All Health Service Journal articles in 2 December 2010
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NewsDon't lose sight of productivity during winter, warns Nicholson
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has warned managers they need to “maintain a strong grip” on productivity and performance during the coming winter pressures.
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NewsPassive smoking linked to 1% of deaths
Passive smoking claims more than 600,000 lives each year around the world - an estimated 1% of all deaths, a major study has found.
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NewsTemperature linked to sharp rises in admissions
Plummeting temperatures increase the number of adults admitted to hospital suffering serious injury, according to the largest study of its kind.
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CommentAli Parsa: the NHS must learn to put quality ahead of price
Under a new approach to procurement, value for money rather than price will determine who is awarded contracts
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NewsSainsbury's 'to give GPs free room for surgeries'
Sainsbury’s is to give GPs free room to set up in-store surgeries and will market the service to shoppers.
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NewsExclusive: Hinchingbrooke winner critiques NHS procurement
Ali Parsa, managing partner of Circle - the private business that has just secured the contract to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital - believes the NHS must reform the way it buys services.
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NewsMonitor flags finance problems at hospital foundation trust
The foundation trust regulator Monitor has highlighted significant financial problems at Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsFTs make pre-emptive defence against Hospital Guide findings
Two large foundation trusts have questioned the methods and findings of the Dr Foster Hospital Guide, ahead of its publication this weekend.
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NewsMid Staffs chief exec confirms departure next year
The chief executive of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has confirmed he is to leave the trust when his contract expires next year.
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NewsLatest Dr Foster guide reveals hospital trusts with high death rates
Death rates at 19 hospital trusts in England were alarmingly high last year, according to the latest Dr Foster Hospital Guide.
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NewsLung cancer rates for women soar
Rates of lung cancer in women have soared in a sign that efforts to persuade them to quit smoking have failed, research reveals.
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NewsGovernment to target teenage smoking
The coalition government is planning “radical” action to curb teenage smoking, ban cheap alcohol and to encourage mothers to breastfeed at work, Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHigh impact actions for preventing pressure ulcers
Caroline Dowsett and Richard Shorney explain how the High Impact Actions save money in pressure ulcer prevention
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NewsPCT grip on local priorities being 'eroded'
The PCT Network has called on the Department of Health to reduce the “central direction” of primary care trusts to a minimum in the operating framework.
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NewsPCT stroke spending at odds with outcomes
London primary care trusts that spend similar amounts on stroke achieve vastly differing outcomes, data analysis shows.
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SupplementsHSJ Awards 2010 Best Practice Report
These detailed examinations of HSJ Awards entries explore what our finalists set out to achieve and the methods they choose to deliver those benefits.
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NewsLondon to fund development pot for pathfinders
NHS London is to pay pathfinder commissioning consortia £1.66 per registered patient to support their development.
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NewsMaternity units may close, despite pre election pledges
The controversial closure of three maternity units in Greater Manchester looks set to go ahead – in spite of health secretary Andrew Lansley’s personal intervention in the case in the run up to the general election.
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NewsIncrease in assaults on NHS workers
There was an increase in physical assaults on NHS staff last year, with almost 57,000 incidents taking place, latest figures show.
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NewsNHS Haringey and Great Ormond Street end contract
NHS Haringey, one of the organisations at the centre of the Baby P case, has said it needs a new provider of children’s community health services after Great Ormond Street Hospital opted not to renew its contract with the primary care trust.