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1. Pinpoint, predict, prevent: how population health management can make a difference

   Population health management is causing us to change the way we work so that we intervene at a point at which we can influence what happens to people, writes Amanda Doyle

2. The Bedpan: Being minister was like ‘fighting a rearguard action’

   This week: Sir Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk

3. Mental Health Matters: Theresa May’s record

   HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.

4. Stigma around medical burn-out is killing doctors, don't let it happen in your trust

   With healthcare staff facing stress and burn-out in a stretched out healthcare system, NHS leaders can take simple steps to foster a workplace culture that enables staff to raise issues without fear, says Amandip Sidhu

5. Long-serving chief executive steps down

   The chief executive of a community and mental health trust will step down after 18 years, it has been announced.

6. CQC imposes conditions on major trauma centre

   One of the busiest accident and emergency departments in the country has had conditions imposed on its registration by the Care Quality Commission after an inspection identified patient safety concerns.

7. Chief people officer: Prioritise NHS staff for mental healthcare

   The NHS’ chief people officer has said NHS staff should be prioritised for receiving mental healthcare because of the “stressful” nature of the job.

8. FT to divest under-pressure prison contracts

   An NHS trust has told staff it will cease serving five prisons in the north west, amid wider concerns about the state of healthcare services for inmates.

9. North by North West: Unpicking the headlines

   Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.

10. Hancock backs health and wellbeing boards power boost

    Health and wellbeing boards should be “empowered” and expanded to boost the integration of health and adult social care services, Matt Hancock has said.

11. The best laid plans: Making a reality of the NHS long-term plan

    Hugh Alderwick, of the Health Foundation, discusses lessons from the past for a fresh round of system-wide planning in the NHS

12. New charter launched to help trusts deal with safety incidents

    NHS staff are requiring “significant” amounts of support after being involved in patient safety incidents, prompting a national body to draw up a new charter for how trusts should respond.

13. HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019 winners revealed

    The winners of the 2019 Patient Safety Awards have been revealed.

14. HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019: Mental Health Initiative of the Year

    Winner

15. HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019: Best Healthtech Solution for Patient Safety

    Winner

16. NHSI programme reducing staff turnover, it reveals

    NHS Improvement’s national programme to improve workforce retention has resulted in the lowest nursing turnover rate since 2014, it has said.

17. Mental Health Matters: Does the private sector get an easier ride?

    HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.

18. North by North West: The region’s most important job

    Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.

19. Why mental health services need to become more “man-friendly”

    By creating a more representative and better trained workforce and providing a greater choice of treatments and treatment contexts, we will increase the chance of engaging men in mental health services, writes Professor Sarah Niblock

20. NHS England singles out failing mental health trusts

    Ten mental health trusts have been singled out by NHS England for dragging down the national performance on mental health out of area placements, HSJ has learned.