All Health Service Journal articles in February 2018 – Page 3
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NHS must honour new single patient opt-out from May
Every NHS patient in England will be given the option to opt-out of sharing their health records for research or planning from May, coinciding with new European privacy rules.
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CCG lead and GP join NHS England as primary care directors
NHS England has appointed a former clinical commissioning group leader as its deputy director of primary care.
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CQC condemns 'alarming trend' of long stays in 'locked rehab'
The care watchdog has called on government and national officials to draw up a plan to address the “alarming trend” of patients being locked in rehabilitation units miles from home.
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Controversial ‘CareBnB’ firm returns to launch new trial
The company developing a controversial “Airbnb for social care” model allowing homeowners to rent spare rooms to recuperating hospital patients is bidding to launch a new trial in Cambridge.
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The back story of the former bagel mogul behind ‘Care BnB’
The CareRooms concept occurred to me after spending the last 25 years in healthcare and being a long term carer for my father, who died in 2016. But I started off selling bagels. By CareRooms chief executive Paul Gaudin
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Virgin agrees contract extension in Surrey
Virgin Care is to continue providing adult community services in one corner of Surrey after winning a contract extension.
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Trust criticised after five falls deaths in frailty unit
An acute trust has been heavily criticised by a coroner after five patients died following falls in the same frailty unit within four months.
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Acute-led community services deal brings 'great potential for integration'
A clinical commissioning group has welcomed the “really good potential for integrated care” after a partnership led by its local hospital trust was the only bidder for its community health services contract.
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NHS accused of inflating bank rates under pressure from regulator
Agencies accuse trusts of upping rates paid to bank workers to reduce agency spend Recruitment and Employment Confederation says move may be “anticompetitive” News comes as NHS Improvement data shows £400m year on year bank spend increase, and predicts £843m overspend in 2017-18 Agencies supplying temporary staff to ...
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Medicines rules for nursing associates ‘not sufficient’
The Royal College of Nurses has branded guidance published by Health Education England for the administration of medicines by nursing associates as “not sufficient”.
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Birmingham trusts plan new partnership to fix CAMHS
Child mental health services in Birmingham and Solihull are set to be redesigned for the second time in two years, in another bid to remove unnecessary fragmentation in the system.
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In full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.
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Comment
Increasing productivity and maximising capacity is essential
Four Eyes Insight helps NHS trusts improve operational productivity. In the first of two articles, the company’s founders explain their experience of the productivity opportunity and the clinical perspective they bring to it.
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Maintaining the statutory duty of candour
Samantha Cox on the need for systems and procedures that promote openness and transparency
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NHSI pathology proposals agreed by less than half of trusts
Less than half of areas have so far fully agreed to NHS Improvement’s plans to set up a regional pathology network, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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Struggling trust’s deficit could reach £144m
A struggling West Midlands trust has warned its deficit could reach £144m, which is more than double its official forecast.
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Daily Insight: Chair departs seriously troubled trust
HSJ’s round up of the day’s must read stories and debate
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Hospital chair resigns after serious problems exposed
The chair of an embattled NHS trust has resigned after a series of governance and cultural problems were exposed at the organisation.
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BME staff confidence benefits patient experience, officials told
Patients are more likely to have a good experience if a trust’s black and minority ethnic staff feel secure in raising concerns, according to the academic who led an NHS England study.