All Health Service Journal articles in August 2019 – Page 7
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Comment
Chief executives need to get “noisy” on racism
Nadeem Moghal sets out the actions that can be taken by NHS leadership to enhance equality
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Comment
Sustained investment is needed to improve the mental health estate
Improved access to mental health services is in jeopardy if the infrastructure is not up to scratch, writes Paul Farmer
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: The new provider on the scene
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 care correspondent Jack Serle.
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News
CCG axes IVF despite minister branding decision “not acceptable”
A heavily indebted CCG is to end funding for almost all IVF treatment, despite being told by a government minister that the move was “not acceptable”.
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News
New £250m fund marks dawn of artificial intelligence for NHS
Millions of pounds will be invested in a so-called National Artificial Intelligence Lab for the NHS to deliver quicker breast screening results and improved predictions for drug and bed usage.
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News
Trust CEO says pension proposals make him feel like ‘second-class NHS citizen’
The government has been accused by senior NHS figures of treating managers unfairly after confirming pension changes would not apply to them.
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HSJ Local
Capital squeeze will compromise patient safety, warns teaching hospital
Keeping patients safe at a major trauma centre will become “increasingly untenable” because the trust is being denied capital funding, its chief executive has warned.
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News
NHS England launches independent review of teen death cover-up
An independent review is to be held into the death of a teenager after a clinical commissioning group interfered in an earlier investigation.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: NHSX undermines Hancock’s vision
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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News
Pensions crisis forces trust to give doctors time off in lieu
Consultants at a major teaching trust were offered time off in lieu to stop them refusing extra work because of the ongoing NHS pensions crisis, HSJ has learned.
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News
Cuts to tax relief likely to undermine NHS training drive
A government decision to cut tax relief for NHS staff on widening access to training schemes could have a ‘significant’ negative impact, HSJ has been warned.
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News
Daily Insight: Smells like tech spirit
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
STP and ICS leadership: High turnover sees shift away from job shares
The number of health systems led by serving acute trust bosses has more than halved in the past three years, with many more now having a dedicated executive leader.
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News
Just one STP chair or executive lead has a BME background
There is only one person with a black or minority ethnic background among all the executive leads and chairs of sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems, according to HSJ analysis.
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HSJ Local
Hospital appoints new chief executive
James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust has promoted deputy chief Anna Hills to the chief executive role on a permanent basis.
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HSJ Local
Acute trust’s BME staff feel ‘ignored and disenfranchised’
Black and minority ethnic staff at Blackpool hospitals trust feel “ignored and disenfranchised”, saying management has failed to deal with concerns about racist language.
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News
NHSE integrated care lead to leave
NHS England and Improvement’s director of primary care and system transformation is leaving to become chief operating officer at a foundation trust.
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News
Daily Insight: The new money conundrum
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
£1.8bn funding boost 'just a down payment'
More than half the £1.8bn spending boost announced by the prime minister yesterday will be enabled by the reversal of last month’s demand from NHS England that trusts cut capital spending plans by 20 per cent.
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News
Revealed: The 20 capital projects promised by the PM
The government has unveiled a list of 20 new capital investment projects worth a total of £853m.