All Health Service Journal articles in March 2019 – Page 3
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Comment
Values-based leaders come out on top
Many in HSJ’s top 50 chief executives list were operating in the most complex of environments and achieving remarkable results, writes Dr Alex Till
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News
New report stresses link between nurses and safety
A new review of safe staffing evidence has warned increasing the proportion of healthcare assistants on wards can raise the risk of poor care.
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News
Coroner report sparks concern over lack of ADHD services
Experts have warned commissioners are being “short-sighted” in their lack of support for adults with ADHD, with many areas failing to provide a diagnosis service.
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News
CCGs under strain again from generic drug prices
The number of generic drugs being sold above national tariff rose to its highest rate in over two years at the start of 2019, despite national efforts to cut this number.
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News
Special measures trust appoints new chief
Inadequate-rated Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of Antek Lejk earlier this month.
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HSJ Interactive
Tensions and expectations: what’s our real ask of trust chief executives?
In light of an evaluation of the NHS Leadership Academy’s Aspiring Chief Executive programme, it would seem timely to consider what we expect of our NHS chief executives, and the demands we place upon them. Stephen Hart has more.
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News
Trust promotes medical director to CEO
The medical director at The Countess of Chester Hospital Trust has been appointed as chief executive.
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News
Daily Insight: Triumph of quiet achievers
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Exclusive: Five ICS agree £12m deal for country's biggest regional patient record
Five integrated care systems have agreed to fund what will become the biggest electronic regional record in the country so far, covering 3.8m people.
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News
Blunkett wades in on CCG bullying row
David Blunkett has voiced concerns that a clinical commissioning group at the centre of a bullying row has an existing director leading its improvement plan, telling HSJ this “is not a matter of internal process”.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Workforcing the issue
Andy Cowper on workforce as the biggest issue facing the NHS currently
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Comment
Dillon: We should have thought harder on safe staffing
This week: Sir Andrew Dillon, chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Back office goes in-house, target practice and merger blues
Your essential update on health for the week.
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News
Clare Gerada's health service for doctors rated 'outstanding'
A health service that supports doctors and dentists with mental health problems, founded by prominent GP Clare Gerada, has received an “outstanding” rating from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Francis admits fit and proper person test has failed
The Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry chair has said he believes it is time for a professional regulator to oversee senior NHS managers after admitting his fit and proper person test was “not fit for purpose”.
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Comment
The NHS must focus on becoming a better employer
Anita Charlesworth, Candace Imison and Richard Murray look in detail at solutions across the different policy levers for workforce, including training, pay, staff retention and skill mix
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Comment
Devolution of workforce shows an NHS that’s learning, not one that’s run out of ideas
Devolution is inherently a place-based issue and isn’t just about workforce, writes Michael Wood
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News
Revealed: National plan to share 'rich detail of clinical encounters'
The NHS is planning to collect unprecedented “granular” details about patients’ care nationwide and make that information available to researchers, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Waiting list plans could see 250k patients referred to private care
An estimated extra quarter of a million patients a year could be referred to the private sector under new waiting list rules, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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News
'Insufficient progress' made on cutting waiting list, says NAO
The NHS has made “insufficient progress” on cutting its elective waiting list, according to the government’s spending watchdog.