All Health Service Journal articles in 30 May 2014
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HSJ Local
Sussex Partnership reports deficit despite cutting costs of out of area beds
FINANCE: Despite cutting the cost of out-of-area beds Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust is reporting a year to date deficit of £1.78m against a break-even plan.
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HSJ Local
Initiative launched to share health data between Liverpool and Lancashire
The North West Coast Academic Health Science Network has launched a £500,000 programme to improve the sharing of patient data between health and social care services in Liverpool and Lancashire.
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HSJ Local
Surgery centralisation plans on hold following clinician concerns
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust’s plan to reduce a “serious clinical risk” by centralising specialist surgery has been delayed after clinicians resisted the plans.
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HSJ Local
Wirral restructure puts scores of roles at risk
A restructuring of Wirral University Teaching Hospital will put 65 roles at risk, it has announced.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals exceeds target on cancelled operations
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust exceeded its target for the number of operation missed for non-clinical reasons in 2013/14, according to papers discussed at its May board meeting.
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News
What we learnt this week - 30 May 2014
Jeremy Hunt evades questions on NHS funding, plus NHS England’s reshuffle, superheads fall out of favour and more points of note from the week in heathcare.
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Comment
Video: Experts discuss why they are taking part in HSJ's commission
They talk about HSJ’s landmark commission
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Comment
Video: The story of an elderly patient who never made it home
Why out of hospital services need to change
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HSJ Local
North Staffordshire CCG appoints new clinical accountable officer
WORKFORCE: North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed a new clinical accountable officer.
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News
HSJ Live 30.05.2014: Paula Vasco-Knight resigns
Chief executive of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust stands down, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Supplements
HSJ roundtable: An enhanced perspective on surgical recovery
Enhanced recovery programmes for surgery patients
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Supplements
Technology and informatics: a guide for chief executives
The final guide in the BT/HSJ technology series
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News
30 May issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue Sir David Dalton, who is leading a review on provider reform for the government, has spoken for the first time about what ...
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HSJ Local
Investigation launched into maternal deaths
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust is to appoint a panel of external experts to investigate four maternal deaths at the hospital in the past ten months after an internal review found they shared no common features.
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HSJ Local
Mental health provider appoints chief from neighbouring trust
Solent Trust has appointed a senior manager of a neighbouring trust as its chief executive.
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Comment
If I was a politician I'd watch Simon Stevens like a hawk
The new chief is different from his predecessor
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News
Stevens on: Finance and health secretaries
Simon Stevens has indicated the NHS has early plans to meet about half of the looming £30bn gap; and has suggested greater transparency may be driving a trend toward “patient champion” health secretaries.
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News
NHS England seeks to drop safety, revalidation and tech roles
NHS England is seeking to give up some of its patient safety functions, medical revalidation and responsibility for technology, its new chief executive has indicated.