All Health Service Journal articles in 20 March 2015 – Page 4
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SupplementsCommissioning supplement: Health inequalities tell a tale of data neglect
Health inequalities
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HSJ LocalCCG to consider future for GP ‘acute visits’ scheme
PERFORMANCE: Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group is examining the future of a scheme which allows patients with acute problems to be visited during daytime by a nurse within two hours of a call to a GP surgery.
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NewsMapped: Quarter of area teams resort to NHS England arbitration
HSJ’s map of NHS England arbitration of disputes between providers and clinical commissioning groups since April 2013
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NewsHSJ Live 19.03.2015: Trust sector forecasts £448m overall deficit
NHS trusts are forecast to end the year with an overall deficit of £448m, in the latest sign of the “continuing deterioration” in the health service’s finance, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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HSJ PartnersConsider the needs of carers when commissioning end of life services
Coordinated care is cost effective
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HSJ LocalCommissioners 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 LocalUPDATED: 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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CommentThe NHS contract means an even more perverse sanctions regime
Perversity arguments have fallen on deaf ears
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HSJ LocalTrust 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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HSJ LocalCCG 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 KnowledgeWe need a sustainable workforce to keep up with winter pressures
Trust did all it could preparing for winter pressures
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CommentThe budget is just papering over gaping holes in healthcare
There’s little mention of healthcare
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HSJ KnowledgeTake these simple steps to ease A&E pressures in the short term
Discussions at the Emergency Care Summit
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HSJ LocalCCG 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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SupplementsQuestions 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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SupplementsHSJ commission final report: Are you doing enough for frail older people?
Putting questions to politicians, citizens and providers
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HSJ LocalCommissioners '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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HSJ LocalTemperature 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.