All Health Service Journal articles in 22 October 2009 – Page 2
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat all foundation trusts can learn from the FTSE
Foundation trusts should watch how the top companies fight their corner on the stock exchange, says Mike Hay
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NewsBarts and the London appoints chief executive
Peter Morris has been appointed chief executive of Barts and the London Trust. Mr Morris, who replaced Julian Nettel as interim chief executive of the trust in March, took up the position permanently last week.
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NewsNHS Alliance debates patient and public involvement in the health service
How best to ensure patients are at the heart of the health service is the subject of an NHS Alliance online debate running for six weeks from 20 October.
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NewsWarning on Asian childhood obesity
Childhood obesity among Britain’s South Asian population is a future health time bomb, according to an NHS Evidence update on ethnicity and health.
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NewsAlcohol admissions could hit one million a year
Alcohol related hospital admissions in England could rise above one million per year in two years’ time, according to the North West Public Health Observatory.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Rebuilding Your Life after Redundancy
This book is described as “the essential one-stop shop for anyone needing to create a new and more enjoyable life after experiencing the trauma of redundancy”. Davis’s style is open, thoughtful and fun right from page one.
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NewsDavid Nicholson warns NHS of nightmare winter ahead
A combination of winter pressures and swine flu could lead to delayed ambulances and long waits in accident and emergency, NHS chief executive David Nicholson has warned.
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NewsControversial hospital reconfiguration cuts death rates
A controversial hospital reconfiguration has cut death rates and the time patients are staying in hospital, early figures suggest.
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NewsSir Ian Kennedy joins King's Fund inquiry into GP quality
Former Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy is to take over the King’s Fund’s inquiry into the quality of general practice in England, it was announced today.
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NewsNHS to appoint liver disease tsar
The Department of Health is to recruit an NHS national clinical director to lead the development of a strategy to combat liver disease.
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NewsCommunity contraception clinics grow in popularity
A report has shown that the number of people using NHS community contraception clinics rose to 1.3 million in the year to March 2009, an increase of 7 per cent on the previous year.
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NewsUse of NHS management consultants must be transparent - Mike O'Brien
NHS organisations will have to be more transparent about their use of management consultants in future, health minister Mike O’Brien has said.
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LeaderTariff cap may limit some trusts’ ability to survive the recession
Concrete evidence of the impact of the collapse of public finances on the health service is beginning to emerge.
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NewsWorking time directive reprieve granted to more acute rotas
The European working time directive scrutiny panel has recommended a further 73 acute medical rotas be granted derogation from compliance with the 48 hour week, bringing the total to 273.
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NewsAnnual health check: impact of targets and FTs seen in acute score slide
The stroke target, winter pressures and the increasing number of foundation trusts are being blamed for the slide in acute trusts’ annual health check performance.
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NewsAndy Burnham extends preferred provider vow
Non-NHS providers of services will only be contracted as a last resort, the health secretary has assured the general secretary of the TUC.
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CommentAndy McKeon on NHS efficiency and pre-election sparring
The pre-election sparring has begun and the NHS will not escape some cuts. How tough things get will be a true test of how well money has been spent recently
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CommentCally Bann: NHS car parking
Ten years at the helm and not a single complaint about car parking. Until the Boy Burnham sticks his nose in, that is.
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CommentMedia Watch: News of the World becomes preferred provider
It doesn’t happen often, but this week the intricacies of health policy have made it into the tabloids.
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NewsMinority of NHS boards put targets before quality, says DH
A minority of NHS boards have prioritised targets, finance and governance over other aspects of service quality, the Department of Health has admitted.
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