All Health Service Journal articles in August 2024 – Page 4
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HSJ LocalICB pauses referrals to service as expansion is ‘unaffordable’
A mental health trust has stopped accepting ADHD referrals for many adults, after integrated care board chiefs warned it was “unaffordable” to expand the service due to financial pressures, HSJ understands.
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HSJ PartnersHow trusts are tackling elective recovery with powerful digital population health and waiting list tools
Dr Rang explains how using a population health management platform and waiting list dashboard, integrated with the patient-level primary care record, is enabling clinicians at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust to see more patients in a timely manner
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NewsRevealed: the trusts with the worst summer A&E handover delays
Patients stuck in ambulances queuing outside A&Es have waited an average of over two hours at two trusts this summer, data published for the first time reveals.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Summer feels winter’s chill
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalTrust too ‘compassionate’ to effectively run services in-house
A trust’s “compassionate environment” would prevent it effectively managing its facilities management department, an internal report recommending the outsourcing of the service has claimed.
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NewsAI data-sharing deal ‘breaks national guidance’
An agreement to share patient data struck between a specialist trust and a start-up company does not comply with NHS England guidance, HSJ has discovered.
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CommentShop assistant appointed trust CEO and other 'alternative' news stories
Imagine what the news might have been like. Now you don’t have to, writes Julian Patterson
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Handover hold-ups, recruitment reprimand and spending surprise
Your essential update on health for the week.
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LeaderAre site chief executives a good idea?
The number of hospital groups is increasing rapidly as HSJ’s analysis earlier this year showed. Their growth has brought about the arrival of a new breed of NHS leader – the site chief executive or managing director who reports to a group chief executive.
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NewsTargets ‘too constrictive’ as health expectancy gap widens
System leaders have warned that too many nationally set targets focusing on acute trusts are “constricting” efforts to tackle widening gaps in healthy life expectancy.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: What the death of 400 squirrels can teach the NHS about accountability
Blaming people for problems without giving them the power to fix them creates a significant gap in meaningful accountability, writes Steve Black
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NewsDispute between trust directors triggers NHSE enforcement action
NHS England has taken formal enforcement action against a trust after expressing “significant concerns” over a “deterioration” in how its board operates.
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NewsPrimary care excluded from drug deal because GPs and commissioners cannot be trusted
Primary care will continue to be denied access to drugs whose price has been reduced as part of a deal between government and the pharmaceutical industry because “commissioners, doctors and pharmacists” cannot be trusted with confidential information about costs, according to an NHS England letter.
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HSJ LocalFormer trust CEO reverses retirement after four months
An acute trust chief executive who retired in the spring has returned to the NHS in a senior interim role.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Disputes and deteriorations
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsOnly the ‘super wealthy’ can afford to be NHS chairs
Chair and non-executive director roles are becoming harder to fill due to inadequate pay and “onerous” time commitments, research by HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS enhance value in primary care prescribing?
An HSJ roundtable, in association with Spirit Health, discussed the challenges and strategies for optimising prescribing practices, improving cost management, and fostering better collaboration within integrated care systems
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NewsCEO and chair resign from community services provider
The chief executive and chair of a large community services provider in the south west have both resigned.
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CommentShould the NHS quit X?
Racism still poses a complex and contentious challenge that is not being fully addressed. Creating more representative leadership and addressing the service’s involvement with problematic social media platforms are just two of the ways the service can help tackle the problem writes Edna Boampong
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Tony Blair’s digital health record proposal
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 correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.