All NHS Improvement articles – Page 49
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Expert BriefingSparks fly over long waits in A&E
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsExclusive: Moves to end A&E breaches for mental health patients
Acute trusts are expected to be told they cannot keep mental health patients who are waiting for a bed or assessment within their accident and emergency department, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalLarge housing development to get 'integrated care provider'
An “integrated care provider” of a range of services including core general practice is due to be established in a major new housing development.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What will NHS legislation unleash?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsNHSE regional director shifts to trust
NHS England’s medical director for the West Midlands has left to take up a role at a hospital trust.
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HSJ AwardsCreating a supportive staff culture
Ensuring staff had multiple ways of making their voices heard transformed staff morale and engagement at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, and saw them win the 2018 HSJ Award for Creating a Supportive Staff Culture
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NewsGovernment misses NHS instructions deadline for first time
The government has failed to publish its requirements of the NHS by the deadline set in law for the first time.
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HSJ Local'Watered down' Devo Manc gets regional line manager
The leader of Greater Manchester’s health and care devolution project will report to the regulators’ new regional director for the North West, in what some see as another dilution of the region’s relative autonomy.
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NewsTrust picks 'NHS option' for pathology network
A hospital trust has chosen an “NHS option” for its pathology work in the shape of a large provider outside its local area.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: In all but name
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsExclusive: Government drops key safe staffing measure
Publication of nurse staffing levels at each hospital in England – introduced after the Francis Inquiry to boost safety – has been quietly dropped, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalFT suffers £27m hit from rail delays and Brexit
A specialist trust which has been a major beneficiary of the current financial regime is at risk of missing its “control total” by £27m, after an expected accounting adjustment was scuppered by delays to a rail project and Brexit uncertainties.
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Ex-Barking director appointed to regulators' regional team
NHS England and NHS Improvement have appointed a substantive finance director for one of their new regional directorates, while an interim appointment has been made in another.
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Expert BriefingUncertain future for £1bn saving scheme
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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HSJ LocalTop trust stops reporting waiting list data
A leading London hospital trust has stopped reporting its elective waiting list data, citing issues with accuracy.
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News'Contaminated' A&E data 'minimal' problem, says NHSE stats chief
NHS England’s data chief has told regulators he is “confident” any impact on the accuracy of the system’s accident and emergency data of increasing zero day admissions would be “very minimal”.
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CommentWaiting list grows 7.3 per cent
The English waiting list is still growing, and the admission rate still faltering, despite the promises and plans, notes Rob Findlay
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CommentTelling the truth about NHS finances
In response to Andy Cowper’s recent column, Dr Eleanor Roy says that CIPFA has no direct role in finance and accounting standard setting in the health service
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NewsTrusts get land sale benefit days before ban
Two hospitals have significantly boosted their headline financial performance by completing a £43m land sale just days before new regulations would have prevented this.
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CommentJob planning is vital – without it, there is no team
If job planning is done well, the prize is a real team that works measurably smarter, making cost effective use of resources from programmed activities, to CT scans, beds and more. By Nadeem Moghal