All Health Service Journal articles in February 2019 – Page 10
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News
Two teaching hospitals outliers for surgical site infections
Two teaching hospital trusts are the main outliers for orthopaedic surgical site infections nationally, new data has revealed.
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Comment
Do not ignore the specialist contribution when rethinking CAMHS
Dr Nick Waggett discusses the bottlenecks that cause difficulties in managing demand for children and young people’s mental health services and suggests some possible solutions
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Waxing of the merger moon
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ Local
Shared chair for two of England's largest trusts
Two of England’s largest foundation trusts are to share a chair, it has been revealed.
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News
Daily Insight: A little late in the day
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
Local government should stop criticising the NHS and learn from it
‘This article was written for Local Government Chronicle’ First let me state that I am a fan of local government.
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News
Specialised services to get biggest share of NHS funding growth
Spending on specialised services is due to rise by around 5.6 per cent per year under new commissioning plans – significantly more than spend on local mental health and community services.
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News
Last minute talks save first of its kind joint venture
A last-ditch agreement has stopped a pioneering joint venture between a GP federation and an acute trust from falling apart.
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News
Hospital mergers increase death and harm, CMA study suggests
Merging hospital trusts could increase mortality rates by up to 550 per cent and cause patient harm incidents to almost triple, new analysis by the Competition and Markets Authority has suggested.
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News
Daily Insight: Imperfect competition
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Local
Teaching trust appoints chief executive after lengthy search
York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive after an extended search.
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News
New GP contract will cut income for ‘digital first’ providers
NHS England has confirmed changes to the GP contract that will reduce funding for digital provider GP at hand from April this year.
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HSJ Local
Region's health chief to step down
A sustainability and transformation partnership chief has revealed he will step down from his position once a successor is found.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: What works in networks?
The NHS long term plan says networks are going to offer solutions to many of the NHS’ problems but the NHS is a hierarchy and bureaucracy and these three are not organic bedfellows, notes Andy Cowper
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Comment
The Bedpan: The NHS doesn't exist to provide jobs for migrants
This week: Neil Anderson, director of Migration Watch
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Hoarding the headroom
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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News
New chief executive for £1bn+ trust
One of the NHS’s biggest hospital trusts has appointed a new chief executive.
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Comment
BME staff are still struggling: here's what you can do about it
Michael West, Habib Naqvi and Yvonne Coghill outline measures to implement the values of compassion and inclusion across the whole of the NHS
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: GP contract deal, A&E downgrade and tight radiology timelines
Your essential update on health for the week.
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News
Health staff could be asked to sleep at work after Brexit
NHS staff in the south east of England could be asked to sleep at their workplace if travel is disrupted because of Brexit, under plans being drawn up by one trust.