All Health Service Journal articles in August 2023
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: Trust’s concern over ‘short-term’ funding agreements
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Interactive
Making the most of NHS IT teams
Following a flurry of demand at the start of the pandemic, NHS IT teams are now charged with finding ways to most effectively support colleagues in the longer term. A recent HSJ webinar explored how that challenge might be met
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: How a Nightingale hospital is, finally, the answer
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Partners
Promoting a safety culture across the healthcare supply chain
To tackle challenges and enable a safety-focused culture, a two-pronged approach is needed – introducing safe processes and promoting accountability
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HSJ Partners
The future of learning in the health sector
Innovation and adaptability are key to the success of learning and development in healthcare. Professor Debbie Porteous shares how their dynamic approach to professional development is meeting the changing needs and requirements of the sector
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Comment
Navigating the future: Challenges and innovations in healthcare workforce planning
The workforce plan’s aims for new roles will require an extensive organisational and workforce development programme, writes Nick Krachler
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Comment
The Letby inquiry will not make any difference
In the aftermath of traumatic events, traditional inquiries lack patient-led insights including patient leaders in decision-making which could foster meaningful change in policy, regulation, and care models writes David Gilbert
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HSJ Partners
Digital health technology reimbursement in the NHS can pave the way for efficient care delivery
ResMed’s sleep and respiratory digital health solutions streamline patient care, cut costs, and empower clinicians, highlighting the urgent need for a supportive healthcare reimbursement framework.
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Comment
More managers would ensure justifiable staff concerns are heard quickly
In light of the Lucy Letby case, to proactively identify and prevent unethical behaviour in the NHS, senior managers must analyse key events regarding staff voicing their concerns using a time-based perspective, write John Richmond, Dr Sarah Brooks and John Blenkinsopp
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HSJ Partners
Looming winter pressures eased by targeted AI initiatives
Paul McGinness, chief executive, Lenus Health, highlights the need for proactive measures to support the NHS in reducing unnecessary respiratory-related admissions.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: The unthinkable has happened before – lessons were supposed to have been learned
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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News
Labour ward staffing shortages restrict use of beneficial drug
Staffing shortages are likely to restrict the use of a beneficial painkiller in birthing suites, even once its use has been recommended by national guidance.
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Comment
‘It was as if we didn’t exist’ – shoe family’s harrowing tale
Underfunding and negligence may have been contributory factors as single mother loses family home, reports Julian Patterson
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News
NHSE must target cash-rich trusts for savings, as well as strugglers, says ex-DH boss
Regulators are trying to squeeze cost savings out of some of the most financially challenged trusts and should focus more heavily on organisations with healthier balance sheets, says a former Department of Health director.
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News
First-ever joint strikes for junior doctors and consultants announced
Junior doctors have announced a fresh round of strike action that will coincide with walkouts by hospital consultants.
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News
Chair who was ‘not always honest’ in old job gets NHSE’s ‘full support’
An integrated care board chair is keeping her job despite complaints being upheld against her in a previous role, it has emerged.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Letby trust execs need a fair hearing
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Daily Insight
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Fresh faces, system switch-off, and monetary musings
Your essential update on health for the week.
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News
CEO warns of £120m deficit and tells staff ‘position must change’
A trust chief executive has warned it is on course for a £120m deficit, which would breach the financial plan agreed with NHS England by around £50m.
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HSJ Local
Two trusts move to shared leadership model
The leadership of a specialist trust in Liverpool is set to be taken over by the chief executive of the city’s main acute provider.