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NewsTrusts refusing to release doctors for leadership work
Doctors are struggling to gain permission from trusts to undertake nationally important policy and leadership work, according to senior medical figures.
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CommentPermanent chief at deficit trust confirmed
Imperial College Healthcare Trust now has a permanent chief executive.
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HSJ Local
New chief exec appointed to BANES cluster
WORKFORCE: Ed Macalister Smith has been appointed to lead the Wiltshire and Bath and North East Somerset primary care trust cluster through its last year of existence.
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NewsSenior NHS manager headcount falls 9 per cent
The number of senior managers working in the NHS has dropped nearly 9 per cent in one year, while nurse numbers have fallen 1.3 per cent, figures show.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy medical leaders need to be proactive in driving culture change
We need our medical leaders to direct their energy and enthusiasm into better engagement and driving improvement, say Vijaya Nath and John Clark.
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NewsFree online workforce webinar for HSJ audience
How can organisations best manage as the changes outlined in the Health Bill come into force and they need to protect services whilst striving to meet its challenging targets?
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Comment'This business model lets us focus on quality services and safe staff'
The outcome of co-ownership at a healthcare organisation has been a cultural belief in the notion of quality care being delivered free from bureaucratic control, as Andrew Burnell reports.
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NewsNurses paid by journalists, suggests former tabloid editor
Nurses are being paid by journalists to disclose sensitive information, the former editor of The Sun has implied.
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NewsTalks aim to halt hospital strike over bullying row
Talks aimed at averting fresh strikes by hospital cleaners, caterers and other staff in a row over claims of bullying and harassment, will be held today.
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Blogs
Is there an I in success? Busting the team building myth
A successful team of staff doesn’t mean that all of them have to be “team players”. In fact if they don’t get on with each other, they may get on better with the job in hand.
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NewsQuality of hospital care concerning doctors
More than a quarter of consultants think the continuity of care offered by their hospital is poor or very poor, according to a poll.
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NewsDH advisers paid 'as companies' to reduce tax
Twenty-five Whitehall advisers who shared salaries of more than £4m were paid through limited companies, it has been reported.
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NewsStandardised GP contract by 2015 is 'naive'
GP practices will agree and move to a new standard national contract within “two to three years”, the NHS Commissioning Board is estimating. The timescale has provoked warnings from leading GPs that the plan is “naive”.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy engaging the workforce helps enhance service innovation
To fully capture and stimulate NHS service innovation, Academic Health and Social Care Networks must go beyond striving to bring remote research into practice and include a focus on workforce innovation. Laurence Benson explains.
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HSJ KnowledgeGive it to me straight: improving patient communication for better outcomes
The language used in the health sector can seem remote, robotic and worse, uncaring. Neil Taylor argues that plain speaking medical professionals would make everyone’s lives better.
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Blogs
Is fiddling the figures all part of the game now?
Mark was angry, and the more he read, the angrier he got.
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NewsGovernment forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
The government has denied that there is a conflict of interest between its health reforms and a management consultant advising on them.
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NewsReforms spell end of joint commissioning in Peterborough
A long-running agreement on joint commissioning of health and social care has come to an end because of the government’s health reforms.
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NewsCampaigners demand social enterprise future for community hospital
A campaign has been launched for a community hospital to be run as a social enterprise - to stop it becoming part of a foundation trust.
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NewsPublic sector bonuses to be reviewed
The government is looking at public sector bonuses after the angry reaction to payouts at bodies such as Royal Bank of Scotland.