All articles by Alison Moore – Page 65
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SupplementsSpecial report: Procurement regulation is a bone of contention
Section 75 has created waves in the last year
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SupplementsStaying safe in an age of austerity
Cutbacks mean protecting people with mental health problems is tougher than ever
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SupplementsPounds, pills and pressures − an HSJ supplement
How the NHS can save money when it comes to buying and providing drugs
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Good buy to equipment: Purchasing and disposing of technology
How to save money when procuring equipment
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SupplementsAgeing equipment: To replace or not to replace?
Managers in two organisations give their views
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The battle to get the latest technology − an HSJ roundtable
The challenges of bringing innovative kit into hospitals in an age of austerity
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SupplementsBuying power - an HSJ procurement supplement
Buying into a whole new mindset for effective procurement
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HSJ LocalDeputy chief leaves Keogh trust after merger collapses
The deputy chief executive of Medway Foundation Trust – one of the ‘Keogh 11’ investigated for high death rates – has left his role there.
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HSJ Local
North Cumbria takeover fails to proceed
The planned acquisition of a ‘Keogh trust’ by a neighbouring foundation trust failed to go ahead on 1 October.
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SupplementsNavigating a competition minefield − an HSJ roundtable
Experts debate how to reconfigure services without breaking competition law
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NewsBogus advert fraudsters are jailed
Five members of a criminal gang which made more than 200 attempts to defraud NHS organisations by demanding payment for adverts in bogus magazines with similar names to real ones – including HSJ – have been jailed.
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HSJ LocalMonitor to probe CCGs' block contract
Monitor is to investigate a complaint that referrals to a private hospital dropped after two clinical commissioning groups entered into a block contract with a local NHS hospital.
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NewsTrusts continue to employ leaders 'off payroll'
Some trusts are struggling to comply with new regulations that require them to directly employ senior interim managers and to seek assurance about the tax arrangements of “off-payroll” workers.
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NewsMonitor seeks solution to competition impasse
Monitor is in with talks with the Office of Fair Trading to try to prevent trusts which want to merge from facing drawn out inquiries under competition law, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Public money could fund new hospital
CAPITAL SCHEMES A proposed £283m new hospital in the North East could be part-funded with public money after a plan to pay for it it using loans from pension funds was dropped.
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NewsMulti-year allocations could aid local contracting, Monitor review finds
Multi-year budget allocations could help commissioners develop local contracting more effectively, Monitor has said.
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SupplementsTackling the issue of patient transport
Patient transport services are notoriously erratic, exacting a heavy toll on patients and trusts. So does it really have to be like this, asks Alison Moore
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SupplementsMoving up a gear − an HSJ efficiency supplement
The latest HSJ supplement looks at how trusts are preparing to cope with winter pressures.
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SupplementsCoping with winter pressures
As trusts begin to prepare for accident and emergency departments’ busy season, a concerted move towards co-located urgent and primary care services to take the pressure off is gathering pace
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SupplementsPutting the patient in the driving seat - an HSJ roundtable
Self-care and self-management are often heralded as liberators of patients and obvious ways to slash NHS costs but significant barriers remain to widespread implementation, the expert panel of HSJ’s latest roundtable heard. Alison Moore listened in