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Expert BriefingMental health trusts fear an ICS funding squeeze
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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CommentHow to make inquiry recommendations stick
Unclear causality and lost urgency are few reasons why recommendations of inquiries are often not implemented. David Buchanan and Steve Macaulay examine the practical problems in implementing the Messenger Review recommendations.
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NewsHuge variation in referrals to flagship ‘urgent response’ service
Groundbreaking new data on community services appears to show enormous variation between areas in the number of referrals for a ‘two-hour urgent response’ being recorded.
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CommentThe lack of a med tech innovation scheme means patients are losing out
A new ‘Innovative Medical Devices Fund’ is needed to ensure the government’s £36bn commitment to ‘innovation and new technology’ is spent wisely, says Barbara Harpham.
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HSJ PartnersHow can the NHS best manage waiting times for colonoscopy: watch the video
Ed Seward, consultant gastroenterologist and director of endoscopy at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust, considers how the NHS might best manage waiting times for colonoscopy
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HSJ PartnersIntegrating primary care – action on the estate
The Fuller Stocktake report recognises the fragmentation across the primary care estate, and that to create the right environment for change first there needs to be an understanding of what they have, writes Wendy Farrington-Chadd
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A power list, not a wish list
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsGovernment to pick ‘integration frontrunners’ to test ‘radical new approaches’
Government will pick five or six ‘integration frontrunner’ areas ‘to lead the way in developing and testing radical new approaches’ to speeding up discharge from acute hospitals.
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NewsJavid hires new patient safety watchdog
The government has lined up a former national guardian for the NHS as the country’s first patient safety commissioner.
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NewsNHSE and other agencies deny conflict of interest over procurement structures
NHS England and three other organisations have denied there were conflicts of interest in producing an endorsed list of procurement frameworks which trusts should buy goods from.
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HSJ PartnersReducing the burden of wounds through workforce optimisation and partnership working
Rachael Sykes on the need for proper lower limb ulceration management and the implementation of a three-step transformation plan to revolutionise care delivery
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NewsHSJ100: Judges
The HSJ100 seeks to measure power and influence in the English NHS and health policy
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NewsHSJ100: The wildcards
They may not yet have formal power over the direction of national policy, but our 20 “wildcards” for the 2022 HSJ100 have the ideas that could and should influence it.
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NewsHSJ100 reveals how IT figures lead the list
This year, HSJ100 assesses who holds power and influence as the service seeks to focus on restoring and accelerating elective services to cope with a massive backlog, writes David Hancock
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NewsHSJ100: Power reshapes around the new bosses
In the eight months since the 2021 HSJ100 was published, more than half the top 20 has changed.
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NewsHSJ100: The most influential people in health
The HSJ100 lists the figures who will exercise the most power and/or influence in the English NHS and health policy over the next 12 months.
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Daily InsightThe Primer: The summer of discontent
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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NewsDitch recruiters who don’t deliver diverse candidates, says NHSE director
An NHS England leadership chief has criticised the lack of diversity among the top ranks of the country’s new integrated care systems, adding the low level of ethnic minority representation ‘really isn’t good enough’.
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Expert Briefing'CQC don’t want to hear about the pandemic'
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentClouds gather over digital transformation plan
As a new agile chief information officer promises to unlock digital transformation, Sir Trevor Longstay remains to be convinced that progress is a good thing, writes Julian Patterson