All Health Service Journal articles in April 2019 – Page 7
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Major delays to national deaths review policy
A national scheme to improve safety with closer scrutiny of deaths is seeing major delays, with a large majority of areas missing its planned go-live date, HSJ has learned.
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Profits plummet at major healthcare staffing agency
Turnover and profits have fallen significantly at a large supplier of agency staff to the NHS, its annual accounts have revealed.
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NHS app to be mandatory for GPs – NHS England
Connection to the NHS app will become mandatory for all GPs, including those already providing similar digital services, according to NHS England’s digital chief.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Review finds 'chaos and uncertainty' at teaching hospital
An independent review has cited concerns about safety and culture within a trust’s surgical theatres and has warned multiple pressures were creating a sense of “chaos and uncertainty”.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Blackpool rocking
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Comment
Support in residential care homes can significantly reduce hospital visits
Enhanced support for care home residents can result in different outcomes depending on the type of care home, with greater reductions in A&E attendances and emergency admissions for those living in residential facilities as compared to nursing homes. By Therese Lloyd
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Daily Insight: Lost in transit
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CPD budget cuts were ‘trade-off’ for more nurses
The removal of money from continuing professional development budgets was “a trade-off” to increase the number of nurses in training, the chair of HEE has said.
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Sir David Behan: HEE needs to be clearer about its purpose
Health Education England needs to be clear about its purpose, as “any organisation that isn’t clear about its purpose will fail”, Sir David Behan has told HSJ.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The price of financial lying
The NHS will have to pay the price for cultivating a culture of financial lying and cheating and incentivising the wrong things, warns Andy Cowper
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Comment
The Bedpan: 'GPs are scared... I don't blame them'
This Week: Susie Green, chief executive of trans-child charity Mermaids
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HSJ Local
Acute CEO role for boss within provider 'chain'
A senior manager who led part of a new hospital chain in Greater Manchester has been appointed chief executive of a small acute trust.
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Counting confusion sparks artificial spike in mortality scores
An increase in so-called same day emergency care patients and confusion over how they should be counted has caused an artificial hike in some hospitals’ mortality scores, senior sources have told HSJ.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Stockpiled waste, tapered allowances and 21st century budgets
Your essential update on health for the week.
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PM’s aide appointed as public health minister
One of Theresa May’s closest aides has been appointed as health minister for public health and primary care.
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Comment
Turning science fiction into personalised care: how genome sequencing helps patients
Genome sequencing can help spot an increased risk or genetic tendency towards a disease and also enable healthcare providers to design personalised treatments for patients, writes Layla McCay
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HSJ Local
Service improves from 'inadequate' after warning notice
A London hospital’s maternity service has improved enough to shed its “inadequate” rating, after serious concerns were raised about it at an inspection late last year.
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The week in Brexit: Parachutes from Number 10
HSJ brings you an end-of-week roundup of Brexit health news.
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Controversial PET-CT deal referred to Matt Hancock
A controversial decision to strip a leading trust of its scanning service has been referred to the health secretary.
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HSJ Local
Teaching trust chief executive to retire
The chief executive of a teaching trust in Lancashire has announced she will retire, HSJ has learned.