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Rival plan found only half of McKinsey savings
Rival consultancy firm KPMG told the Department of Health it could make less than half the savings McKinsey claimed were needed.
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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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CommentJon Restell on NHS managers fighting back
The politics for managers in all four UK health services are tough, and the fiscal squeeze and a forthcoming general election make them tougher.
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HSJ KnowledgeSteve Preston on NHS work survival skills
With organisations going through constant change, restructuring, downsizing, takeovers and mergers, it pays to understand the survival game.
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CommentCally Bann: psychopathic managers
September: everyone’s favourite board. Papers the weight of a Nigella compendium but without the taste, tease or titillation. Unless you get your rocks off on the compliance return, the assurance framework, the risk register or the update on the implementation of the HR strategy 2007-11.
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Comment'People, the NHS needs managers'
The media seized on HSJ’s scoop on the Department of Health-commissioned McKinsey report.
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NewsTrust faces bad practice allegations
A senior NHS cancer specialist was branded a trouble-making whistleblower and effectively sacked after alleging bad practices at a London hospital, he will claim.
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NewsSwine flu overtime hours must be put on record
Managers will have to ensure that doctors who volunteer to work more than 48 hours a week during any resurgence of the flu pandemic have it “agreed in writing”.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The 10-Day MBA
Speedy guide to the three year course is great value, says Pavan Chahl
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to handle stress at work
Increasingly stressful work environments are taking their toll on NHS managers, but chances exist to adapt and change, writes Judith Krichefski
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NHS Great Yarmouth unveils doctor as new chief executive
NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney has appointed a doctor, Sushil Jathanna, 52, as its new chief executive.
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NewsSwine flu vaccination programme extended to pharmacists
Frontline pharmacists and their staff must be included in the priority swine flu vaccination programme, NHS flu resilience director Ian Dalton has said.
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NewsBAMM chief rejects NHS job cut plan
The chief executive of the British Association of Medical Managers has backed the government’s rejection of a report recommending that the NHS cut 137,000 jobs in the next five years to make efficiency savings.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS staff benefits: for the chop?
Cherished perks for NHS staff such as workplace nurseries and subsidised canteens could be the first thing cash-strapped employers look to cut. Alison Moore investigates
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NewsDH is told 137,000 NHS posts must go in next five years
The Department of Health has been told the NHS in England will need to slash its workforce by 137,000 if it is to achieve its planned £20bn savings by 2014, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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NewsMcKinsey cost-saving proposals focus on waste in acute sector
NHS hospitals in England are rife with waste and inefficiency, consultants McKinsey and Company have told the Department of Health in a confidential report, seen by HSJ.
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NewsFTs fear biddable successor to Bill Moyes
Foundation trust leaders are concerned ministers will try to appoint a government-friendly chair of Monitor, potentially threatening their independence.
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NewsHealthcare 100: new partners for HSJ awards
The Department of Health has joined NHS Employers as a partner in HSJ and Nursing Times’s Healthcare 100.
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CommentJohn Redwood on NHS efficiency
Having experienced success and failure in a wide variety of organisations, the former Welsh secretary spells out his recipe for an effective and efficient NHS
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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.