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LeaderFT governance enthusiasm has given way to indifference
The boards of governors for foundation trusts are ailing. HSJ reveals this week that the turnout for governor elections has halved in five years - it started below 50 per cent - and many are uncontested.
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LeaderHSJ, 29 October 2009
HSJ, 29 October 2009HSJ, 29 October 2009 Click here to download a PDF of the magazine
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LeaderAndy Burnham’s flawed NHS regime will stifle commissioning ambitions
The row over NHS competition policy played out over the pages of this week’s HSJ goes to the heart of Labour’s leadership of the NHS.
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LeaderTariff cap may limit some trusts’ ability to survive the recession
Concrete evidence of the impact of the collapse of public finances on the health service is beginning to emerge.
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LeaderHard cash makes Tory policy a soft target
As the Conservatives’ policy of handing commissioning cash to GP consortia comes under closer scrutiny, the lack of detailed thinking about how it will work becomes increasingly apparent.
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LeaderStars of the health check ratings must not be eclipsed by failures
The annual health check reveals a stronger performance by primary care trusts, but provides worrying signs that improvement in acute trusts has stalled.
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LeaderGP commissioning is turning in its grave
Practice based commissioning is dead. Primary care tsar David Colin-Thomé, unable to find signs of life, has written its death certificate.
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LeaderAndrew Lansley and NHS managers must face hard truths about cuts
The policies which shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley outlined to this week’s Conservative conference are not the answer to the exam question he will be set - save £20bn.
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LeaderSHAs face an uncertain destiny as political friends desert them
Are strategic health authorities staring into the abyss?
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LeaderAndy Burnham’s ideas may be more about his future
Health secretary Andy Burnham has come under fire from two of his predecessors in two weeks.
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LeaderAndy Burnham speech delivers body blow to NHS competition and choice
The government’s commitment to choice and competition is unravelling.
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LeaderFiring squads won’t solve trusts’ problems
The naming of 34 trusts as poor performers will strike fear into the managers in charge.
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LeaderA shot in the arm for GPs as they eye swine flu profits
Why is the government shovelling yet more money to GPs?
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LeaderHSJ Resource Centre: now with more practical tips for managers
This week HSJ expands its Resource Centre section to provide managers with even more practical inspiration on how to do their jobs.
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LeaderMcKinsey report was no fiendish plot, just an attempt to grasp the reality
Last week’s revelation by HSJ of the pain the NHS might have to endure to achieve savings in the order of £20bn by 2014 dominated the national media.
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LeaderMcKinsey have plotted a course, NHS managers must lead through it
The report by consultancy McKinsey revealed in this week’s HSJ spells out the pain of cuts and change the NHS needs to endure to find £20bn of savings.
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LeaderMilitary training for NHS managers will win frontline battles
Monitor has invited senior foundation trust managers to attend a leadership programme at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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LeaderPatient records: jokes about doctors’ bad handwriting are no longer funny
The Audit Commission has found that 8 per cent of the bills sent by trusts to commissioners last year were for the wrong treatment.
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LeaderToo many NHS staff in sickness and in health
The NHS is doing too little to address the annual loss of 10.3 million working days through sickness.