All Health Service Journal articles in 16 October 2008
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News
Steve Feast on leading people to better health
When I was a GP I was always amazed at the degree to which people remembered and actually acted upon my advice. Frequently the advice sought was not obviously related to any of my medical training or education - it was instead based upon a sense of respect and trust ...
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Comment
Maggie Rae on giving blood and glory
Yes, it is my fault - I think I am to blame for our terrible weather over the summer. I supported the introduction of the national system to monitor the effects of excessive heat over the summer months.
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HSJ Knowledge
Publishing death rates: no dead certainties?
There has been a degree of disquiet about publishing mortality rates. Supporters hoped this would lead to greater transparency, quality and patient choice - but has reality matched expectations? Daloni Carlisle reports
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS change strategy: everything going like clockwork
Stockport foundation trust has put lean thinking at the heart of its successful early compliance with the European working time directive. Stuart Shepherd explains
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News
Feedback: are you listening?
How do you react to feedback? HR consultant Sheila Williams suggests how to receive it
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Comment
Steve Onyett on NHS interdependence
It is not unusual to find teams and their managers entangled in a cruel bind. Senior management conveys the absolute requirement to increase caseload sizes to meet an activity target.
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Comment
Andrew Jones on NHS leadership and creativity
I have just thrown yet another leadership conference leaflet in the bin. Thinking back over the past year, quite a few similar fliers have followed the same trajectory.
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Blogs
NHS regulators cramping your style?
How much of your time was spent feeding the beast today? How much job satisfaction did it give you?
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Blogs
Pay no attention to the NHS leader in the dark glasses
My secretary has just survived a major anniversary - five years of working with me. Trust and respect are the bedrock of any relationship, so I trust her judgement when she says my cartoon picture for the blog is rather too reminiscent of that former dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.
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Comment
Steve Feast on GPs as community leaders
When I was a GP, I was always amazed by the degree to which people remembered and acted on my advice. Frequently, the advice sought was not obviously related to any of my medical training or education.
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HSJ Knowledge
Non-executive directors' pay: how much is enough?
Peter Smith compares and contrasts non-executive directors' fees in the public and private sectors and explores how much NHS organisations should be paying NEDs
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News
Annual health check case study: Rotherham foundation trust
Rotherham foundation trust chief executive Brian James has made significant changes since joining three years ago, and seen ratings of fair for quality and good for resources improve to double excellent, writes Dave West.
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Comment
David Allen on letting the public shape the NHS
The government has published another NHS white paper in which politicians tell the public what sort of health service we must receive. It is time this changed.
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Comment
Ciaran Devane on surviving cancer
The latest buzzword in cancer care is 'survivorship' - a word that has caused a bit of controversy since it was first used in the cancer reform strategy to describe the rapidly growing number of people living with or beyond cancer.
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Comment
NHS spending - what does the future hold?
As the economic picture worsens, Carl Emmerson and Gemma Tetlow examine the possible implications for the NHS budget
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Your Humble Servant on party conferences
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: His-Tory lesson
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News
Trusts expect tight pinch from 2010
Real terms cuts expected to payment by results tariffTough road ahead for aspirant foundationsQuery over future of capital investmentStaff costs may fall in real terms
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Patients need access to data
Your supplement on information was both interesting and useful, and I was pleased to see the NHS Information Centre puts patients and the public at the centre of its lovely diagram.
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News
West Sussex puts hospital plan on ice after backlash
A hospital reconfiguration plan has been suspended two years after controversial plans were first floated.