All Health Service Journal articles in October 2018 – Page 8
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News
Labour calls on minister to 'correct record' over waste incineration capacity
Labour has called on the government to explain why it “apparently contradicted” NHS and Environment Agency officials’ concerns over the capacity of incinerators to burn clinical waste.
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Daily Insight: Calling for tech support
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
Making the invisible, visible
Tara Donnelly recounts her experience of judging the 2018 HSJ Awards
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Whistleblower who changed the law drops employment tribunal case
A doctor who “performed a public service” by securing whistleblower protection for junior doctors has withdrawn his claim he was unfairly dismissed from a London trust for whistleblowing.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: No time to waste
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: The £13bn wish list and what it means
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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Chief Executive Interview: Stephen Eames, Cumbria acute and mental health trusts
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Membership subscribers. Each month in 2018 a member of the HSJ expert team will conduct a challenging, candid and in-depth interview with a provider trust boss.
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Regulator to consider 'system failings' when investigating staff conduct
Investigators for the General Medical Council are to be given “human factors” training amid changes to the regulator’s investigative processes.
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Comment
Place children and young people at the heart of the NHS long term plan
Considering a new report stating that child health outcomes in England are poorer than its western counterparts, NHS England should develop a Children and Young People’s Health Strategy as part of its long term plan, says Professor Russell Viner
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Grasping the nettles
The NHS leadership doesn’t seem ready to openly discuss the problems besetting the NHS, especially the workforce crisis, let alone seek meaningful solutions, notes Andy Cowper
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Exclusive: Tech priorities for the long term plan
Billions of pounds could be spent expanding artificial intelligence, telehealth and a host of new tech projects to support NHS long term plan ambitions, HSJ had been told.
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News
Revealed: Officials' £13bn funding ask to modernise NHS IT
Implementing the forthcoming long term plan for the NHS will require up to £13bn in IT spending over the next five years, according to official estimates, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: Blanket elective ban ruled out this winter
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Local
University site wins again in controversial pathology shake-up
A university site has again been named as the preferred location for a consolidated pathology service for Lancashire following a second evaluation exercise, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
UK's stalling life expectancy: where do we go from here?
Veena S Raleigh looks at possible factors that are causing UK’s life expectancy at birth to stall and fall further behind that of many high income countries other than the US
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Matt's new mission, COBRA strikes on anatomical waste and revealing WannaCry damages
Your essential update on health for the week.
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News
Daily Insight: HES strikes back
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
Change won’t happen by accident
Axel Heitmueller suggests the government should develop a change model to enable transformation of health services, especially in light of the move towards integrated care
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News
New NHS efficiency challenge is half that of 5YFV
The government’s funding settlement will leave the NHS with an efficiency challenge of around £11bn – which is half the amount that was required in the Five Year Forward View period, according to a new analysis.
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Exclusive: Officials admitted clinical waste incineration shortage
National officials have privately acknowledged there may be a shortage of incinerator capacity for burning clinical waste – contrary to the government’s public assertions – documents seen by HSJ show.