All Health Service Journal articles in 22 November 2013
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HSJ Local
Trio of trusts in discussions over new cancer facilities
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is in discussions with neighbouring trusts and NHS England to increase the level of cancer facilities in east and west Sussex.
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HSJ Local
Barnsley FT narrowly misses A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust missed its four hour A&E waiting time target in September by one patient, according to board papers from Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group.
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News
Delays 'harm brain bleed patients'
Patients suffering a brain haemorrhage could be unnecessarily harmed due to delays in diagnosis and treatment - especially at weekends and out of hours, a report says.
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News
'No improvement' in patient safety
Hospitals have made “no improvement” in monitoring the quality of patient care in light of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust scandal and “no improvement” in keeping patients safe or treating them with dignity, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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News
HSJ Live 22.11.13: Hunt demands explanations from A&E underperformers
The health secretary has taken the unprecedented step of calling leaders of hospital trusts who have failed to hit A&E targets
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News
22 November issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
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Comment
Integration fund is biggest worry for finance directors
Practical implications of £3.8bn fund cause concern
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News
Revealed: the 24 CCGs forecasting deficits in their first year
There are now clinical commissioning groups expecting to finish their first year of operation in the red in each of the four English NHS regions, figures shared exclusively with HSJ reveal.
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HSJ Knowledge
Team effort: Commissioning through alliance contracts
The benefits and risks of a new way for the NHS to do business
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Comment
Simon Stevens − put staff safety first and save the NHS
NHS staff wellbeing should be a priority for the new chief exec
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Supplements
Good buy to equipment: Purchasing and disposing of technology
How to save money when procuring equipment
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Supplements
Ageing equipment: To replace or not to replace?
Managers in two organisations give their views
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Supplements
Medical equipment: A cure for old age
How minor investment could transform the ageing asset base of the NHS
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HSJ Local
‘More comprehensive health plans’ for looked after children in Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest has shown “improved arrangements to assess and review the health of looked after children” after being deemed “inadequate” in 2011, according to a review by the Care Quality Commission.
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News
Controversial radiotherapy on offer to patients again
Cancer patients who were denied access to a cutting edge therapy under NHS England’s specialised commissioning policies will be able to access it again if they agree to take part in a clinical trial.
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News
HSJ Live 21.11.13: Council cuts expected with introduction of integration fund
Responses to the CQC’s State of Care report and new HIV figures
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News
Growing QIPP shortfall predicted
NHS commissioners are slipping behind on their efficiency plans and becoming more pessimistic about whether they will hit their year-end targets, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Integration fund could deliver council savings, says minister
Councils joining the government’s £3.8bn health and social care integration drive will be expected to enforce “substantial” cuts to their back office budgets, a local government minister has said.
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News
EXCLUSIVE: A&Es to receive extra £150m to ease winter pressures
A second wave of winter pressure funding is to be made available for all accident and emergency departments, HSJ has discovered.
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Leader
Barring scheme for directors will do more harm than good
The government’s full response to Francis offered little new