All Health Service Journal articles in July 2018 – Page 7
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News
Exclusive: DHSC taken to court for 'manifest errors' over £730m contract
The Department of Health and Social Care is being taken to court over allegations of improper behaviour during the awarding of a £730m contract to deliver medical equipment to the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Trusts appoint new joint chair
The chair of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has been “prised away” from his role to lead two south coast trusts.
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News
Exclusive: Rival bidder planned 340 more staff for controversial Capita contract
A rival bidder for NHS England’s ill-fated primary care support contract had proposed having around 340 more staff than the winning bid from Capita, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
The new NHS plan should disrupt the status quo
Getting what we pay for, means finding a way to deliver with less than enough, states Mike Birtwistle
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Hancockism, plans and money
Andy Cowper discusses the arrival of a new health and social care secretary, the money, and the 10 Year Forward View.
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News
Department's spend on consultants almost triples in one year
Spending on consultants by the Department of Health and Social Care almost tripled in 2017-18 compared to the previous year, HSJ can reveal.
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News
New CCG ratings revealed
Five clinical commissioning groups have significantly improved their ratings in the new assessment framework published by NHS England.
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News
DHSC breaches key spending limit
The Department of Health and Social Care breached a key Treasury-approved spending limit in 2017-18, according to figures within its annual accounts.
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News
Daily Insight: Former minister calls for change at ambulance trust
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Hunt's exit, Hancock's entrance and a big CEO appointment
Your essential update on health for the week
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News
Senior MPs calls for leadership change at trust
Former health minister George Freeman has today joined fellow senior local MPs calling for a “change in management” at the East of England Ambulance Service Trust and said he was “shocked by the lack of real leadership” at the provider.
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News
A&E, RTT and cancer waits - June 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated.
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News
Specialist trust appoints new CEO
A new chief executive has been appointed to a specialist trust in Merseyside, after the previous postholder was found to have had a “close personal relationship” with another executive.
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News
Teaching trust offers higher rates than 'mandated' bank cap
A London teaching trust is offering higher pay than those “mandated” by the London-wide bank rates for medical locums following feedback from staff.
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Comment
One year waiters double in six months
One year waiters should be going down, instead they are soaring, warns Rob Findlay
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Leader
What Matt Hancock’s arrival means for the NHS
The new health and social care secretary is keen to make his mark quickly, and has much to get to grips with, says Alastair McLellan.
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HSJ Interactive
Taking care of people with frailty: An HSJ and Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition roundtable
A panel of experts met to discuss the issues that people with frailty face and how the NHS can help identify and better support them at a roundtable event convened by HSJ and Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition.
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HSJ Local
Coastal trust out of financial special measures
A large teaching hospital has come out of financial special measures despite ending the last financial year with a £56m deficit.
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News
Daily Insight: Health secretary sets out his stall
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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HSJ Local
Shelford Group trust appoints new chief executive
The medical director at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust has been appointed as the organisation’s new permanent chief executive, to take over from Dame Julie Moore.