All Health Service Journal articles in July 2018 – Page 8
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Comment
Hancock: I'll defend 'undervalued' NHS staff
New health secretary Matt Hancock, who took over the role from Jeremy Hunt this week, sets out his stall to the NHS in an exclusive editorial for HSJ.
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Comment
What the NHS can learn from the Battle of Britain
The NHS can learn from Britain’s iconic national battle but only if we understand what really happened and ignore naive popular myths, writes Stephen Black
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News
Sloman replaced as accountable officer at 'group' trust
The chief executive of a “vanguard” hospital group has been replaced as accountable officer at one of its member trusts.
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News
GIRFT announces first mental health clinical lead
The Getting It Right First Time programme has today announced four new clinical leads, including its first for the mental health sector.
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News
Patients 'pressurised' into treatment to hit cancer target
GIRFT report finds some clinicians believe patients “pressurised” into unnecessary treatment to hit target Small number of providers “demoralised” by “constant failing” at targets despite doing their best for patients Report recommends networking services Some prostate cancer patients are “pressurised into receiving treatment within 62 days” even where ...
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HSJ Local
Regulators refuse to relax scandal trust's control total
NHS Improvement has refused to relax a trust’s financial “control total” despite the local finance director arguing that “mistakes of the past” had resulted in the target being missed.
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News
Daily Insight: Virtually outstanding
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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HSJ Local
Hospital review after prison labour leads to stillbirth
A hospital is changing some of its procedures after the stillbirth of a baby whose mother was transferred from a local prison during labour.
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News
Turnaround director appointed to troubled health economy
An off-payroll turnaround director has been appointed to one of the most financially challenged health economies, as two of its clinical commissioning groups were placed under legal directions by NHS England.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: What does a new health secretary mean?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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News
NHS England tells staff groups to act on flu vaccine
NHS England is calling on the royal colleges to provide an action plan to encourage uptake of the flu vaccine among staff, after a clinical study made a direct link between vaccination and mortality rates.
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News
Virtual GP service rated outstanding
A virtual primary care service funded as part of the government’s push to extend opening hours has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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News
FT seeks to boost income from medical tourists
A specialist children’s trust has drawn up plans to attract more fee-paying patients from overseas.
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Comment
Health and housing cross sector commission can be a total game changer
Health and housing coupled together can reduce poverty, improve health and reduce demand on the NHS, states Lord Kerslake
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News
Who is Matt Hancock?
Matt Hancock will head the Department of Health and Social Care after Jeremy Hunt - the longest serving health secretary in history - was moved to the Foreign Office. But who is Matt Hancock?
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News
Young people stuck in mental health services 'void', says HSIB
The long term plan for the health service must address the “void” which leaves young people with serious mental health problems unable to access support when they turn 18, according to a new report.
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HSJ Local
Hospitals merger goes live
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust and Ipswich Hospital Trust have completed their merger to create East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust.
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News
New health secretary named as Hunt goes to foreign office
Jeremy Hunt has been named as foreign secretary, the government has announced, with Matt Hancock named as his replacement.
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News
Community trust director to lead acute hospital
The chief operating officer of a community trust has taken up her first chief executive post at a small district general hospital.