All Health Service Journal articles in November 2018 – Page 7
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HSJ Local
Nottinghamshire CCGs appoint accountable officer
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire clinical commissioning groups have appointed a single accountable officer, it has been announced.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Blueprint blues
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping policy, providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by HSJ commissioning correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Blending in with the crowd
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Comment
CQC: Prosecutions will be rare but help learning and safety
Chief executive of the Care Quality Commission Ian Trenholm explains the work the regulator is doing to explore potential prosecutions against NHS trusts and how the regulator is seeking to ensure lessons can be learned to drive systemic change.
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News
Hancock: 'Watertight' case would be needed to change waiting targets
The case for changing the core NHS performance standards would need to be “watertight”, Matt Hancock told HSJ.
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News
Shifting NHS spend away from hospitals ‘can’t wait’, says health secretary
Increasing the share of the NHS budget spent on primary and community “can’t wait” and should begin next year, health secretary Matt Hancock has told HSJ.
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News
Health secretary identifies ‘big three’ workforce shortage areas
Nurses, GPs and mental health staff are “the big three” areas where the health and social care secretary is most concerned about staff shortages, he told HSJ.
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News
Hancock interview: ‘Big private health companies’ won’t run integrated care
The health secretary has told HSJ the government is “not going to hand [integrated care contracts] to the big private healthcare companies”, and would make this clear in Parliament when it presents new NHS legislation.
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HSJ Local
Rural area faces 'major problem' this winter
Regional chiefs have identified Norfolk as a trouble spot this winter, with local ambulance handover delays described as a “major problem”, according to leaked meeting minutes obtained by HSJ.
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News
ICU to shut amid safety and workforce fears
An intensive care unit and its dependent services are being closed and relocated from Leicester General Hospital because of workforce shortages and concerns for patient safety, HSJ has learned.
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News
Trusts could be told to stockpile equipment ahead of Brexit
NHS providers could be asked to stockpile certain types of products under government plans to mitigate the UK leaving the EU without an agreed deal.
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News
Primary care merger halted after 'fierce' criticism of CCG leaders
The establishment of a new primary care organisation in Greater Manchester has been halted after an independent review heard “fierce” criticism of those leading the project.
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News
Mental health trust announces new chief executive
A large mental health trust has announced the appointment of a new chief executive.
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News
CCGs taken out of legal directions
Three clinical commissioning groups have been released from legal directions relating to the quality of their leadership after a major management shake-up.
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News
CQC is considering 31 NHS prosecutions, new chief reveals
The Care Quality Commission is actively considering more than 31 prosecutions of NHS organisations and has hired 11 ex-military and civil police officers to review evidence.
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News
Artificial intelligence to help CQC spot care failures
Artificial intelligence will help the Care Quality Commission to identify care failures and help target inspections where the risk is highest, HSJ has learned.
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News
Special measures ambulance trust chief to leave
The chief executive who has led one of England’s most challenged ambulance trusts over the last 18 months is to leave.
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News
Exclusive: Half of land proceeds go into revenue, despite reinvestment pledge
More than half of the money raised from NHS land sales last year was diverted into day to day spending budgets, despite a government commitment for the proceeds to be reinvested into new estates’ projects.
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Comment
The prevention agenda can tackle devastating diseases
The health and social care secretary’s prevention vision could, if given the backing it needs, really change the odds for people affected by heart and circulatory disease. By Simon Gillespie
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HSJ Interactive
Empowering the frontline to lead transformation
Nitin Chaturvedi and Akshay Agarwal discuss how empowering clinicians to lead transformation efforts will create an NHS fit for the future