All Editorial articles – Page 7

  • Nick Curtiss and Mario
    Community

    Lookey-likey: Nick Curtiss and Super Mario

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    “Staff in the corporate governance directorate at NHS Ealing have all been struck by how much their director, Nick Curtiss (sic), looks like (Nintendo games console character) Super Mario,” writes assistant director for communications Fiona Harcombe.

  • News

    Severe personality disorders service consultation launched

    2009-04-07T11:14:00Z

    The South East Coast, East of England, South Central and London regions are set to jointly launch a consultation on how to improve services for people with severe personality disorder.

  • Sometimes too much detail is the enemy of non executive directors.
    Comment

    What makes a good NHS non-executive director?

    2009-04-05T11:45:00Z

    NHS non-executive directors used to be unfairly portrayed as part of the “old boys network” - cronies and fat cats who needed to fill their time between trips to the golf club - or as well intentioned members of the community who, when they were not at the hospital, were ...

  • News

    Sir Ian Kennedy sets record straight on Mid Staffordshire

    2009-04-03T16:33:00Z

    Sir Ian Kennedy has written to the chair of the House of Commons health select committee to correct “misunderstandings” over the Healthcare Commission’s investigation into Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.

  • Emma Dent
    Comment

    Emma Dent on the NHS in the media

    2009-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Hands up who saw the recent Dispatches programme on nurses? There were some fairly shocking stats about the number of nurses who have seen patients placed in “danger” (we’ll presume through treatment and medication errors rather than, say, being put in the path of man eating tigers) and nurses not ...

  • off diary FTN logo
    Community

    FT logo's a no-go

    2009-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Take a look at this little design effort. No, it’s not a (very) early design of the European Commission flag, but the emblem the Foundation Trust Network has conjured up to mark the fifth anniversary of the first ten foundation trusts this month.