All Health Service Journal articles in April 2024 – Page 5
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Who gets what care
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ LocalInfluential CEO retires after tripling size of trust
One of the longest-serving chief executives has announced his retirement following a 12-year stint in which his trust has tripled in size.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A matter of perspective
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNHSE intervenes over ‘fear and bullying’ in surgery department
Nearly a dozen junior doctors have been relocated from a London hospital’s general surgery department by NHS England, after concerns about a culture of fear, poor support, and reports of bullying.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Cutting the right things
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Alex Whitfield, chief executive, Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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NewsDHSC director joins tech firm
Former senior Downing Street official and NHS leader Samantha Jones is to join a digital care firm’s advisory board.
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NewsTrusts and NHSE ‘neglecting whistleblower training’
Trusts and NHS England are failing to prioritise training for senior leaders on listening to whistleblowers — despite repeated findings of serious concerns going unheard — the National Guardian’s Office has said.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: ‘Afraid, worried and unsupported’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalICS £230m in the red hails ‘positive’ financial performance
Leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria searched for positives as they were told the integrated care system would miss its financial plan by £150m.
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NewsNew executive joins national agency to lead ongoing reforms
NHS Supply Chain has appointed a new chief commercial executive director to lead ongoing reforms to the agency as well as delivery of day-to-day commercial operations.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What the coroners say
It’s easy to get desensitised to disastrous waiting times in the NHS, but behind the numbers are real and avoidable care failures.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: What can be done to improve duty of candour?
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: One-year waiters, two-year contracts and 100-post redundancies
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Comment‘You Turn’ service to continue, vow NHS chiefs
Martin Plackard, chief strategy officer at NHS Blithering, has made an important correction after a plan to extend health services for practitioners was initially misunderstood. Julian Patterson has the details
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NewsNHSE director lined up for trust with worst A&E problems
An NHS England director is set to be appointed to the board of a trust with some of the worst A&E problems in recent years, including the most hours lost to ambulance handover delays last year.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Patient safety or administrative convenience?
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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News£200k fine ‘reminds trusts to provide safe care’
A trust has been told to pay more than £200k for care failings related to two patients’ deaths.
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NewsTwo more trusts get ‘mandated intensive support’ over deficits
Two large hospital trusts have been put into NHS England’s “recovery support programme” and placed on the lowest rung of its oversight ratings.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The poverty of positive thinking
The NHS England’s penchant for positive spin on performance belies a deeper need for honesty and hope, crucial for organisational turnaround, writes Steve Black