All articles by Richard Vize – Page 12
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Comment
Hygiene: staff won't follow where they are not led
After the years of media scrutiny, policy statements, regulations, inspections and public outcry - not to mention the avoidable deaths and illnesses - it is hard to comprehend why many acute trust boards are failing to make hygiene standards a priority.
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Tories struggle to make their own room in the centre ground
This week in Blackpool the Conservative Party conference promised to scrap top-down targets - and end the postcode lottery.
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Department should explain itself on race
The new health secretary is passionate about tackling health inequalities. With race a central factor, he will be appalled at the catalogue of race equality failures at the Department of Health that the Commission for Racial Equality claims to have unearthed.
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Labour conference: localist messages do not cover a nasty whiff of central control
The speeches at Labour's annual conference mapping out the principles for Gordon Brown's stewardship of the NHS highlighted the tensions with which the new ministerial team is grappling.
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Leader
Time to come clean on the private sector
‘The role of independent providers under Gordon Brown is one of the most opaque areas of health policy’
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Old-style GPs may go the same way as Britain's motor industry
‘Dr Buckman is in danger of doing for primary care what Derek ‘Red Robbo’ Robinson did for the British motor industry in the 1970s’
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High Court drugs ruling marks latest skirmish in war of words
The High Court ruling upholding the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's decision over medication for Alzheimer's is just the latest skirmish in what promises to be protracted manoeuvring over drug use and pricing.
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Herts bags early winner with stadium bid
As the football season cranks into action, Watford have scored an early goal in a PFI partnership with West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust.The trust hopes to share£80m-£100m of its costs by building a new hospital in Watford as part of a development encompassing a new stadium, housing, a hotel and conference ...
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Medic's freedoms will reveal commitment to NHS autonomy
'The arrival of another world-class surgeon at Richmond House is a significant coup for NHS chief executive David Nicholson'
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Your chance to tell us who has the power
In a few weeks, HSJ, recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash and management consultants Ernst & Young will be collaborating with a panel of experts to decide the HSJ50 for 2007 - the definitive list of the 50 most influential people in healthcare.
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Patient involvement can help siphon control from the centre
The government has raised the question of the health service's democratic deficit.
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SHA shrinkage drives questions on the future of a regional role
'The greatest concern is that SHA shrinkage is outstripping the growth in capacity and expertise among PCTs'
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SHA shrinkage drives questions on the future of a regional role
'The greatest concern is that SHA shrinkage is outstripping the growth in capacity and expertise among PCTs'
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Bring community medics in from the cold
'The culture shock of moving from the intensity of a hospital to community work is profound'
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Bring community medics in from the cold
'The culture shock of moving from the intensity of a hospital to community work is profound'
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Misleading forecasts could spell disaster
'Chief executives and others must encourage openness and transparency in financial reporting'
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Timely action will save lives and restore public confidence
'Media coverage of mental health killings obliterates shades of grey'
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GPs' fading popularity could hurt Tories
'Not so long ago, local family doctors were running a close third to apple pie and motherhood in the list of safe things for politicians to support'
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High Court drugs ruling marks latest skirmish in war of words
The High Court ruling upholding the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's decision over medication for Alzheimer's is just the latest skirmish in what promises to be protracted manoeuvring over drug use and pricing.
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Herts bags early winner with stadium bid
As the football season cranks into action, Watford have scored an early goal in a PFI partnership with West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust.