All Health Service Journal articles in 13 December 2013 – Page 4
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CommentFundamental change is required to end of life care
The needs of terminally ill people and the NHS are aligned
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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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NewsNHS 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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NewsGrant: 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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HSJ KnowledgeHow to make pathology reconfiguration work
Behind the scenes of the South West joint venture
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CommentGPs alone shouldn't coordinate medication
Polypharmacy reflects the complexity of modern healthcare
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CommentAre GP commissioning reforms logical?
There is dissatisfaction with arrangements for commissioning GPs
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NewsHSJ 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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NewsClash 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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NewsStruggle 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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NewsMalcolm 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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CommentHigh value care matters more than high quality
High quality care is not always the most effective
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SupplementsFacing 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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SupplementsA 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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HSJ PartnersNHS recruitment is about more than the CV
We must identify personal values and compassion
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NewsLeading 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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NewsJulie 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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SupplementsHoming instinct − an HSJ supplement
Out of hospital care makes sense for patients and the NHS
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CommentChris Hopson: Nine ways to make the NHS fit for 2014
The next planning round is crucial to the NHS’s future
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