All Change management articles – Page 39
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Panel saves services at Horton Hospital
The independent reconfiguration panel has advised the health secretary to reject Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust's proposals to downgrade paediatric, gynaecological and obstetric services at Horton Hospital because it would not provide an accessible or improved service for local people.
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Single room hospital gets go-ahead
The NHS's first all-single-room acute hospital has been given the final go-ahead. The Department of Health announced last week that construction work could start on Pembury Hospital in Kent by the end of the month.
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Developing inter-organisational governance
Effective governance between partner organisations is essential to safeguard each party's reputation, say Bryan Stoten and colleagues
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David Amos on directing talent
2008 could be the year that the widespread development of talented frontline staff and the spotting of potential senior staff takes centre stage in the NHS.
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Sophia Christie on fighting change
Besieged by change, senior managers in the NHS are adept at resisting it while apparently leading it.
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PCTs may call for foundation style freedoms
Primary care trusts could push for freedom to determine senior managers' pay as a reward for becoming world class commissioners.
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Foundation trusts query accounting changes
Foundation trusts have raised concerns that forthcoming changes to accounting rules could undermine efforts to get hospitals to focus on where they make and lose money.
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Britnell moots PCT rebrand
Primary care trusts could change their names over the next year to boost the public’s understanding of their role.
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Kate Silvester on lean or just mean
Managing a system where all patients get their first definitive treatment within 18 weeks of GP referral will sort the mean from the lean thinkers.
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Doctor-manager relationships: the big fight
NHS hospital power has long been in the hands of two sets of people: managers and clinicians, and tension has occasionally spilled out of the ring. In the latest article in our series on 60 years of the NHS, Daloni Carlisle looks at the dynamics
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Morgan leaves Confed for Wales
Managers have paid tribute to Gill Morgan, who is leaving the NHS Confederation to head the civil service in Wales.
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Candidates will need a 'cross-NHS view'
NHS Confederation trustees were due to meet this week to begin discussing recruitment for the position vacated by Gill Morgan.
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"Gill has made NHS Confederation into the most effective trade association in the country without doubt." John Restell, chief executive, MiP. "Under her leadership the NHS has had real credibility nationally. She has been a really important figure in a very important transitional phase of NHS management." Jan Filochowski, interim ...
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What a carve-up: the future of SHAs
After 18 months, the role of reconfigured strategic health authorities still does not seem clearly defined. So what does that mean for the future, asks Helen Mooney
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Jon Restell on looking after managers
Managers in healthcare need to do more than ever to look after their staff. I don't have a problem with this; it's the right thing to be doing.
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Ex-lawman chairs new Welsh trust
Former senior police officer David Francis has been appointed chair of the newly created Cwm Taf trust in Wales.
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Neil Goodwin on building working relationships
What do teenage children, marriage and friendships have in common when thinking about work? They all offer excellent opportunities for developing relationship skills in the workplace.
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Neil Goodwin on building working relationships
What do teenage children, marriage and friendships have in common when thinking about work? They all offer excellent opportunities for developing relationship skills in the workplace.
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HSJ Knowledge
National IT programme: log in to the future
From robot surgeons to a comprehensive database and picture archive, electronic systems are the way forward, says Sir Jonathan Michael of BT Health. He believes security will be high and personalised care enhanced. Rebecca Norris reports
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on the need for evidence
There's a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where a king has an errant son under guard. After a father-son exchange, he prepares to leave and asks the guards to stay with his son. After walking a short distance, he turns to find them walking behind him. There ...