This bumper HSJ supplement looks at the myriad of areas where organisations will need a firm handle, to manage the transition to a new, post-reform NHS.
With a foreword by NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar, this 15-page supplement includes features on clinical spending, care pathway reconfiguration, new approaches to public health marketing, patient involvement, personal health budgets and a special report on elderly care.
The former chair of a county council’s health overview and scrutiny committee has described the delayed reconfiguration of a trust as “a tragedy”, and blamed the local HOSC.
Foundation trusts have secured loans worth more than £1bn from the Department of Health, HSJ can reveal, prompting concern about the impact of increased debts on foundation trust independence.
Two primary care trusts and seven trusts finished the year in deficit, according to figures released by the Department of Health.
The panel at a recent HSJ webinar argued value in medicine goes far beyond a review of the price tag – and expressed optimism that the ICS landscape presents opportunities to develop that broader understanding
Specialist centres for those affected by mesh implants, as recommended by the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, became operational formally in April 2021. Here is how they performed in their first year.
A group of experts discuss how best to build a more inclusive health and care service
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