All articles by Alison Moore – Page 62
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HSJ LocalLeeds child heart surgery suspended after NHS England intervention
A review into children’s congenital heart surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is underway after NHS England intervened to ask the trust to suspend services.
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SupplementsWhy trials can be a strength - an HSJ special report
Trusts must tell the public about their research so they can build support for this vital work and encourage people to get involved. By Alison Moore
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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
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
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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NewsAnalysed: rising temporary nursing costs
HSJ Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine this year’s rise in temporary nursing costs at a time when agency spending seemed to be under control.
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HSJ Local
Chief executive sent in to troubleshoot East of England ambulance
PERFORMANCE: The Department of Health has asked an experienced ambulance service chief to carry out an independent review of the troubled East of England Ambulance Trust ahead of an expected critical report from the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex centralises maternity and children's services after 'calamity' warning
A hospital trust is to centralise its consultant-led maternity and paediatric inpatient services onto one site without consulting the public, after an expert team warned of “the potential for calamity”.
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HSJ Local
Regulator demands action over Hull Infirmary assessment unit
PERFORMANCE: Hull Royal Infirmary is not always ensuring safe care for patients in its acute assessment unit, a Care Quality Commission inspection has found.
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HSJ Local
Yorks and Derby trusts plan joint work on viability, quality and staff terms
STRUCTURE: A group of seven hospital trusts in Yorkshire and Derbyshire are developing plans for joint working on issues including viability, service quality and staff terms and conditions.
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HSJ Local
Lincs social enterprise in dispute with staff over terms
WORKFORCE: A social enterprise spun out of an NHS community services provider is in dispute with its staff after trying to cut unsocial hours and on-call payments.
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SupplementsLetters of distinction - an HSJ training and development supplement
NHS staff may feel they are living through a permanent revolution in healthcare with structures, roles and approaches changing rapidly. Those changes are also being reflected in what healthcare professionals are being offered in terms of development and continued education
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HSJ Local
Complaint sparks police involvement at Kent neuro unit
WORKFORCE: A member of staff at a neuro-rehabilitation unit has been suspended and a police investigation launched after a complaint from a patient’s family about their care.
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HSJ Local
Judicial review threat recedes from Sussex reconfig plans
STRUCTURE: Plans to reconfigure emergency services in East Sussex are expected to go ahead after the threat of a judicial review was lifted.
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SupplementsMixed reviews for Francis's epic: A roundtable debate
It was one of the most eagerly and nervously anticipated reports in the history of the NHS. Yet the feeling among experts gathered at the HSJ/Capsticks debate to discuss Robert Francis’s weighty tome was one of anti-climax.
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SupplementsEnd of the class divide: a roundtable debate
NHS professionals must start learning together, experts heard at a roundtable on the future of training. Alison Moore on a lively discussion that also included the non-clinical skills medics need – and the radical idea that we have too many doctors and nurses
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SupplementsThis time it's different: an improvement roundtable debate
The NHS has repeatedly talked about revolutionary change but the roundtable panel on improvement agreed: this time it really has to happen. Alison Moore reports on experts’ views of how the health service can deliver much more for much less
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SupplementsGood decision - clinical decision support systems special report
Clinical decision support systems have the potential to both improve outcomes and cut costs. HSJ gathered experts for a webinar to debate how they can be best used in the NHS. By Alison Moore
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Comment‘There are so many channels, each one can have a role’
Russ Lidstone, chief executive of advertising agency Havas Worldwide London, explains how the NHS can move further into the digital age and take advantage of the many ways it can effectively engage the public