All Health Service Journal articles in June 2018 – Page 5
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Jam today and jam tomorrow
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: New money, workforce plans and HSIB's first report
Your essential update on health for the week
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News
Full coverage: New funding deal and long term plan for the NHS
Read HSJ’s comprehensive coverage and analysis this week of the five year funding deal for NHS England and the government’s long term plan for the NHS.
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News
Bed shortages causing dangerous surgery delays, report finds
Just one third of providers for a specialist surgery are meeting waiting times standards and one in 10 patients don’t receive timely emergency surgery, a new report shows.
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News
NHS trusts overturn council's £100m Virgin Care contract
A High Court judge has overturned a local authority’s contract with Virgin Care for public health services after a successful legal challenge by two NHS trusts.
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News
Exclusive: Stroke patient who died waited 19 hours for ambulance, leak reveals
A 91-year-old stroke patient who waited nearly 19 hours for an ambulance in the East of England was among 22 cases investigated by an external review which found no one died “as a direct consequence” of long delays, HSJ has learned.
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News
NHS warned of new WannaCry cyber scam
Multiple NHS organisations have been targeted by a scam, claiming their computers are infected by the WannaCry virus.
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News
Home Office rubber stamps EU workers' rights
EU workers employed by the NHS will be granted “settled status” after five years living in the UK under plans revealed by the government today.
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News
Exclusive: One in four STP plans failing on child mental health
Almost one in four STP regions are failing to make clear commitments to improve services for children and young people suffering poor mental health, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Whistleblower named chief executive at scandal hit hospital trust
An executive director who blew the whistle at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has been named today as the trust’s news substantive chief executive.
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News
Daily Insight: A higher calling
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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News
NHS 111 procurement halted at the last minute
Two procurements for NHS 111 in the south east have been halted – in one case, just weeks before a new operator was expected to be announced.
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News
NHS England chief finance officer leaves for Westminster Abbey
Paul Baumann, NHS England’s chief finance officer, is leaving the NHS after 11 years to become receiver general of Westminster Abbey.
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HSJ Interactive
A lesson in digital mental health – the same rules apply
Zoe Blake on the need of technology to meet the growing demand for mental health and emotional support
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Comment
Close the gaping gap between policy and people’s lived reality
What does the 10 year plan, now being worked up by the NHS, need to contain to bridge the distance between policy and the lived reality of people using services, wonders Charlotte Augst
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News
HSIB demands national implant reform in first report
A new national system of scanning prosthetic implants before they are put into patients should be created by the government, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has said.
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News
Exclusive: Ministers drawing up plans for new staff 'offer'
Ministers and NHS leaders are holding discussions to draw up a new “offer” to the NHS workforce to help boost staff retention, HSJ understands.
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News
Safety chief warns no reason not to act on first report
The head of the new Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has said there is no reason why national bodies cannot implement recommendations it has made in its first report.
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News
Trust pays overdue invoices after £25.5m loan
A hospital trust in financial special measures has improved its payment of suppliers after getting a £25.5m loan from the Department of Health and Social Care.
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News
New national cyber role revealed
A new national role has been created to lead the response to the next major cyber attack on the NHS, following criticism of a poorly coordinated response to the WannaCry virus.