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Royal Cornwall chief executive John Watkinson to appeal sacking
A trust chief executive has been sacked by his board following an independent review which found the organisation was heading “towards corporate failure”.
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Experts voice concerns over 'cyclical NHS sackings'
The NHS should be less ready to “junk” managers when things go wrong, senior figures have said.
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NewsGP pay changes: worst hit PCTs revealed
The Department of Health has published a list of the primary care trusts which will be most disadvantaged as a result of changes to the way GP pay is allocated.
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HSJ Knowledge
Safer Care: the Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme
The Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme is enabling acute trusts to develop their capability and frontline teams by giving them a framework from which to develop their safety strategy.
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Safer Care: improving general practice safety
As the Safer Care programme extends its work into primary care, general practices have been piloting a global trigger tool designed to help GPs identify, measure and act on patient safety warning signs more quickly and systematically
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Safer Care: leaders in the field
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has established the Safer Care faculty, a group of clinicians who act as facilitators on the Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme. Three of them talk here about why the role is so important
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CommentSteve Onyett on leading the NHS for alignment
An earlier column explored the first two of the Department of Health’s change principles for the NHS: co-production and “subsidiarity”. Both seek to get people working together to effect change by enabling them to fully exercise their power and authority.
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NewsBullying: the 'corrosive' problem the NHS must address
Sir Ian Kennedy’s parting shots and last month’s staff survey both warn of a culture of bullying in the NHS. Charlotte Santry analyses where and why the bullies are found
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Media Watch: Margaret Haywood and NHS whistleblowing
The sacking of whistleblowing nurse Margaret Haywood provided the perfect opportunity to give NHS managers a good kicking, no matter that the unpopular decision was actually taken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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CommentKieran Walshe on evidence based decision making in the NHS
NHS managers need to read and engage with the latest data and evidence on health service organisation - and researchers must present this in forms busy managers can use
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Budget 2009: NHS privatisation should be victim of savings, says union
The largest trade union in the country has said government efficiency savings should be targeted at the “costly, creeping privatisation” of the NHS.
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Budget 2009: Improve NHS productivity or cut services - King's Fund
The NHS will face “significant cuts in its services” from 2011 unless it can become more productive, the King’s Fund said in response to today’s Budget.
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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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Budget 2009: Don't punish NHS for excesses of 'greedy bankers' - Unison
Trade union Unison has warned against punishing public services for the excesses of “greedy bankers”, following the government’s Budget statement.
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Budget 2009: NHS asked to cut £2.3bn from plans in 2010-11
The Department of Health has been asked to contribute £2.3bn to the Treasury’s £5bn of public spending cuts in 2010-11.
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NHS Wales names new chief executives
NHS Wales has announced the chief executives of the health boards that will run primary and secondary care across the country from October.
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Tory activist to chair NHS South East Coast
A Conservative Party activist and former barrister has been named as the new chair of NHS South East Coast.
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NewsPressure on to outsource NHS back offices
NHS organisations will come under pressure over the next year to outsource their back offices and make savings in the region of 20-30 per cent, yesterday’s Treasury report on efficiency suggests.
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Anger over GP quality decision
The Department of Health has angered senior figures in primary care by appointing external consultants McKinsey to advise a panel of experts on how to measure GP quality.
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NewsNHS managers' relationships with staff to be scrutinised
NHS staff will be asked detailed questions about their relationships with managers for a review commissioned by the Department of Health.