All Health Service Journal articles in January 2019
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NewsNHS England appoints director to roll out ICS
NHS England has appointed a replacement for Michael Macdonnell, its previous director of transforming health systems, with responsibility for developing integrated care systems.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Selling patient data
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Can NHSX unpick the digital quango tangle?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: How many flowers should bloom?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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NewsTrusts subject to new reporting regime as Brexit looms
A national “operational response centre” has gone live to deal with any fallout from a no-deal Brexit, while local NHS providers will be subject to new data collections to monitor their preparations.
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NewsNHS threatened with Spanish nurse exodus
NHS trusts are at greater risk of losing Spanish nursing staff over other nationalities under a no-deal Brexit, due to a little-known regulatory problem, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsSurgery row costs trust £11m
Dispute and concerns over care quality at a teaching hospital’s surgical unit have cost it £11m, its finance director has revealed.
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HSJ LocalEx-CQC boss appointed as trust chair
A former Care Quality Commission boss has been appointed as chair of Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalChildren at risk of harm at general hospital, warns CQC
Children being cared for at a district general hospital’s emergency department are at risk of harm, the Care Quality Commission has found, shortly after raising similar concerns late last year.
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News'Trailblazing' community service shuts under financial strain
A midwifery service in east London praised as “pioneering” and “trailblazing” has been closed, after mounting financial pressure forced its provider to stop trading.
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News'Disappointed' CQC forced to drop system inspections
The Care Quality Commission has been forced to abandon its local system review programme after the Department of Health and Social Care ignored a request for approval to continue.
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NewsNHS England to go on Brexit 'tour' of trusts
NHS England will conduct a “rolling tour” of NHS providers to ensure everyone is “geared up” for a possible no-deal Brexit.
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CommentOverseas recruitment to fill 'NHS rota gaps' is unsustainable
Ged Byrne responds to Nadeem Moghal’s argument that Health Education England’s “earn, learn and return” strategy is a sign of desperation
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NewsPaediatric shortages pose ‘significant risk’ to children, college warns
Unfilled paediatric training posts pose a “significant risk” to children, young people, and their families, a royal college has warned.
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HSJ LocalTrust losing third of income rules out legal challenge
A trust set to lose nearly a third of its income after missing out on a major service contract has ruled out a legal challenge.
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NewsTrust warns of 'increased pharmacy burglary risk' in no-deal Brexit
Hospitals have warned that a no deal Brexit could put their pharmacies at increased risk of burglary, as concerns about drug shortages mount.
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CommentLeaders cannot claim to be compassionate if they’re not inclusive
Tracie Jolliff on how it is time for a new conversation about inclusion in the NHS
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NewsDaily Insight: What's the big (contract) deal?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentLittle evidence that integrated care initiatives deliver
Theo Georghiou on how many evaluations find very little sign that integrated and community care initiatives produce reductions in costs or emergency admissions to hospital
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NewsMajor GP contract reform revealed
The number of non-GP care staff in general practice will grow by 20,000 under a new five-year contract deal, NHS England and the British Medical Association have said, probably outnumbering the GP workforce for the first time.