All Health Service Journal articles in April 2023
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Farewell Ferris
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentNHSE’s decision to delay pioneering health centres is short-sighted
The national program for redesigning primary care estates in six locations in England has been halted, throwing plans into doubt and potentially delaying improved outcomes for localities, writes Dr Eleanor Roy
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NewsWatchdog hits out at DHSC ‘ambiguity and delay’
The national patient safety commissioner has hit out at government for failing to confirm her budget a month into the financial year, warning that she is ‘incredibly limited’ in what she can achieve.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Tech lag hits population health ambition
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsUnion majority set to back pay deal
A majority of the NHS Staff Council is set to support the Agenda for Change pay deal agreed between unions and government, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Maternal health disparities and PHSO’s reflections
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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News‘Key senior leader’ sought to head up new DHSC and NHSE digital policy unit
The Department of Health and Social Care is seeking a “key senior leader” to advise the health secretary on digital, data and innovation.
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NewsSix systems pulled up by NHSE over poor cancer diagnosis performance
NHS England has demanded recovery plans from six systems with a poor record on delivering urgent cancer checks.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Abusive callers, non-existent non-execs and bludgeoned balance sheets
Your essential update on health for the week.
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News‘Torch bearer for values’ made trust CEO
A specialist trust has appointed a new CEO after its previous leader left to become the national emergency care chief.
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NewsHospital to send hundreds of births elsewhere
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal is trying to reduce the number of births at its main maternity units by 650 a year following a highly critical Care Quality Commission visit.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: ‘Cash is King’ again as deficits bite
NHS leaders are being told they must prioritise balancing the books above all else, with some trusts even being asked to keep staff numbers down to save money.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: An appointment with abuse
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ InteractiveCEO Interview: Tracey Bleakley, chief executive of Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
This is the latest in a series of interviews with senior healthcare leaders, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: An ICS in meltdown
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by primary and community care correspondent Dave West.
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NewsCQC appoints chief inspector of integrated care
The Care Quality Commission has appointed an interim chief inspector of adult social care and integrated care.
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NewsNursing strike cut short following court order
Next week’s nurses strike will now end on bank holiday Monday – one day earlier than planned – following a High Court decision that it could not run into Tuesday.
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HSJ LocalStaff get ‘aggressive verbal abuse’ over strike cancellations
A hospital trust has said its staff have been verbally abused when contacting some patients to postpone their appointments because of next week’s nursing strike.
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CommentOnly to the untrained eye does this look like chaos
‘Years of careful planning may occasionally look like chaos.’ Sir Trevor Longstay explains why improvement is back at the heart of the NHS Blithering strategy after a short break. By Julian Patterson