All Health Service Journal articles in May 2019 – Page 7
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HSJ Local
First joint chief executive for CCG and trust
A trust and clinical commissioning group today launched a plan to appoint a joint chief executive across both organisations.
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News
Senior A&E medics 'ashamed' of trust execs
Consultants have written to a teaching trust’s directors and taken to social media to raise concerns about its struggling emergency services, which have been among the worst performing in England against the four-hour target.
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Comment
Lack of consistent evaluation lets down case for public health interventions
There is a need to improve evaluation of preventive investments, both to inform decision-making and increase transparency. By Dr Eleanor Roy
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News
Safety watchdog criticises poor hospital stroke care
Tens of thousands of NHS stroke patients could be at risk of suffering fatal blood clots while recovering in hospital because of failures to assess their risk and act on care plans, the NHS has been warned.
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Expert Briefing
The CCGs with the most procurement challenges revealed
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black. This week by correspondent Nick Carding.
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HSJ Local
Trust with two legionella cases gets funds for water safety
A teaching trust had to appeal to NHS Improvement for funding to ensure the safety of its “fragile” water system after two patients contracted legionella, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Partners
Introducing digital care pathways for people with chronic conditions: watch the video
Ben Wilson, product specialist lead, Orion Health talks about how digitising pathways can improve care for people with chronic conditions, areas that have successfully introduced them and what leaders need to do to implement them
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HSJ Local
Free staff car-park part of trust's recruitment plan
An acute trust has started rolling a out a three-year programme designed to boost staff well-being and aid recruitment.
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Comment
Service users are best placed to design improvements
Emma Tiffin and Lois Sidney explain a new initiative in Cambridge and Peterborough that puts patients in the driving seat to improve mental health services
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Comment
The Bedpan: 'It’s about decency and what your readers want'
This week: Matt Tee, chief executive of the Independent Press Standards Organisation
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Comment
Success on one-year waits, but waiting list grows to record-breaking size
The English NHS achieved its important ambition to halve the number of one-year waiters during 2018-19. However, the underlying waiting list continued to grow, reaching record levels and frustrating the other main ambition for elective waits. By Rob Findlay
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Treasury tales, six-hour target and swapping Matthews
Your essential update on health for the week.
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HSJ Local
System hosting GP at Hand must find £100m savings
The North West London healthcare economy must cut costs by “about £100m” as demand pressures grow, according to its finance director.
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HSJ Local
Trusts use apprenticeship levy to retain student nurses
Nursing students will have their course fees paid for government funding in exchange for committing to work for two remote NHS trusts.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance shortage linked to death of patient after eight-hour delay
A patient died after waiting over eight hours while the East Midlands Ambulace Service struggled with a severe shortage of response vehicles.
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News
Daily Insight: Coroner's warning
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Awards
A dementia assessment app enabling rapid diagnosis
NeuroCoRe’s ACEmobile Dementia Assessment App supports non-specialist staff to reliably assess cognitive impairment and won the 2018 HSJ Awards for Using Technology to Improve Efficiency. Emma Dent reports
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News
A&E and cancer performance hit record lows
The English NHS produced a record low performance against key treatment targets in April, official statistics have today revealed.