All Children's services articles – Page 29
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HSJ LocalBoy 'should have received high dependency care', inquest hears
A four-year-old boy who died following major heart surgery on a controversial hospital ward should have been receiving high-dependency care when he suffered a cardiac arrest, an inquest heard on Wednesday.
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HSJ Local
Alder Hey safety concerns raised
An internal review at a leading children’s hospital has found significant safety concerns in its theatre departments.
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HSJ KnowledgeAchieve equity in access to sickle cell services
Allocating resources to thalassaemia service provision
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Blogs
Halloween is over, so stop the witch hunt
Calls to introduce laws for prosecuting people for failing to report abuses misses the point – people in positions of authority are not being held accountable for cover-ups.
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HSJ KnowledgeInside Bath’s new neonatal unit
Analysis of how the Dyson Centre compares with its predecessor
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HSJ KnowledgeCaldicott review: Put integrated care into action
The rewards and downsides of data sharing in the NHS
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NewsCouncils fear they will be denied infant public health responsibility
Council chief executives fear they will be prevented from taking responsibility for infant public health amid Whitehall concern they would not implement a flagship coalition pledge to boost health visitor numbers by 4,200.
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HSJ Local
Sussex health visitors seek UNICEF kite mark
PERFORMANCE: The infant feeding service in West Sussex has launched a programme to achieve UNICEF baby friendly accreditation.
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NewsHunt prioritises frail older people’s care
Jeremy Hunt has said he will prioritise improvements in the care of frail older people over the next year, prompting the head of one royal college to express concerns that start-of-life care is being neglected.
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CommentPatient feedback is essential to the NHS's future
The friends and family test is helping to drive local improvements
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NewsOne in five councils allocates no child obesity cash, official figures show
Almost a fifth of top-tier councils appear not to have earmarked any funding for tackling child obesity this year, according to official figures.
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HSJ KnowledgeFighting fit: taking on the UK's obesity crisis
Rotheram’s framework has successfully reduced obesity
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HSJ Local
East Sussex children’s iPad project awarded lottery boost
FINANCE: A project working with children with emotional and behavioural issues has been awarded over £8,000 from the Big Lottery Fund, East Sussex Healthcare Trust has announced.
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CommentKim Holt: Daniel Pelka's story is a sadly familiar one
Lessons have not been learnt since the death of Peter Connelly
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HSJ KnowledgeBoys to men: smoothing the mental health transition
Eighteen is an uncertain time for young people in mental health services
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HSJ Local
Virgin's Devon contract under scrutiny
COMMERCIAL: Virgin is being monitored closely in its provision of integrated children’s services in Devon due to poor performance in a number of areas, governing body papers reveal.
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NewsCollege urges paediatric reconfiguration
Health services for children must be radically changed or young patients could face serious safety risks, leading doctors have said.
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HSJ Local
Shake-up of Sussex short breaks service
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in West Sussex are consulting about the future of NHS-funded short break services for children and young people with complex health needs and disabilities.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall trusts work together on children's services
STRUCTURE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust have agreed a series of measures to integrate community and acute children’s services.