuesday 06 December 2022 – 10.30am-11.15amWith medicines and prescribing teams now working together across the end-to-end patient pathway – this is a new era for medicines optimisation.Medicines have the potential to make ...
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HSJ LocalGive us more power to deal with trust performance, says ICS chief
The leader of a prominent health system says integrated care boards should be given more responsibility to manage the performance of trusts in their area.
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NewsExclusive: ICSs set for combined £1bn+ deficit
NHS England has told local leaders that integrated care systems and their member trusts are currently on course for a combined deficit of more than £1bn this year, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersImproving health outcomes by putting patients at the centre of partnerships
Tim Coney sheds light on the urgent need to reevaluate and ensure that patients are the core of partnerships, rather than adopting a contractual approach, consisting of performance-centric models, which is detached from the reality of day-to-day operations
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: NHS England’s failure to kill the four-hour target
NHS England’s protracted bid to scrap the four-hour A&E target has finally been shelved by ministers, as we exclusively revealed last week.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: ‘Useless’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsAmbulance strike action spreads
GMB Union members at eight of England’s ten ambulance trusts have voted to take strike action.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Surviving winter
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentPeople harmed by the NHS are still being left to fend for themselves
A recently published report highlights the shortcomings in care provided by the NHS. Peter Walsh, Joanne Hughes and James Titcombe emphasise how millions could be saved if people were empowered early on to have their needs met without the need to turn to litigation
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NewsTrusts get fourth chair in two years
An interim joint chair has been hired by two trusts on a six-month contract, their third appointment to the role in under two years.
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NewsLiquidators for failed PFI provider launch court case against trust
One of England’s largest mental health trusts is embroiled in a multi-million-pound legal battle with its former private finance initiative provider.
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NewsFormer NHSE chief: ‘Most hospital discharge data is useless’
A former chief executive of the NHS has said most data collected about hospital discharges by NHS England is ‘useless’ and biased against social care.