All articles by Richard Vize – Page 6
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LeaderNHS boards ignorant of brewing danger and scandal
If a major problem is brewing in your hospital, don’t bank on the board spotting it before it becomes a scandal.
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Why did Rose Gibb lose?
There is considerable surprise at the high court ruling against Rose Gibb in her claim for breach of contract.
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The blood and guts of cuts
How well will managers cope with a spending cut? Hardly any NHS managers have been around long enough to experience government imposed cuts like this before.
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LeaderFoundation trusts running out of time to meet Monitor standards
The challenges are piling up for trusts yet to clear the hurdle of achieving foundation status
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Budget confirms that clinicians must accept responsibility for managing money
The arid financial landscape for the health service confirmed in yesterday’s Budget means the days of clinicians avoiding responsibility for managing money are over.
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NewsBudget 2009: funding squeeze looms in 2011, says David Nicholson
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has not ruled out a cash cut in NHS funding from 2011.
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LeaderProspect of serious competition rattles foundation trusts
As the era of competition starts to take hold in the NHS, foundation trusts are getting jittery.
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Care is still a long way from the community
This week’s HSJ revelation of the huge scale of primary care trusts’ overspend on acute care exposes the distance between the desire to move more care into the community and delivering it.
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BlogsSurviving another recession
Just as trees can be aged by their rings, people can now be aged by how many recessions they have survived.
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LeaderNew look hsj.co.uk will give you much more
HSJ’s website has relaunched. The new service at hsj.co.uk features simpler navigation, a more powerful search engine and vastly more links to related articles.
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LeaderNHS commissioners hold the secret to thriving beyond the recession
With even the chancellor having to admit his forecast was woefully wide of the mark, the NHS could be forgiven for basing its financial planning on sunny spells rather than torrential rain.
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LeaderFoundations are older and wiser, but have they flown the cage yet?
This week marks five years since the launch of foundation trusts.
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Resource centre: a commitment to helping you be the best
This week HSJ launches a new five page section - Resource Centre - offering managers practical advice for your personal development and to help you do your job even better.
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NewsDavid Nicholson talks to HSJ about foundation trusts on their fifth anniversary
As the new financial year begins, NHS chief executive David Nicholson talks to HSJ about the first five years of foundation trusts, the national quality board, and how managers should respond to the gathering financial storm
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LeaderManagers must fight to win back the trust of the public
As well as damaging the reputation of the NHS as a whole, the scandal of Mid Staffordshire foundation trust’s emergency services has piled more opprobrium on the reputation of NHS managers.
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LeaderStay of execution will draw out the agony
Strategic health authorities grappling with trusts that will fail to make foundation status face opposition whichever way they turn.
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Is your employer in the Healthcare 100 club?
Do you work for one of the best health employers in the country?
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Spectre of more competition haunts NHS
A new beast is unleashed onto the healthcare world tomorrow which could change the landscape on everything from pensions to private practice.
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Stop at red: study shows PCTs have a long road ahead of them
Around 18 months after the Department of Health began outlining its vision for world class commissioning, we have the first tangible measure of how well primary care trusts have prepared.