All Health Service Journal articles in February 2022 – Page 3
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Comment
Establishing proportionate accountability for integrated care systems
Partnership with local authorities and meaningful engagement with people and communities are the best way of ICSs earning a mandate to push back. By Chris Ham
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HSJ Partners
Is the future of connected medication management shaped by digital transformation?
Being able to fully leverage data has the potential to revolutionise how care is delivered, writes Javier Gonzalez Durio
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News
CQC should not ‘sit in an ivory tower’ when rating ICSs, says preferred chair
The Care Quality Commission should not ‘sit in an ivory tower and dream up what it thinks good looks like’ when it starts rating integrated care systems, the proposed new chair for the regulator has told ministers.
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News
NHS not ‘human’ enough to get greater role in social care, says government review
The NHS should not be given greater control of social care because it is ‘hierarchical, centralised and not person-centred’, according to a government-commissioned review which is repeatedly scathing about the health service.
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HSJ Local
Long-challenged trust lifted out of special measures
A Norfolk district general hospital long viewed as among the NHS’ most challenged trusts is set to be removed from the recovery support scheme, formerly special measures, after making ‘fantastic improvements’, inspectors have announced.
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Comment
How I led the turnaround of a special measures trust
Caroline Shaw shares her thoughts on why turning round a special measures hospital has been the hardest but most rewarding role of her career to date and why she’s adamant the NHS should put our brightest and best CEOs in challenged hospitals.
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News
Daily Insight: Flexible contracts are a stretch too far
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
DHSC rebukes NHS staff for misusing procurement system
The government has rebuked NHS staff for misusing its e-procurement system Atamis to ‘test supplier experience’.
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Comment
The secret weapon that could help win the PM’s war on cancer
Andrew M Wardley says there is one intervention that can both help catch cancer earlier and reduce health inequalities in cancer care: expanding outreach cancer services
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News
Government reveals details of plans to scale back NHS competition
The government has set out its plans to scale back competition rules for healthcare contracts, after adopting proposals put forward by NHS England.
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News
Rapid rise in ‘high risk’ estates bill revealed
The bill for fixing NHS buildings to avoid serious injuries to patients and major disruption to clinical services is rising at a rapid rate in mental healthcare, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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News
Trust drops £310m ‘centre of excellence’ construction deal
A trust has scrapped a plan to build eight operating theatres in partnership with a devices supplier, part of a deal worth up to £310m, because of the ‘impact of covid’.
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News
Daily Insight: More than just money
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
One in five CQC staff concerned about overhaul of inspection regime
Hundreds of staff at the Care Quality Commission have concerns about its ‘strategic direction’ and the organisation’s ability to implement changes to its inspection regime.
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Comment
Patients are being excluded from shaping the cancer recovery
The barriers and challenges in cancer care need to be explored locally, regionally, and nationally – and dismantled, writes Laura Fulcher
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Expert Briefing
The Primer: Back to the noughties
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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HSJ Local
ICS leader appointed trust chief executive
A west Yorkshire trust has appointed a new chief executive from a nearby integrated care system.
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News
‘Compassionate’ CEO sought for agency accused of bullying, racism and sexism
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch is searching for a new chief executive who ‘suspends ego to influence, engage and motivate’ and can create ‘trust and loyalty’.
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Daily Insight
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Career path pioneers, A&E diverts and out of area concerns
Your essential update on health for the week.