Service design
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Comment‘Kangaroo courts’ shame the NHS
Equivocal measures of the NHS to deal with workforce whistleblowers need to be overhauled and replaced with processes based on simple principles of fairness. By Narinder Kapur
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees to move 'unsustainable' service to neighbour after three year saga
“Unsustainable” spinal services are set to be transferred from a cash strapped acute provider to its tertiary neighbour after three years of uncertainty.
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CommentWhy the NHS’s 10 year plan must grasp the nettle of plural provision within integrated care systems
The NHS needs to be open towards plurality, preserving benefits of a diverse range of independent providers. By David Hare and Jo Pritchard
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NewsMajor review of clinical services after trust mega merger
One of the largest hospital trusts in the country is carrying out a major clinical services review that could lead to the centralisation of more than a dozen services.
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CommentWhat if M&S was run like the NHS?
There is a need for solutions based on a full understanding of the reasons behind the variation and complexity in service delivery, writes Alastair Beattie
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CommentRash cuts in the community could undermine the long term NHS plan
Community services, primary care and social care must be at the heart of any long term plan for the health service, otherwise we risk piling even more pressure on hospitals and failing patients, their families and local communities, argues Matthew Winn.
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NewsExclusive: Trust set to run almost half the GP practices its area
An acute trust in the West Midlands is set to run almost half the GP practices in its area, HSJ can reveal
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CommentCowper’s Cut: A system problem
Andy Cowper acknowledges that NHS management is hard and the political environment is insufficiently multipolar.
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NewsTrailblazer sites to be selected to test £1.5bn plans
Between 10 and 20 regions will be selected as “trailblazer” sites to test out £1.3bn proposals to improve children and young people’s mental health.
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NewsTwo acute trusts defy NHSI pathology plans
Two acute trusts are yet to agree to join pathology networks proposed 10 months ago by NHS Improvement under plans to save £200m by 2021.