All Health Service Journal articles in July 2024 – Page 4
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A quality appointment?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: 48,000 hours stuck in an ambulance
This week we discuss the ongoing harm done by long ambulance handover delays and what the new government must do to address this problem.
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CommentWait list and wait times worsened again in May
A worsening situation in the penultimate waiting times data for the outgoing Conservative government
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NewsThreefold ICS variation in GP phone access revealed
Patients trying to reach their GP are almost three times as likely to fail to get through in the worst-performing integrated care systems than the best, according to analysis of new annual figures.
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CommentHurrah! The politcians are back in control
The NHS has issued a statement expressing support for Wes Streeting as the new health and social care secretary promises to take back control, get the NHS done and lead us to the sunlit uplands. Julian Patterson has the details
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Bold moves to address the crisis and key appointments at the top
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Ministers start work and Darzi returns
Your essential update on health for the week.
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HSJ LocalICBs locked in dispute over emergency care funding
An integrated care board has accused a neighbouring ICB of demanding too much money for services provided to patients accessing care outside its boundaries.
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News‘Likely’ supplier for ‘first of its kind’ EPR revealed
An integrated care board has named Oracle Health as the “likely” supplier of an electronic patient record that will be the first to be used across acute, mental and health services.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Is bringing back PFI a necessary evil?
Steve Black believes the PFI was a flawed approach to securing capital investment for the NHS, but suggests its revival might - nevertheless - be welcome.
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LeaderDoctors’ pay: a warning from Labour’s past
In November 2002, HSJ sat opposite then prime minister Tony Blair in the cabinet room and asked him what he planned to do about consultants’ refusal to accept the new contract the government wanted to introduce.
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NewsICS leader tells Streeting ‘use us to test radical reforms’
Former Labour health and social care secretary Patricia Hewitt has urged the new government to select a group of integrated care systems as “testbeds” for radically different ways of funding and delivering health and social care.
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NewsNew chief for trust seeking hospital rebuild
A new chief executive has been announced for a trust with major plans to rebuild a hospital in the East of England.
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NewsCEO of deaths inquiry trust says ‘too much secrecy’ in past
The CEO of a trust subject to an inquiry into mental health deaths has claimed the organisation has “moved forward” from a defensive and secretive culture to being more open with patients and their families.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in May 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsCQC chief admits ‘we’ve lost your trust’ and announces more inspections
The Care Quality Commission’s new chief executive has admitted the regulator “got things wrong” during the rollout of its new inspection regime and announced an increase in the number of assessments it carries out.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Care Quality Omissions
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsConsultants sent in to tackle overspending at nine ICSs
NHS England has ordered nine integrated care systems to bring in management consultants to find ways to immediately bring down spending because of concerns over their finances, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsThree trusts to share CEO and chair
Three trusts in the South West have announced plans to appoint a joint chair and chief executive, and form a new “group model”.
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CommentI helped write the last Labour 10-year NHS plan. Here’s what I learned
Labour’s proposed 10-year plan for the NHS echoes similar reforms enacted two decades ago during the Milburn era. Chris Ham, who served as the Department of Health’s policy director during that time, stresses the need for sustained commitment, and an awareness of political dynamics and resource constraints