All Health Service Journal articles in July 2018 – Page 11
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HSJ Local
Managers ‘consumed by operational issues’ as trust remains in special measures
Executives at an NHS trust have told the Care Quality Commission they are ”consumed by operational issues” with the regulator recommeding it remain in special measures.
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HSJ Local
CCG chief quits after three months in dual post
A council executive who recently took over the leadership of a Greater Manchester clinical commissioning group has resigned with immediate effect.
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HSJ Local
Health worker arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies
A healthcare worker has been arrested by police today on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another six at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
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News
Behan calls for funding reform and social care deal
CQC calls for population based funding approaches to help deliver integrated care Behan says politicians should be brave and deliver a new funding settlement for social care He warns local and national organisations to set aside “competitive rivalries” to deliver change Report finds spend on prevention and early intervention ...
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News
Stevens outlines new funding commitments to MPs
Funding from the NHS’s new settlement will be “earmarked” for cancer programmes including prostate, lung and colorectal cancer, the NHS England chief executive told MPs today.
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News
150,000 NHS patients' records shared against their wishes
Tens of thousands of NHS patients have had their confidential health records shared for years against their wishes, after a major IT supplier failed to register their preferences.
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News
'CQUIN should be scrapped or overhauled', say local leaders
A national payment system which rewards improvements in clinical quality and transformation should be scrapped or radically overhauled, local leaders have argued.
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Comment
In the debate over AI access to patients, the consumer’s voice is critical
Access and appropriate use of healthcare could be improved and people could have more control of their health with the use of artificial intelligence, writes Halima Khan
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Mandatory guidance
Empowering patients and offering greater choice are good things – they are just not free good things, writes Andy Cowper
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News
Number of breast screening error deaths revised down
The number of women whose lives may have been shortened by an error in the national breast screening programme has been revised down to less than 75, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told Parliament.