All Health Service Journal articles in August 2017 – Page 6
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NewsNHS Improvement chief role 'not for the fainthearted', says job ad
NHS Improvement has put out an advert to recruit a leader with the “resilience and strength of character” to take over as its chief executive when Jim Mackey leaves later this year.
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HSJ LocalHospital downgrade approved despite pending appeals to Jeremy Hunt
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has approved controversial plans to downgrade maternity and intensive care units at the Horton General Hospital – despite Jeremy Hunt considering appeals against the plans.
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NewsDaily Insight: Life ain't a beach
The must read stories and biggest talking points from Thursday
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HSJ LocalCQC warns trust over 'bullying' culture
A struggling trust in the West Midlands was threatened with enforcement action over the staffing levels and culture in its maternity service, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrimary care underspend helps counter trust deficits
NHS England and local commissioners underspent on their primary care budgets by almost £200m in 2016-17, which helped offset the £791m deficit in the provider sector, new figures reveal.
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NewsRevealed: Major expansion of 'model hospital' to STPs and CCGs
The “model hospital” system for measuring trusts’ productivity and efficiency is to be expanded over the next two years to CCGs, STPs and ACOs, HSJ can reveal.
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NHS England 'no option' but to hold back £120m from CCGs
“Urgent steps” have been taken to hold back funding intended for clinical commissioning groups, to help the Department of Health deliver financial balance this year.
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HSJ LocalMore cash and staff needed for controversial service changes, royal college warns
A “more imaginative” recruitment strategy and “considerable” investment will be needed to deliver a former success regime’s controversial maternity plans, a royal college has warned.
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CommentThe importance of keeping the faith in a turbulent summer
Sean Duggan, chief executive of the Mental Health Network, reflects on a tough few weeks of headlines for mental health
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: NHS vs Spire, waiting list warnings, and Keith McNeil to leave NHSE
Your essential update on health for the week
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HSJ LocalTwo leaders quit under fire CCG
The chief officer and finance director have resigned from their roles at Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group, which has been under fire over governance and pay.
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News'Normal birth' campaign abandoned by royal college
The Royal College of Midwives has dropped its controversial “normal birth” campaign and removed advice for midwives from its website amid concerns it could have been “misleading”.
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NewsExclusive: Naylor 'delighted' at £3.3bn private investment offer
Sir Robert Naylor has said he is “delighted” at an offer from three private property firms to invest more than £3.3bn in new NHS primary care facilities.
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NewsVanguard launching first bed management system across trusts
The country’s only mental health vanguard is preparing to launch the first bed management system across multiple trusts, to halve the number of patients being sent out of area.
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NewsNHS England relaxes position on clinicians' use of WhatsApp
NHS England has shifted its position on the use of WhatsApp by staff in the NHS.
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HSJ Local'Exemplar' trust first to move patient records to the cloud
One of the country’s leading digital trusts is moving its core clinical system on to Microsoft’s cloud service, as more trusts consider outsourcing IT services.
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NewsMultibillion NHS land sales plan to be approved next month
Major property deals between the NHS and private firms to unlock capital funds worth £5.7bn “at speed” could be signed off within weeks after being hit by delays.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: On winning and losing the economic narrative
Andy Cowper draws a parallel between the decade long global financial crisis and the NHS’s own struggles
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CommentGo beyond status quo to make STPs and ACSs work
The way in which STPs and ACSs are implemented will make the difference between them succeeding or failing, writes David Hare