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A nervous kind of NHS reorganisation
It’s only a reorganisation, right? Anyone who’s worked in the NHS for a few years has been through reorganisations before.
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Cally Bann: the white paper
So the end of term madness has fully descended, with fuel added to the annual pre-vacation fire by the wind of change blowing from the bottom of the white paper.
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Media Watch: NHS trusts may soon be courting oligarchs
A front page on the financial arrangements of foundation trusts? Well it wasn’t likely to be The Sun.
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Michael White: the working time directive
Oh dear, I see the Royal College of Surgeons is up in arms again over the European working time directive as its 48 hour week rule affects staffing, management and even the safety of our hospitals.
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Sheila Williams on positive communication
Recently I observed a team meeting on ideas for service improvements. A pattern emerged. For every idea offered, one particular person criticised it or gave reasons why it wouldn’t work.
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The new healthcare revolution
Does the white paper outline a great leap forward or a just a step backwards?
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Mark Goldman on fatal mistakes in the NHS
We relive dramatic moments in the media on action replay. Something terrible happens; a missed penalty, a putt hanging on the edge of the hole or a tyre bursting on the final lap.
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Media Watch: lazy and unproductive?
Many NHS staff won’t be getting a pay rise and fear for their jobs, but they are lazy and unproductive too, newspaper reports suggest.
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Michael White: Lansley's five priorities for the NHS
It was cheering to spot Andrew Lansley’s five priorities for the NHS, public health and social care on the department’s website the other day. We need reassurance that he does have a coherent overview.
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Steve Preston on how to win through redundancy
The challenging public service picture is changing redundancies in the health service from rarity to stark reality.
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Answering the NHS's £14bn productivity question
Government efforts have reduced the NHS productivity challenge by £6bn, but also increased its instability
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Mark Britnell: PCTs can carve out a new role
Judging from the anxious reaction to the white paper this is not a time for the faint-hearted. It is time for bold leadership. For those who relish disruptive innovation, this is the time to seize the opportunities presented by discontinuity.
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Media Watch: eye-watering, mouth-watering NHS cash
As the dust settles on last week’s health white paper, it seems the newspapers believe the reforms will lead to somebody somewhere making easy money.
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Michael White: the cancer target
A thoughtful politician friend of mine said with uncharacteristic impatience the other day: “No, I don’t think the coalition knows what it’s doing at all. I think it’s all over the place.”
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Your Humble Servant: Going La La
‘Up pops La La at the Royal Marsden Hospital, in Parliament and on Newsnight saying he had no idea it would come to this’
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Nicky Spencer on making your career your business
Inspiration on steering your career through a recession is peculiarly sparse. But by applying the plethora of business advice to your career you can create some useful tips.
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GPs and QIPP: is there a doctor on board?
The quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) programme, a colleague once said, is like redesigning a plane while attempting to fly it.
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Tories’ NHS vision poses a screening programme test
With public health firmly on the agenda, what kind of role can we expect for screening?
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Cally Bann: GPs are the masters of our destiny
Now we know. GPs are the masters of our destiny, but not until they are ready, which is sometime between lunchtime tomorrow and 2017. So, best not let the grass grow. Time to get the GP preparedness plan out the drawer.
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Media Watch: obesity and public health
Obesity and poor diets were eating many journalists as the government relaxed its attempts to control people’s lifestyles.