All Comment articles – Page 289
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Duleep Allirajah on making patients' voices heard
Proclaiming the virtues of choice and voice is all well and good, but what are primary care trusts doing to strengthen patients' involvement in commissioning?
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Looky likey
More actorly looky likeys. In addition to having a rather hard to pronounce surname it has struck us that junior minister Dawn Primarolo bears something of a resemblance to actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis. Do other members of the ministerial health teams have looky likeys? Let us know at ...
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All Our Yesterdays
October 31, 1941, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital ReviewAt the Bridgwater Institution, a male officer (resident) with a quite diverse range of skills was required. Said officer had to be able to undertake the shaving and haircutting of inmates and was also required to have a knowledge of ...
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David Peat on ending the enslavement of health inequalities
Overcoming health inequalities that have built up over generations will take vision and determination
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Sophia Christie on collective commissioning
Commissioning needs to be reformed and strengthened at every level, writes Sophia Christie
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Michael White on managers and motivation
If middle managers don't manage and nurses are poorly motivated, no amount of money can solve the NHS's problems, says Michael White
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Media Watch: Rose Gibb special
There's nothing the media likes more than an easy target and this week's was Rose Gibb, formerly chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, aka 'the dirtiest hospital in England'.
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Junior doctors face a difficult job market
Already bruised by MTAS, junior doctors are now feeling the effects of market competition - but did the DoH bungle its workforce planning, asks Noel Plumridge, or did it know what it was doing all along?
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Emma Dent goes round the houses
In this column last time I reported on our stressful attempts to buy a house. Well, the stress has stopped. Because we are not buying a house any more.
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Health check: Foundations lead the pack but PCTs still fighting in the rear
The wealth of data unveiled today by the Healthcare Commission in its annual trust health check reveals foundation trusts are thriving, primary care trusts are struggling, and the best are leaving the rest behind.
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Health check: does the NHS want for good management?
It is the struggle to shift the trusts hanging around near the centre of the annual health check which is most perplexing the Healthcare Commission.
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Martin Kedge on reaching out to sick children
Charity WellChild plays a crucial role in highlighting the needs of children with long-term illnesses, writes Kedge Martin
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Weird world health
You never know what you've got til it's gone. As one Mark Smith of Newtown, south Wales, has found out after being banned under an Asbo from entering any NHS premises in the UK. Singularly capable of wrecking any trust's attemtps to meet the four hour A&E target, Mr Smith ...
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Anti-stigma campaign is run by charities
Steve Shrubb wrote that the government recently announced a new mental health anti-stigma campaign, Moving People (Down should not mean out of a job in the NHS).
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All Our Yesterdays
October 24, 1941, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital ReviewBoard of Trade information regarding the number of coupons that had to be surrendered for the purchase of uniforms to be worn by civilians was published this week.‘As uniform wearers do save on their non uniform clothing, they will be ...
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Hilary Thomas on promoting diversity in the workplace
To truly celebrate diversity in the NHS, it is crucial to see beyond stereotypes, writes Hilary Thomas
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Safety studies must consider cost
Stephen Thornton's acerbic response in HSJ in September to my concerns about the patient safety industry engenders even greater concerns about this policy area, writes Alan Maynard
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Media Watch: an odd week in politics
This week kicked off in strange fashion. While prime minister Gordon Brown finally decided not to call an election, and the Conservatives cried foul, health secretary Alan Johnson revealed that he was 'not good enough' to become prime minister himself.
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Simon Stevens on the spending review's hidden shallows
Although comprehensive spending review negotiations consume hundreds of person years in Whitehall, this effort is largely pointless, argues Simon Stevens
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Your Humble Servant: the dreaded healthcheck
It's that time of year again when we all have our excuses ready to explain away the annual healthcheck. The Healthcare Commission team are practising their best po faces by seeing who can best disguise any sign of pleasure while having a butt plug pushed to the max.