All Health Service Journal articles in April 2018 – Page 5
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News
Exclusive: NHS on alert over Russian cyberattack threat
NHS trust leaders have been told to shore up their cyber defences amid increased fears of a state sanctioned attack against the UK.
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NHS Improvement gives more trusts access to £600m 'unearned' STF
Regulators have changed the rules under which a pot of up to £600m of sustainability and transformation funding will be allocated to NHS trusts.
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HSJ Local
Mayor calls on government to intervene in stalled hospital build
West Midlands mayor Andy Street has urged ministers for “swift intervention” to help get a stalled hospital project back on track following Carillion’s collapse.
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Comment
We cannot 'treat our way out' of multimorbidity
Today, most people with one long term disease in the UK typically have others, so dealing with multimorbidity requires rethinking the role of medicine, notes Don Redding
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Brexit may 'slow down' NHS international recruitment drive
The national drive to recruit 2,000 GPs from overseas may be “slowed down” as the qualifications of doctors from the EU may not be recognised after Brexit.
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NHS Improvement seeks six new board directors
Six new non-executive directors are to be appointed to NHS Improvement in a major shake-up of its board.
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Daily Insight: Look who's not talking
The must read stories and biggest talking points in the NHS
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HSJ Local
Retiring trust chief 'will be tough act to follow'
The chief executive of a London hospital trust is to retire in September.
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HSJ Local
Dame Julie Moore announces retirement
Dame Julie Moore has announced her retirement from the newly merged University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Trust forced to rethink CAMHS as demand soars
A mental health trust has had to put more than half a million pounds extra into a “one stop” service for children and young people after referrals were close to double the expected levels.
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Leadership chief: NHS must not 'discard' senior managers who make mistakes
Being accountable for failure is a risk senior NHS leaders must take, the managing director of the NHS Leadership Academy has told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Trust chair steps down after a year
The chair of South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has resigned, a year after taking up the post.
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Exclusive: NHS national deal with Microsoft imminent
The NHS is close to signing a new national contract with Microsoft to provide Windows 10 nationally, as the first anniversary on WannaCry cyberattack approaches, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: Regulator to investigate 'loads of problems' with NHS staff communication
Verbal communication errors between NHS staff that cause patient safety incidents are being investigated by a new group set up by NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
The Commissioner: Leading health systems get the stick, not carrots
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners. This week by HSJ commissioning correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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HSJ Local
CCG forced to change GP plans after NHS England director intervenes in row
NHS England’s primary care director has intervened in local dispute over the provision of extended GP opening hours in Derbyshire.
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Comment
Spreading vanguard models won’t happen by edict: A national perspective
Successfully spreading vanguard new care models would require multiple methods, and for national bodies to give primacy to systems rather than individual providers or commissioners. By Jacob West
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Vanguard ups and downs: A local perspective
Nicola Longson shares her experience of setting up the Isle of Wight primary and acute care system vanguard in 2016
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NHS Improvement chief: Trust plans are unrealistic and unachievable
NHS Improvement has told providers their activity, workforce and financial plans for the new financial year “do not look realistic or achievable”.