All Health Service Journal articles in 22 July 2015
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CommentThe RTT waiting time target is not well understood or collected correctly
Patient data needs to be captured correctly
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HSJ LocalMonitor probes trust governance following unfair dismissal ruling
LEADERSHIP: Monitor is investigating how a mental health trust is run after an employment tribunal found that a trust director was unfairly dismissed after being harassed by the former trust chair.
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HSJ KnowledgeShort and long term fixes for workforce pressures
In the face of rising pressures, we explore solutions including training rotations and a cap on agency staffing
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees living wage pay rise for 460 staff
WORKFORCE: A West Midlands acute trust is to increase salaries for its lowest paid staff to ensure they earn the living wage.
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CommentIs Wolverhampton showing the way for pharmacists in GP practices?
Utilising pharmacists’ skills in GP practice
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NewsHEE review: Primary care should be favoured for running community nursing
A series of recommendations have been set out by a major review of primary care workforce commissioned by Health Education England.
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CommentShattered: The NHS capacity myth
The NHS always appears to be short of acute capacity. But this may be an illusion that could be rectified by fine tuning resources further ahead
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NewsNHS England review calls for shake-up of children's heart surgery
An NHS England review into congenital heart disease services has called for a major shake-up of how they are provided, proposing a ‘three tier’ model of care.
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NewsTDA 'broadens' support for challenged trusts
The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed improvement directors to two trusts struggling with performance and leadership issues.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.07.2015: NHS England review says children's heart surgery must be centralised
An NHS England review into children’s heart surgery has called for a major shake-up of how they are provided, proposing a “three tier” model of care, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsEights lessons from MPs' quizzing of Simon Stevens
How heroic efficiency savings will be made, being assertive, and underwear sales: the key points from Simon Stevens, Sir Bruce Keogh and Jane Cummings’ answers to Commons health committee questions on Tuesday.
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NewsExclusive: NHS ‘needs at least £1.5bn a year’ for transformation
The NHS needs a dedicated transformation fund of at least £1.5bn a year to properly test and roll out new models of care, according to researchers.
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NewsDH accounts show NHS ‘clearly in underlying deficit’
The Department of Health underspent its revenue budget by just £1.2m in 2014-15 – a fraction of its £110bn budget – the department’s accounts reveal.