All Health Service Journal articles in December 2019 – Page 3
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News
Major teaching trust lifted out of special measures
The Care Quality Commission has recommended a major teaching hospital trust, which once faced losing its heart surgery service following significant discord among its staff, be taken out of special measures.
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News
Government announces partial U-turn on student nurse funding
All nursing students will receive a cost of living grant of at least £5,000 with up to £3,000 extra available for regions or specialisms “struggling to recruit”, the government has announced.
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News
Babylon Birmingham expansion approved but Manchester plans blocked
Babylon GP at Hand was given the green light today to expand in Birmingham after a cap on the number of patients who can register to the service was lifted.
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HSJ Local
Guy’s and King’s FTs move to ‘one voice’
Two high-profile teaching hospital trusts with a joint turnover of more than £2bn are forming a committee-in-common, to oversee “closer collaboration and strategic alignment”.
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HSJ Local
Growing waits at major teaching trust worry commissioners
The number of patients waiting more than a year for elective treatment at a major London teaching hospital has ballooned over the past 12 months.
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Comment
‘Cash for scrutiny’ is new government’s deal for the NHS
The new Conservative government under Boris Johnson will put the NHS under greater scrutiny, as they provide more cash, says its former adviser Richard Sloggett.
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HSJ Interactive
HSJ Webinar: Will AI finally help the NHS turn data into insight?
An HSJ webinar, held in association with BJSS, brought together a small panel of experts to discuss the future of artificial intelligence in healthcare
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News
Daily Insight: A familiar tale
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Revealed: ‘Bullying and disclosure of personal information’ accusations at trust’s commercial arm
A teaching hospital’s commercial arm has seen multiple allegations of bullying, unprofessional behaviour, improper hiring practice and the “disclosure of personal information” by staff, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Trust blasted for ignoring coroner’s warnings on ‘unnecessary’ transfers
A coroner has criticised a hospital trust for “effectively ignoring” its own policies on transferring patients between hospitals, despite assuring her the issue would be addressed after earlier deaths.
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News
NHSX projects team sheds five members in one month
Work on major digital transformation projects, including within urgent and emergency care, will continue “where appropriate” — despite five members of the team leaving within one month, NHSX has confirmed.
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News
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Exodus at NHSX, forecasts get rethought and the Queen speaks
Your essential update on health for the week.
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News
Mackey: Staff care about workload and belonging, not systems
The former NHS Improvement chief executive has said he cannot explain system working to staff as they “don’t care” and are more concerned about whether they have “enough colleagues to get through the workload of the day”.
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Trust apologises over handling of sexual harassment complaint
A trust has taken “disciplinary action” and its chief executive has apologised over the handling of a sexual harassment complaint by one of its nurses, it has admitted.
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News
Daily Insight: What does the election result mean for the NHS?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Podcast
HSJ Health Check: What a large Conservative majority means for the NHS
Listen to the HSJ Health Check podcast — the general election is over, and we give our early analysis of what the Conservative government with a large majority could mean for the NHS.
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News
Trust facing bullying probe appoints permanent chief
The interim chief executive at an ambulance trust which is facing bullying allegations is to stay on in the permanent position.
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News
All major trusts miss four-hour target as performance plunges across NHS
Not one of the NHS’ major hospital trusts hit the four-hour 95 per cent standard in November as performance across core metrics plummeted to new lows in the face of record demand.
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HSJ Local
Troubled acute trust appoints another interim CEO
A troubled north London trust has appointed another interim chief executive before it forms a new provider group with a neighbouring trust.