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News‘Lack of respect’ for children at ‘inadequate’ hospital
Staff failed to provide kind and compassionate care and did not treat children with respect at a private hospital downgraded from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’, a report by health inspectors has revealed.
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NewsRevealed: The new CCG ratings
Sixty-three clinical commissioning groups have seen their overall performance ratings change over the past year, according to NHS England’s latest assessment framework.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year
Winner Oxford Academic Health Science Network Patient Safety Collaborative and East Berkshire Clinical Commissioning Group: Reducing urinary tract infections through hydration
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NewsSignificant savings from mental and physical health integration pioneers
Providing talking therapies to patients with long term conditions saved nearly £200,000 for physical health services in one trailblazing site, data shared exclusively with HSJ shows.
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NewsSeven more CCGs approved to merge in nationwide shake-up
NHS England has approved clinical commissioning mergers in a further two areas, bringing together seven more CCGs.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How telehealth can help with home care
Telemonitoring is providing a new way of caring for long-term patients while making more efficient use of NHS resources
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How best to support patients at home to ease the burden on the NHS?
People with long-term conditions often prefer home care. Yet inadequate support means they often end up in hospital, at a cost to the NHS. Our expert panellists discussed how this problem can be addressed. By Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: The battle against COPD is psychological, not just physical
As HSJ’s roundtable heard, COPD can take a negative toll on emotions as well as bodies, says Alison Moore
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NewsGP quality: The best and worst areas in the South
Borders of Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey have the majority of worst CQC rated GP surgeries Almost a third of surgeries in South Reading require improvement or rated inadequate South East England an enclave for GP surgeries rated outstanding East Berkshire and bordering areas in Hampshire and Surrey have ...
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NewsThousands of disabled people forced to wait months for wheelchairs
Between October and December, 21 per cent of children and 15 per cent of adults waited more than 19 weeks for wheelchairs to be delivered Waiting times of nine weeks-plus for wheelchair prescription and then delivery Longest waits for those with high or specialist needs for prescriptions and delivery ...
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NewsFormer NHS manager jailed for fraud for second time
Former NHS manager Conrad de Souza jailed for 17 months after admitting six counts of fraud NHS Protect says he took “extraordinarily large risks to win back power, prestige and financial rewards” He lied about qualifications, previous convictions and his employment record when applying for jobs A former ...
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NewsNHS management fraudster convicted for second time
Conrad de Souza pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud at Croydon Crown Court yesterday He was jailed for 27 months in 2011 after lying about being a doctor at Lewisham PCT for nine years In 2013 and 2014 he applied for a number of jobs he knew he ...
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NewsHSJ Awards 2016 shortlist unveiled
We have today revealed the shortlist for the 2016 HSJ Awards.
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NewsAmbitious patient record sharing project secures IT partner
Connected Care project appoints IT integration specialists Project aims to share care records across seven CCG areas with 855,000 population Commissioners say shared record will drive “transformational” change Commissioners have brought in a specialist IT firm to integrate all the patient care record systems across Berkshire, as part ...
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NewsInvestigation: ‘Unwarranted and unfair’ disparity in elective surgery revealed
Wide variations in elective surgery rates among the most affluent and deprived areas in England raise serious questions about the use of NHS resources, a leading public health expert has warned.
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NewsPatient Safety Awards shortlist announced
We are recognising and rewarding outstanding practice within the NHS
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HSJ LocalGPs privately urged to prescribe Tamiflu despite concerns
WORKFORCE: NHS England is encouraging GPs to prescribe Tamiflu to care and nursing home patients as a preventative measure, despite concerns about its effectiveness.
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HSJ LocalCCG leaders attack ‘unjustifiable’ funding differences
FINANCE: The leaders of three Berkshire clinical commissioning groups have written to MPs to say that the level of variation in the funding of local commissioners “simply cannot be justified”.
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SupplementsValue in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in the use of Diagnostics
FinalistsChelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust - winnerGreater Manchester Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service, Care UKHealth and Social Services Department, States of JerseySalford Royal Foundation TrustUniversity Hospital of North Staffordshire TrustUniversity Hospitals of Leicester TrustWindsor, Ascot and Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group and Berkshire Healthcare Foundation TrustChelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation ...
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NewsTrust merger delayed amid financial wrangling
The planned merger of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals and Frimley Park Hospital foundation trusts has been delayed