All Health Service Journal articles in February 2019 – Page 5
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HSJ InteractiveHarnessing teledermatology to improve cancer care in Leeds
Underpinned by a cross sector collaboration, a teledermatology service for patients with suspicious skin lesions is already showing demonstrable benefits for the wider system, writes Claire Read
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NewsNHS staff should be offered post-trauma support - HEE
NHS organisations must give employees access to post-incident support or post-trauma counselling, a report into the mental health of staff has found.
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NewsHigher safety hurdle needed for health apps – Hancock
Regulators need to demand more evidence that health apps are safe for use in the NHS, the health and social care secretary has said
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NewsTrust chair to leave after MPs' concerns
The chair of a West Midlands trust is set to leave following concerns from four local MPs around the extension of her tenure.
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NewsExclusive: DHSC creates Brexit 'logistics hub' in Belgium
The Department of Health and Social Care has set up a “logistics hub” in Belgium and plans to manage its own dedicated shipping route from mainland Europe to the UK for vital medical products, as part of no-deal preparations, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSome cancer treatment may be delayed post-Brexit
NHS trusts will have “no choice but to prioritise” which patients receive cancer treatment if a no-deal Brexit delays the import of radioisotopes, the Royal College of Radiologists has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Rearranging the chairs
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsHancock promises industry ‘open door’ at NHSX
The health secretary’s new digital unit, NHSX, will have an “open door policy” with industry, and be tasked with working more closely with tech companies to improve NHS IT.
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NewsDaily Insight: Experience Hancock
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ InteractiveNot registering the right support to transform care
Laura Paton explores why a substantial number of people with learning disabilities or autism continue to be inappropriately admitted to assessment and treatment units rather than living with support in the community.
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HSJ LocalTrust issued 'appalling' legal threat to 'suicidal' employee
An NHS trust threatened a staff member with legal action after he reported feeling suicidal, court documents reveal.
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NewsTrust spot purchasing beds after ending deal with 'inadequate' home
An NHS trust has been forced to spot purchase beds after it pulled out of a contract with a care home ahead of criticism from the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCQC calls on public to speak up about care
The Care Quality Commission is calling on the public to speak up about their experiences of care in the NHS, after new research showed millions of patients who had concerns never raised them.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The battle for capital
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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News'Creative accounting' behind £600m DHSC bailout, says MP
The in-year bailout for the Department of Health and Social Care is partly a result of the “creative accounting” which has masked the real financial position, says the chair of the Commons public accounts committee.
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NewsDaily Insight: The dam holding back the flood
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ InteractiveRegional Talent Boards: Balancing a national approach to talent with regional priorities
Martin Hancock discusses how Regional Talent Boards came about and the core principles that underpin them
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CommentCowper’s Cut:Tesco, Disneyfication and avoiding the real problems
Instead of stating the real problems facing the NHS, two leading figures are Disneyfying the problems and missing the point, rues Andy Cowper
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NewsNew CNO: We must grow undergraduate nursing supply
The workforce implementation plan must lead to an increase in the undergraduate supply of nurses while retaining current NHS staff, England’s chief nursing officer has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust in land sale deal with city university
A foundation trust has sold one of its former hospital sites to the local university, which plans to use it for a centre of research into elderly care, along with housing and business units.