All Health Service Journal articles in December 2018 – Page 6
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News
Ex-Barking chief moves to troubled Midlands trust
A chief executive who left a London hospital trust amid financial failure will take the helm of one of the West Midlands’ most troubled trusts.
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HSJ Interactive
Leadership Q&A: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust
Mark Brassington, chief operating officer at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, explains how a number of roles, including divisional managing director, will help the organisation meet its ambitious plan of transformation
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News
Daily Insight: Meet the new bosses
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
The new NHS England and NHS Improvement top team revealed
The man responsible for managing Britain’s nuclear deterrent has been handed the job of overseeing the NHS’s finances as part of a welter of appointments to the new joint executive team for NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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Seven regional directors named by NHSE and Improvement
The joint directors of the new NHS England and Improvement regional teams have been confirmed by the system managers. They include three former hospital chief executives and an ex-Department of Health director general.
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Minister seeks assurance from Google over NHS patient data
The government has sought a “full explanation” for why an app developed using NHS patient data has been transferred to tech giant Google, where it will receive less independent oversight.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Hundreds of staff set to switch trusts
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HSJ Local
Former PCT chief leaves aspiring ICS area earlier than planned
The interim leader of a health economy hoping to secure “integrated care system” status has left her position earlier than planned, after the parties agreed they had reached a “natural point” for “early conclusion of the contract”.
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Exclusive: Major incident as hospital waste collections halted
More than 20 NHS trusts must store clinical waste, including human remains, at their premises for up to a fortnight after their scandal-hit contractor stopped collecting waste last week, prompting a major incident.
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HSJ Local
Chief targets 2023 to open region's first children’s hospital
A region’s first specialist children’s hospital – combining physical and mental health services – may be opened in 2023 now the government has approved up to £100m for the long-planned project, the lead chief executive has told HSJ.
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Daily Insight: We're gonna need a bigger storage cupboard
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Taking back control of the NHS? Ahem
Seeking the legislative power to direct foundation trusts, both NHS Improvement and England want to move back to more centralisation and control, notes Andy Cowper
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Most CCGs failing to provide learning disability crisis support
New data suggests more than half of local commissioning areas are still failing to offer crisis services to patients with autism and learning disabilities, despite NHS England making this mandatory from 2019.
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HSJ Interactive
Hancock debates digital’s role in primary care in an HSJ and Care UK roundtable
An HSJ and Care UK roundtable discusses some of the possibilities of greater use of digital technology in primary care
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Comment
The Bedpan: The Army takes values more seriously than the NHS
This week: Johnny Mercer MP for Plymouth Moor View
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HSJ Local
Special measures hospital buddied with turnaround trust
A foundation trust which has dramatically improved care quality in recent years has been buddied with a troubled organisation 80 miles away.
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Comment
The changing landscape of veteran healthcare
The last 15 years have seen increased survivability of military casualties but veterans and healthcare professionals are sometimes unsure what support is available to them. Shehan Hettiaratchy offers some clarity
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News
Revealed: The winners from £1bn government capital fund
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed the trusts and partnerships which will receive capital funding worth around £900m for building developments.
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News
Daily Insight: We’re gonna need a bigger broom
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: MHA reviewed, redundancy packages investigated and the NHSmail mishap
Your essential update on health for the week.