All Health Service Journal articles in September 2017
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Chief nurse wants law change to protect job titles
The law could be changed to ensure the job title “nurse” is protected in the same way as “registered nurse”.
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Trusts miss NHS England A&E performance milestone
Trusts have fallen short of NHS England’s first milestone towards hitting the national emergency performance waiting time target, official figures reveal today.
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Specialist emergency trust's A&E rated inadequate
One of Greater Manchester’s four ‘specialist’ emergency hospitals has had its urgent and emergency care services rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.
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Revealed: How much NHS trusts made from land sales
Sales of land or physical assets by NHS trusts generated cash receipts of £220m in 2016-17.
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Daily Insight: Director investigated over bullying allegations
HSJ’s round-up of the must read stories from Friday
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Exclusive: Trust executive director under investigation for bullying
An ambulance trust executive director has been seconded to two national organisations after being accused of bullying by senior operational staff.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Catch Up: Labour conference round-up and trust merger delayed
Your essential update on health for the week
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DH completes team assessing £730m procurement after last minute plea
The Department of Health has managed to recruit new evaluators for a £730m procurement after two people left the team tasked with assessing bids at late notice.
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Trust chief retires ahead of CQC inspection report
The chief executive of a struggling trust has announced his retirement, shortly before the publication of an inspection report.
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Ireland's chief information officer joins teaching trust
The chief information officer for the Irish Health Service Executive is to join one of England’s largest teaching hospital trusts.
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Expert Briefing
Property bubble could yet benefit the NHS
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ Local
National leaders warned over lack of services for personality disorders
A coroner has warned national health leaders about a lack of commissioned services to support patients with borderline personality disorder.
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Capital's trusts to introduce 'maximum' caps on agency rates
Hospitals in London struggling to recruit medical locums to tackle staff shortages are to limit the amount they can spend even when safety is a factor from this weekend, HSJ can reveal.
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CCGs find no link between GP hours and A&E attendance
Two Nottinghamshire clinical commissioning groups, which also lead a national vanguard, have found there is no direct link between extended GP opening hours and accident and emergency attendances.
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Roundtable: The war on variation could cause 'stagnation'
The NHS’s drive to instil best practice across the service risks suppressing innovation, experts heard at HSJ’s latest event
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Daily Insight: Mack doesn't want to give you the sack
The must read stories and debate from Thursday
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Stevens: NHS will be forced to open extra beds if DTOCs aren't cut
The NHS will have to open more beds – but would struggle to staff them – if there are not sufficient reductions in delayed transfers of care ahead of winter, Simon Stevens has said.
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FT appoints former trust chief executive as chair
A former trust chief executive with more than 20 years’ NHS leadership experience has been appointed chair of a foundation trust.
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Trust warned by regulator over 'oppressive' culture
A trust in the West Midlands has been issued with enforcement action by the Care Quality Commission following concerns about an “oppressive” culture in its maternity department.
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New scrutiny body to be 'voice of clinicians' in NHS procurement
Products bought for NHS trusts are set to be subject to greater scrutiny for clinical value as part of a major overhaul of NHS procurement.