All Service redesign articles – Page 16
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CommentJulian Patterson: Fabrication news — DHSC to oversee Stonehenge ‘new build’
Building on its success with the new hospitals programme, the Department of Health and Social Care turns to overhauling some more of England’s ageing estate.
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CommentWhy preparing for the worst kept our patients and staff safe during the pandemic
Michele Moran shares her experience of dealing with staff health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic, and how her own experiences shaped the introduction of new safety initiatives that completely transformed care during these challenging times
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NewsPrivate provider’s takeover of urgent service sparks union opposition
A private organisation’s takeover of a hospital’s urgent treatment centre has sparked opposition from staff and trade unions.
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HSJ PartnersPatient safety incidents cannot be eradicated but mitigated
Working together and maximising the benefits of intelligent technology can have a truly transformative impact on clinical negligence claims, writes Molly Kent
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CommentUK’s emergency response to the covid-19 pandemic
The experience of rapidly accelerating research on how to treat and prevent covid-19, in the RAPID C-19 initiative, explained by Nwamaka Umeweni, Hywel Williams, Anthony Kessel and Anna Brett
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: People and Organisational Development Initiative of the Year
WINNER:Surgical Division, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust: The Academy of Surgery - providing an attractive and innovative training platform for Trust-Grade Junior DoctorsThe BHRUT Academy of Surgery is an innovative training pathway to attract non-training doctors wishing to pursue a surgical career. The surgical directorate offers a two-year ...
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CommentCrowdsourcing ideas for hospital design can bring real benefits to our NHS
Dame Elaine Inglesby-Burke, a judge for the Wolfson Economics Prize 2021, suggests how fresh ideas can radically improve hospital planning and design
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HSJ LocalCCG to centralise acute service in long-awaited reconfiguration
Stroke services in Bristol and the surrounding area are set to be centralised at a major provider after commissioners published long-awaited reconfiguration plans.
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CommentNobody should be denied a second chance of life because of their ethnicity
Henny Braund addresses the inequalities patients face during stem cell transplants, urging the NHS make sure care is culturally appropriate
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NewsMandatory ‘social value’ weighting of 10pc for all NHS procurement
NHS organisations will be required to take social value into account when procuring goods and services from next April, under plans being drawn up by sustainability chiefs.
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NewsAmbulance services seek regional commissioning
Creating single regional boards to commission ambulance services is under discussion with NHS England and Improvement, a report published today has revealed.
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CommentLetter from Scotland: An uneasy relationship with private health
Despite a wider political unease about the independent sector, the Scottish government will need to partner with the private sector to address backlogs of care writes Henry Anderson
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NewsTrust boards take next step to merge despite governors’ objections
Two foundation trusts in the South East have taken the next steps towards a merger.
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HSJ LocalHospital to restart service three years after outsourcing it
An acute trust wants to restart an elective service at its facilities, three years after outsourcing much of that work to a private provider.
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NewsTwo trusts appoint single CEO and form ‘hospital group’
A pair of London trusts have appointed a single chief executive as they join forces to form a ‘hospital group’.
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CommentThe public expect the NHS to return to normal quickly
Neil Tester shares insights from research on public perceptions of the NHS
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CommentPrimary care must be helped to work with hospitals in driving the NHS recovery
Central to meeting the challenge facing the NHS will be transforming the relationship between patients, their GPs and their hospitals and linked community services. By Chris Hopson and Vincent Sai
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CommentBlack report on drugs is a wake-up call for the NHS and government
Julie Bass shares her take on the recently published Black review on drugs, suggesting approaches to uplift the substance misuse sector
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CommentDoes the buck stop with integrated care systems?
Miriam Deakin discusses the key policy documents that NHSE/I has published in recent weeks to help local health and care systems navigate the reforms which will make ICSs statutory bodies
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CommentLetter from Scotland: The 'once for Scotland' recovery plan
In his regular dispatch from north of the border, Henry Anderson discusses the Scottish government’s ambitious plans to fast track the health service’s recovery with the help of a new organisation