All Health Service Journal articles in 21 March 2013 – Page 3
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HSJ Local
Devon QIPP interventions fail to stem secondary care activity
FINANCE: Delivery of quality, innovation, prevention and productivity savings is on track across the Devon cluster, despite planned interventions not having the anticipated impact on secondary care activity.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe challenge of building mutual trust
Trust is essential to delivering change in the NHS
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NewsExclusive: Weakest CSUs given three months to improve
Struggling commissioning support units are to be given just three months to improve their business practices or face intervention by the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has been told.
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NewsHSJ Live 20.3.2013: NHS coverage of the Budget
Live coverage of the government’s Budget today in relation to health and care, the health adviser leaving Number 10 for the Care Quality Commission, and the rest of today’s news
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NewsCommissioning board and Monitor: competition 'not about ideology'
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor and the NHS Commissioning Board this week issued a joint statement of intent on how competition would work in the reformed health service, amid continuing political controversy about the government’s NHS competition regulations.
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LeaderMPs’ push for flexibility should end underspending
There is mismatch between how FTs and the DH manage spending
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospital claims safety data error
PERFORMANCE: The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says there was an error in its patient safety data.
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire, South Manchester and Stockport are collaborative working
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire NHS Trust has formed a working partnership with University Hospitals of South Manchester and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust to establish a collaborative framework ‘ensuring clinical and financial sustainability’ across the three organisations.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway patients seek 'better access' on mental health
STRUCTURE: The Centre for Nursing and Healthcare Research has carried out an independent analysis of public response to the Kent and Medway Acute Mental Health Services review.
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NewsNHS national communications director resigns
Colin Douglas, director of NHS communications for the Department of Health, has resigned, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Capacity severely affecting elective work at Basildon
PERFORMANCE: Capacity problems have left an Essex foundation trust unable to carry out most elective work for over two months – with only cancer, day case and urgent work being done.
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HSJ Local
Review reports on Basildon children's surgery
STRUCTURE: The question of whether children’s surgical services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust should continue in their present form has been raised by an external review.
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HSJ Local
Colchester busts C diff limit
PERFORMANCE: Colchester University Hospital Foundation Trust has exceeded its maximum number of C difficile cases for the year and will be red rated by Monitor.
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HSJ Local
Inappropriate admissions issue for Colchester
PERFORMANCE: One of the trusts at the centre of a mortality investigation has said that it needs to work to reduce inappropriate admissions, especially for patients who are terminally ill.
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HSJ Local
Small surplus prediction from Basildon
FINANCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust Is expecting to end the year with a small surplus of around £200,000.
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HSJ Local
Review concludes Basildon short of senior pharmacists
STRUCTURE: An overhaul of pharmacy services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust could see more senior pharmacists employed.
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HSJ Local
Sussex Partnership in tie up with Care UK
COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust has entered into a groundbreaking joint venture with a private company to deliver services to the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Surrey talking to stakeholders about respite service closure
STRUCTURE: NHS Surrey is assessing the wider impact of the closure of Beeches Bungalow, a respite service in Reigate, by leading discussions with agencies and families that have challenged the decision.