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NewsSafety regulators reviewing concerns about Babylon's 'chatbot'
Safety regulators are reviewing concerns raised about Babylon Healthcare’s symptom checker “chatbot” following multiple complaints, HSJ has learned.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise
Andy Cowper on why if we collude with a fear narrative by lying about NHS finances, then we are lost
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NewsDaily Insight: A big promise on cancer
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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HSJ LocalTrust considers centralising elective activity ahead of winter
East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust is considering centralising its elective orthopaedic services to help it better cope with next winter.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Hunt’s Monday meeting, a chain expansion, and CCG dysfunction
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsStaff from 13 unions accept NHS pay deal
NHS staff from 13 trade unions have voted to accept the government’s new pay offer.
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NewsRevealed: Social enterprises now dominate GP out of hours sector
Most out of hours GP services are now delivered by social enterprise companies which are being “hobbled” by long term underfunding, according to a representative body.
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HSJ Local
Three trust partnership finds £4m investment for community services
New models of working between three London mental health trusts has delivered new investment in services worth more than £4m, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalThree trusts plan to take control of £80m complex care spending
A partnership of mental health trusts could take over responsibility for £80m of commissioner spending as part of plans to reduce the number of patients in secure rehabilitation wards, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsWinners revealed for HSJ Value Awards 2018
Twenty organisations have been honoured in the 2018 HSJ Value Awards – which recognise and celebrate outstanding improvements in care quality and efficiency made by NHS staff.
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NewsNHS hit by seven-fold increase in bill for certain drugs
NHS commissioners were hit by a seven-fold increase in the bill for certain generic drugs in 2017-18, after some medicines were subject to massive price hikes.
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HSJ LocalTrust gets approval for long-awaited £42m single electronic record system
An acute and community trust has launched a long-awaited £42m overhaul of its electronic patient record systems which will “revolutionise” the way care is delivered by staff to patients.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt pushes for big cancer pledge in new NHS plan
Jeremy Hunt wants an ambitious cancer pledge to be a core plank of the government’s new NHS plan, with senior figures pushing for the service’s £7.5bn cancer budget to be doubled over the longer term, HSJ understands.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Clinical Support Services
Winner Access Health Care: CareSnap Wound Management Access Health Care identified problems with recording wounds or moles due to issues with digital cameras, images not uploading properly or being of poor quality, and the need for significant note taking. As a solution it created an app – CareSnap – which ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Communication
Winner Mersey Care Foundation Trust: Staff Engagement Sessions – No Force First Mersey Care FT’s “No Force First” scheme attempts to reduce the use of physical restraint on mental health and learning disability inpatients and improve their experience in hospital. The trust recognised that communication was a key part of ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Improving the Value of NHS Support Services
Winner Lancashire Care Foundation Trust: Improving value and patient safety through the creation of a team of specialised serious incident investigators Lancashire Care FT set up an investigations and learning team, in response to concerns that the trust was not effectively learning from serious incidents. This central team now undertakes ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Value and Improvement in Facilities and Estates Management
Winner Barts Health Trust – Waste management team: Sustainable Reuse & Bulk Waste Prevention Project Barts Health Trust’s waste management team – which is a partnership with Skanska’s waste contracted management services – wanted to reduce the number of unwanted bulk items which were being disposed of. Some of these ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Improving the Value of Diagnostic Services
Winner St Bartholomew’s Hospital – Department of Cardiac Imaging: Making MRI available for cardiac pacemaker patients Nearly half a million people in England have a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator. Each of these patients has a 75 per cent lifetime chance of needing an MRI scan but often have difficulty accessing ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Emergency, Urgent and Trauma Care
Winner University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust: UHBristol Emergency Department High Impact User Team University Hospitals Bristol FT has identified around 800 high impact users, who attended the emergency department very frequently – up to 60 times a year. This use is often associated with personal, health, mental health or housing ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2018: Improving the Value of Primary Care Services
Winner West Wakefield Health & Wellbeing: Care Navigation national consultancy & training programme Sponsored by West Wakefield Health and Wellbeing trained 277 receptionists as care navigators who support patients by signposting them to alternative healthcare professionals and services in their area, such as pharmacies. This programme was developed ...