All Health Service Journal articles in 10 October 2014
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Comment
Readers’ letters – 17 October 2014
Let’s elevate the role of healthcare science within the health service
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Comment
Use technology on the front line to boost staff morale and patient care
NHS staff need extra support to deliver quality care
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HSJ Local
Monitor closes mental health trust investigation after new appointments promised
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has closed its investigation into South London and Maudsley Foundation after a significant overhaul of its non-executive directors was promised.
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HSJ Local
Leicester trust to reconfigure children’s service
STRUCTURE: One of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country is in discussions to locate all of its children’s services on to one site.
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HSJ Local
Patients miss appointments because of poor transport services, report claims
PERFORMANCE: Nearly 40 per cent of patients have missed a hospital appointment in London because of failings by patient transport services, a report by a disability campaign group has claimed.
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Comment
Is big retail the therapy for NHS care?
Retailers expanding into primary care could work in the NHS
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Supplements
HSJ Roundtable: How to tackle the workforce planning issue
Addressing present and future demands
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Comment
End Game: The healthy way to smash through
‘Disruptive Women in Healthcare’ take aim at NHS’s career glass ceiling
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Comment
If the NHS was a patient, it would have depression
For compassionate care, staff must feel attended to
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Comment
Analysis: England's summer waiting list initiative fails
The government push to clear the backlog hasn’t worked
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News
Waiting list grows despite £250m government push
The NHS waiting list for planned care has grown to over 3 million, despite a drive to admit more patients for treatment over the summer months.
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News
Special measures can have 'detrimental effect', trust chief warns
The special measures regime for struggling hospitals has the potential to demoralise staff and hamper efforts to fill much needed vacancies, according to a high profile troubleshooter tasked with putting one trust back on track.
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News
HSJ Live 09.10.2014: Special measures can have 'detrimental effect', trust chief warns
The special measures regime for struggling hospitals has the potential to demoralise staff and hamper efforts to fill much needed vacancies, according to a high profile troubleshooter tasked with putting one trust back on track, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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News
Help us find healthcare’s latest rising stars
You have until 3 November to nominate who you think will be the NHS leaders of the future
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HSJ Knowledge
Eliminate tensions to make research work on the front line
We must resolve tensions to improve patient care
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News
Specialised services worth £600m could be handed to CCGs
Clinical commissioning groups should be handed responsibility for commissioning specialised services worth more than £600m, NHS England has recommended.
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Leader
Weak spending pledges mean more rationing and tighter control
The debate about NHS finances is changing
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News
More UK doctors coming from Europe
More doctors are coming from Europe to work in the UK than ever, according to a report by the General Medical Council.