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CommentBuild social prescribing into the architecture of the health system
Naomi Phillips on how social prescribing can reap benefits in the field of personalised care
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News
NHSX to oversee industry access to patient data
Matt Hancock’s new tech unit is assuming new controls of the sharing of NHS patient data with industry, after banning trusts from striking their own exclusive deals.
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Comment
Why the NHS's new ‘Windrush Generation' must get a better deal
Ben Simms on the NHS’s dual role in helping both international recruits and the countries they hail from
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NHS England hired consultancy to find out what it is responsible for
NHS England paid external consultants more than £200,000 to ‘map’ its responsibilities ahead of the merger with NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
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The NHS needs to talk about productivity
The NHS needs to engage with local industrial strategies to boost booth health and economic sustainability says Michael Wood
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: Lessons from the trial of new A&E targets
Performance Watch is HSJ’ s fortnightly expert briefing on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here .
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Plans to trial sepsis target could be dropped
Plans to trial a new standalone one-hour sepsis target for emergency departments as part of the NHS standards review pilot could be dropped, HSJ understands.
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Investigation of serious safety incidents to be overhauled
The NHS will move away from traditional thresholds for serious incident investigations as part of its new national patient safety strategy.
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Cancer waiting times: We need to break the cycle
Dr Fran Woodard on how waiting standards continue to decline as cancer services buckle under pressure
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Safety of health apps to be tested in government 'sandbox'
The regulation of “less than perfectly accurate” health apps is to be overhauled, Matt Hancock’s senior tech advisor has said.
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Data changes “traumatic” but vital, says A&E chief
Moving to new data standards will be “traumatic” for the NHS but is vital because “we are really struggling to measure and understand the activity at the front door of our hospitals,” a senior NHS England figure has said.
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National cancer director will ‘play no part’ in child service decisions
NHS England has said Cally Palmer, national cancer director and chief executive of the Royal Marsden Foundation Trust, will “play no part” in decisions on new child cancer standards.
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NHS ‘needs more acute beds’ after decade of reduction
Acute trusts will need to increase their bed base during the next five years according to NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens, which would reverse a long trend of bed reductions in the NHS.
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Expert Briefing
Performance watch: Opaque A&E trial won’t wash
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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Three new integrated care systems announced
Three further areas have been designated as integrated care systems by NHS England, meaning more than a third of the country is covered.
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Investigation: The cancer service failings covered up for years
Concerns about children’s cancer services in London have – in the words of one informed figure – been an “open secret” for almost a decade, and involved multiple reviews by experts and discussions at the highest levels.
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Former NHSE director: 'Pervasive influence' blocked children's cancer report
The previous NHS medical director for London has described how a “pervasive influence from the top” of NHS England thwarted his attempts to improve cancer care for children.
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Confed chief challenges Hancock’s digital plans
Matt Hancock’s digital ambitions cannot be realised if the government continues to withhold capital funding from the service, the NHS Confederation’s chief has warned.
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Ambulance director admits paramedics took too long to reach terror victims
A senior London Ambulance director has admitted it “took too long” to get paramedics to the victims of the London Bridge terror attacks.
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Comment
The Bedpan: Policy makers must be ‘confident and humble’
This week: Sir Chris Wormald , permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care
