All Health Service Journal articles in 8 October 2009 – Page 3
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NewsFT chief: ‘can-do’ bid won our merger
A foundation chief executive has highlighted demonstrating a “can-do” attitude as a major factor in his successful bid to take over another trust.
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CommunityBradshaw's new brief
Former health minister Ben Bradshaw must be really attached to his new brief as culture secretary.
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NewsMid Staffs releases report on former chief executive
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has released a report into the conduct and performance of its previous chief executive Martin Yeates.
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NewsCQC clocks up first class expenses
The Care Quality Commission’s executive team has spent nearly £6,000 on first class rail travel and taxis in the first three months of its existence.
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News‘Clunky’ GP contracts raise questions on quality
There are huge variations in what different PCTs pay for the same services, yet there is no detectable correlation between cost and quality or patient satisfaction. Sally Gainsbury looks at why commissioning has not yet addressed these stark contrasts
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NewsSHAs commit to original Darzi review strategies
Strategic health authorities have no plans to scale back their delivery of NHS next stage review strategies, despite the toughening financial climate, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentMedia Watch: party conference season
Unsurprisingly with the party conference season in full swing, there is plenty of NHS politics in the papers this week.
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CommentMichael White on the Conservative conference
Even before I set out for the Conservative conference, a neighbour asked me how David Cameron plans to fund residential end of life care for a flat-rate insurance contribution of £8,000.
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CommunityHealth secretary spotting
End Game indulged itself in a childish game at last week’s Labour conference in Brighton, namely I Spy former health secretaries.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: McKinsey, McJected
‘Imagine if you are in your umpteenth meeting in a hospital or PCT or SHA somewhere, with a McKinseyite costing your directorate’s annual savings plan being taught the McKinsey way of saving the world. You are going to be feeling a little dubious about it all’
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SupplementsInformation for improvement: joint working
This supplement has been sponsored by The NHS Information Centre to highlight the work under way to integrate health and social care information.
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Community
And it started with a kiss...
The Sun may have turned blue, or perhaps bluer, urging readers to vote Conservative. But another traditional Tory newspaper appears to have gone over to the other side - at least that’s how it appeared at the Labour Party conference last week. And all it took was one kiss.
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NewsPatient safety incidents up 12 per cent
The number of patients who have been involved in safety incidents while undergoing NHS treatment has risen by 12 per cent in six months.
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NewsOrgan donor numbers rise by a million
The number of people prepared to donate organs increased by a million last year, according to the NHS’s organ donation task force implementation programme.
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HSJ KnowledgeDelivering better care with fewer resources
Streamlining services and funding is important but above all managing staff engagement is now vital to protect jobs and quality of care, says Chris Roebuck
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