All Health Service Journal articles in 13 November 2008 – Page 3
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News
University College London Hospitals ploughs surplus into cancer centre
The foundation trust with the biggest surplus is about to start spending it.
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News
Inverse care law exposed
Congratulations HSJ, for exposing the inverse care law operating across the UK, and Brent in particular. It is precisely in the most deprived areas like Brent that the census-based data which feeds the funding formula most underestimates the true population that the local NHS strives to serve.
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Perfect chief eludes West Midlands SHA
NHS West Midlands has failed to appoint a chief executive despite carrying out interviews.
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Dr Foster to take on NHS Choices with rival site
A private company is about to launch a free hospital data website for patients which could be more comprehensive than the £20m a year NHS Choices site.
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Leader
Clawback puts financial safety net to the test
A fortnight ago HSJ revealed the Treasury was eyeing up NHS surpluses. This week we tell you how much will be clawed back.
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News
Luton and Dunstable owns up to errors in E coli fallout
Luton and Dunstable Hospital foundation trust should have been better prepared for the fallout from the media and damage to its reputation from an E coli outbreak, its chief executive has admitted.
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Trafford Healthcare trust urged to restore confidence
A trust that withdrew the offer of a chief executive's job two weeks after announcing the appointment has been told it should be open about the reasons.
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Jon Restell on the NHS constitution
After a warm welcome earlier in the summer, the NHS constitution is now the subject of some sustained chuntering. This is wrong.
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Leader
NHS top-ups are no substitute for offering a death with dignity
The response to Mike Richards’ review of co-payments has been largely positive. The cancer czar had a tricky job to do, forced to navigate choppy ideological waters and land at a practical resolution.
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News
Healthcare IT debate
The recent report from the King's Fund on healthcare IT doesn't reflect reality. It believes the NHS should learn from banks and even travel firms about innovating with IT but ignores the huge movement required in the public's acceptance of healthcare security.
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Edwina Hart delays reform schedule in Wales
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has accepted that the wholesale overhaul of the NHS in Wales will not be complete until next October.
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Job evaluation could open door for market pay rates
The Department of Health has opened the door to more flexibility in very senior managers’ salaries, in response to growing concern that pay rules are being fudged and gamed.
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News
Readmissions not driven by incentives
Shorter stays in hospital do not appear to have led to an increase in avoidable readmissions, Department of Health research has found.
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HSJ Knowledge
Prison mental healthcare: pushing up standards
Access to mental healthcare remains an obstacle for prisoners. The solution, say Andrew Forrester and colleagues, is a dedicated, unitary 'prisoner care trust' for commissioning
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News
Media Watch: top-ups
Now that government policy on co-payments has become clearer, it's interesting to learn that MPs have been benefiting from 'top-ups' of their own.
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Retirement rights
'If you are male and 40, you will be able to recall the registration numbers of every car you have ever owned'. True, but I should warn Ali Mohammed that when he reaches 50, he may still remember the numbers of every car he owned up to 40, but not ...
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News
Unite members vote to strike over NHS pay
Members of trade union Unite yesterday voted in favour of strike action over the government's three-year NHS pay deal.
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HSJ Knowledge
How human resources can add value in the NHS
Assessing and redesigning its human resource management model allowed one trust to make the most of its people, as Ian Young explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Isabel Jones on a holistic approach to treatment
My work with Salamanda Tandem, an arts charity that helps people with disabilities access art, music and dance, has given me an insight into how beneficial recuperative movement can be.
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HSJ Knowledge
Bringing business leaders to the NHS board table
An innovative scheme is allowing managers in big companies to put themselves forward as non-executive directors in the NHS - getting themselves valuable experience for their CVs, as well as bringing their skills and business acumen to trust and PCT boards
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