All Health Service Journal articles in 16 September 2015
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HSJ Knowledge
Lambeth: The area with an appetite for service change
It started with open breakfast meetings
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HSJ Local
Cottage hospital beds in North Staffordshire could be cut
ACUTE CARE: A three month consultation has been launched into the future of community hospital beds in North Staffordshire after wards were closed in 2014 amid concerns over staffing levels.
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News
CCG action on patient choice 'varied', says Monitor
There is a ‘varied picture’ in the way clinical commissioning groups promote patient choice across the country, the regulator Monitor has said.
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News
Is urgent action on health service digitisation 'a moral imperative'?
Civica to donate £5 to charity for every completed survey
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HSJ Local
More CCGs mull rationing hearing aids
Four clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire are poised to follow a neighbouring CCG in ‘rationing’ access to hearing aids.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire trust faces £58m deficit
FINANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has revealed it is facing ending the year with a £58m deficit if drastic action is not taken to improve its financial position.
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News
Exclusive: Tim Kelsey to leave NHS England
Tim Kelsey, one of NHS England’s most high profile board members, is leaving the organisation to take a new job in Australia.
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News
HSCIC chief promises commissioners easier data access
Commissioners will be better able to obtain and use patient data from 2017, the chief executive of the Health and Social Care Information Centre has told HSJ.
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News
Executive Summary: Capital losses
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s must read stories and big talking points
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HSJ Local
Chief executive of highly regarded specialist trust to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has announced he will retire at the end of November.
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Comment
End Game: Is old snake hips making a comeback?
Virgin CareJeremy Hunt’s lambada days are far from over
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HSJ Local
Trust-GP consortium wants to run Cornish community services
COMMERCIAL: A trio of providers has formally expressed interest in bidding to run community services across Cornwall once the incumbent provider pulls out next March, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Leadership Academy boss joins trust as chief executive
WORKFORCE: Jan Sobieraj has been appointed chief executive of United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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News
Midlands trust chief executive joins national A&E support team
The chief executive of South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has joined a new emergency support team set up by the national regulators and the Department of Health.
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News
Catch up: Jeremy Hunt at the health committee
Catch up on the health secretary’s appearance facing the Commons health committee
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire trust served with performance notices over cancer failings
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has been served with performance notices for failing to hit three cancer pathway waiting time targets.
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Comment
It's only a matter of time until 18 weeks is breached nationally
Ground gained before the election is slipping away
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HSJ Local
18 week waits, July 2015: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty