All Health Service Journal articles in 20 March 2015 – Page 2
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HSJ Local
Community nurse staffing to be monitored
WORKFORCE: Shropshire Community Health Trust will begin monitoring staffing levels among community nurses each month from April.
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HSJ Local
Northamptonshire trust to roll out parents’ advice line
COMMERCIAL: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is to launch an out of hours health visitors advice line, following a successful pilot of the scheme.
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HSJ Local
Substance misuse clinic to close due to financial losses
STRUCTURE: A substance misuse centre in London will have to close because the trust that manages it cannot afford to keep it open.
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HSJ Local
Out of hours GPs struggle with workload and staff shortages
PERFORMANCE: The workload for West Yorkshire Urgent Care’s out of hours GPs in Bradford was 70 per cent heavier than expected over winter.
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HSJ Local
Temperature alarms trialled to prevent older people becoming ill
PUBLIC HEALTH: Hull Clinical Commissioning Group has given 50 households ‘cold alarms’ that alert a communications centre or family member when rooms drop below a certain temperature.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners 'shocked' at hospital ward conditions
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners and governors visiting Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust have described a litany of problems found in one of its wards including overcrowding, staffing concerns and a failure to report incidents.
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Supplements
HSJ commission final report: Are you doing enough for frail older people?
Putting questions to politicians, citizens and providers
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Supplements
Questions to ask to improve frail older people's services
As part of the third and final report from the Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People we set out the key questions that citizens, MPs, and care providers must be asked to improve care.
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HSJ Local
CCG overspends by £1m across acute contracts
FINANCE: Erewash CCG had overspent by more than £1m on acute contracts by the end of November – largely as a result of work by Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Take these simple steps to ease A&E pressures in the short term
Discussions at the Emergency Care Summit
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Comment
The budget is just papering over gaping holes in healthcare
There’s little mention of healthcare
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HSJ Knowledge
We need a sustainable workforce to keep up with winter pressures
Trust did all it could preparing for winter pressures
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HSJ Local
CCG makes recommendations after murder case review
PERFORMANCE: A review of a murder case by clinical commissioning groups, child protection experts and police has concluded that training for staff in recognising domestic abuse should emphasise the role of ‘coercive control’ in relationships.
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HSJ Local
Trust posts £8m surplus after third quarter
FINANCE: South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare Foundation Trust had a surplus of £8.26m on income and expenditure as of 31 December.
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Comment
The NHS contract means an even more perverse sanctions regime
Perversity arguments have fallen on deaf ears
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HSJ Local
UPDATED: Community hospitals review underway as CCG forecasts £11m deficit
STRUCTURE: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group is undertaking a review into the future of its four community hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners told to tighten up job applicant checks
WORKFORCE: Counter fraud specialists at NHS Protect have warned West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit about ‘inconsistencies’ and ‘weakness’ in their pre-employment checks.
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HSJ Partners
Consider the needs of carers when commissioning end of life services
Coordinated care is cost effective