All Health Service Journal articles in 20 February 2015
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Comment
Online therapy and technology can turn round tragic suicide numbers
Secure sessions increase access to therapy for people with mental health problems
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HSJ Knowledge
Engage clinical NHS staff using mobile technology
Using mobile technology to improve community care
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HSJ Knowledge
What the future NHS hospital should look like
Two hospitals challenging assumptions about how care is delivered
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Comment
What Hinchingbrooke tells us about private sector providers in the NHS
What we can learn from Hinchingbrooke “privatisation”
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HSJ Local
Demand for beds stretches pooled budget for learning disability services
FINANCE: Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group is predicting an overspend of almost £400,000 this financial year on its learning disability pooled fund with Walsall Council, largely because of high demand for inpatient beds.
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HSJ Local
'Buddy' systems essential for lone workers, CCG says
WORKFORCE: Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group is urging employees to introduce a buddying system if they work alone.
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HSJ Local
Trust surplus £250k more than expected after third quarter
FINANCE: Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership had a surplus of £795,000 by the end of December - £251,000 more than planned.
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HSJ Local
CCG to investigate postponed operations
PERFORMANCE: North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group is to investigate patient concerns about postponed operations.
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HSJ Local
Border trust looks into English/Welsh waits discrepancy
PERFORMANCE: A trust near the English/Welsh border is investigating why Welsh patients wait significantly longer than English one for treatment.
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HSJ Local
CCG records surplus of £1.75m after third quarter
FINANCE: Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group has reported a surplus of £1.75m for the third quarter or 2014-15, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
CCG changes IVF policy to meet NICE guidelines
PERFORMANCE: Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group will increase the number of cycles of IVF offered to 23-39 year old women from one to three – bringing its policy into line with national guidelines.
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HSJ Partners
The right community care for the terminally ill can ease pressure in A&E
Improved care for terminally ill people can play a major part in reducing the burden on A&E departments
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HSJ Knowledge
Networks nurture the growth of great frontline ideas
The role of AHSNs in bottom-up change
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Comment
The conversation about patient experience must go global
Patient experience conversation goes global
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Comment
The reasons why the 18 week target isn't on solid ground
Has the government achieved what it set out to?
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News
Trusts ‘unanimously’ reject NHS England's reduced specialist funding offer
London teaching hospitals have turned down an offer from NHS England to pay just a quarter of their previous allocation for highly specialist treatments.
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HSJ Local
200 North Bristol patients still waiting over a year for spinal surgery
PERFORMANCE: More than 200 patients have been waiting over a year for spinal surgery at North Bristol Trust, figures for December reveal.
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HSJ Local
Bassetlaw CCG awards talking therapies contract
COMMERCIAL: Not-for-profit organisation Insight Healthcare has won a contract to provide talking therapies for Bassetlaw Clinical Commissioning Group.