All Health Service Journal articles in 23 September 2015
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NewsWebinar on demand: Can cognitive computing support effective healthcare?
Watch HSJ’s webinar on demand
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CommentPanic and denial won't solve funding issues
Honesty and realism is required for decisions on health spending
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NewsCQC set to miss pushed back inspection deadlines
The Care Quality Commission is set to miss key inspection deadlines that it had already pushed back.
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NewsChief inspector: Fit and proper regulation having 'deterrent effect'
The fit and proper person regulation has had a ‘deterrent effect’ by warding unfit individuals away from NHS director roles, chief inspector of hospitals Sir Mike Richards has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 24.09.15: NHS England board: Overall NHS budget balance at risk
Rolling coverage of NHS England’s board meeting
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NewsRoyal college warning over staffing 'pressure' on maternity wards
A second medical royal college has told HSJ it is concerned over the extent of gaps in rotas for junior doctors, with some maternity wards having a vacancy rate of 15-20 per cent.
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NewsCall for better end of life care training
NHS hospitals risk repeating mistakes during end of life care if they ask staff to rely on formal processes rather than focusing on patient outcomes, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS property company shrinks capital spending forecast by £60m
The government owned company that manages thousands of primary care premises has reduced its capital spending forecast by £60m compared to last year’s plans, HSJ has learned.
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SupplementsSpecial report: How technology is giving letters a new take
Dictation and document management technology can reduce the paper burden
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NewsGrowth of nurse workforce slows as 'NHS finances bite'
The growth rate in NHS nurse numbers in England has halved this year compared to last year, with experts claiming the slowdown could mark a return to trusts prioritising budgets over safe staffing.
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NewsIntroduce new A&E targets, royal college president says
Accident and emergency departments should be judged by two new targets alongside the four hour target, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said.
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NewsProbe launched into first C difficile increase in eight years
The public health watchdog has launched an investigation after the number of C difficile incidents in the English NHS rose last year for the first time since 2007.
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NewsHEE chief: Removing our budget ringfence would hit frontline care
Removing Health Education England from the protected NHS budget would result in cuts to frontline NHS services, its chief executive has warned.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s trainee posts suspended after concerns going back six years
WORKFORCE: A hospital trust has had its trainee anaesthetists withdrawn by Health Education England after concerns about the quality of training going back to 2009, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentEnd Game: Operation time hop
We’re not sure we’re ready for re-enactments of operations in 1884
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CommentA formal competitive tender process is not always necessary
Ensuring compliance when commissioning services