All Health Service Journal articles in 13 December 2013 – Page 2
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News
Julie Moore: leading trusts could run hospital chains
Dame Julie Moore told HSJ she wanted to see top providers running chains of hospitals, arguing the district general hospital could be “redefined” as an outpost of a larger trust.
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Leading foundation trusts explore moves into primary care
Two of the most powerful acute and tertiary trusts in the country are looking to expand into providing primary care to establish vertically integrated provider organisations, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Partners
NHS recruitment is about more than the CV
We must identify personal values and compassion
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Supplements
A helping hand for the NHS
Unnecessary hospital admissions and bed blocking are set to increase unless community support is ramped up
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Supplements
Facing up to home truths
Virtual community wards can help patients reap the benefits of discharge from hospital − and offer potentially big savings to the NHS − as a project in Liverpool has demonstrated
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Comment
High value care matters more than high quality
High quality care is not always the most effective
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News
Malcolm Grant: I don't use private healthcare
The NHS England chair has refuted suggestions that he uses private healthcare, saying he is registered with an NHS GP and does not have health insurance.
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Struggle to fill senior trust posts 'getting greater'
High turnover and difficulty filling vacancies is not confined to managerial executive posts, according to NHS Trust Development Authority chief executive David Flory.
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Clash over allocation of £3.8bn integration fund
Department for Communities and Local Government officials are battling for a £3.8bn health and social care fund to be weighted more heavily towards deprived areas, in order to address criticisms that cuts have hit these places hardest, HSJ sister title LGC has reported.
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News
HSJ Live: 12.12.2013 CQC GP inspections coverage
All the latest on the Care Quality commission’s new GP inspection regime
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Comment
Are GP commissioning reforms logical?
There is dissatisfaction with arrangements for commissioning GPs
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Comment
GPs alone shouldn't coordinate medication
Polypharmacy reflects the complexity of modern healthcare
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HSJ Knowledge
How to make pathology reconfiguration work
Behind the scenes of the South West joint venture
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News
Grant: Stevens will take NHS into 'next phase' of transformation
The health service is entering a “transformational” next phase in which services spanning different sectors are likely to be contracted to serve specified segments of the population, according to NHS England’s chair.
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NHS England 'shouldn't beg for money'
NHS England should not “become an agency that begs for more money for business as usual”, Sir Malcolm Grant has said.
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HSJ Local
Interim chief executive announced for Great Ormond Street
Great Ormond Street Hospital has appointed an interim chief executive to replace Jan Filochowski when he leaves at the end of the year.
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Comment
Fundamental change is required to end of life care
The needs of terminally ill people and the NHS are aligned
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News
NHS funds will subsidise councils' services, CCG leaders believe
Mandatory budget pooling with councils will improve care outside hospital, local commissioning leaders believe.
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Surge of concern about commissioning support relationships
There is strong support among local leaders for changes to the nine-month-old commissioning system, including support arrangements and NHS England’s responsibilities.
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