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NHS spending rises 'endanger vulnerable patients'
Commitments to increase spending on the NHS year-on-year are “dangerous” and will leave vulnerable patients without the support they need, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeGalvanising the future of clinical leadership
There is vast leadership potential in the junior doctor workforce, as Fiona Pathiraja and Kate Drysdale explain
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NewsSHAs told to step up NHS talent hunt
An HSJ analysis has uncovered large regional variations in the amount being invested in NHS talent and leadership.
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HSJ KnowledgeEuropean working time directive
The story of how the European working time directive was implemented successfully at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsNHS leaders ‘must support’ clinical practice change
NHS leaders are being urged to support changes to clinical practice it is hoped will save more than £9bn a year.
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CommentThe bones of a PCT recovery plan
PCTs’ plans for the tough times ahead need both the right ‘anatomy’ and ‘physiology’
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LeaderClinical engagement is about more than GPs
At last week’s NHS Confederation conference, health secretary Andrew Lansley stressed the need for managers to engage with GPs, while batting away the question of how Treasury officials feel about giving them control of the commissioning purse strings - a question that is not going to go away.
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NewsDo not cut specialist roles, warns SHA chief
Specialist members of the NHS workforce must not be sacrificed in order to find efficiency savings, a government advisor and strategic health authority chief executive has warned.
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NewsSugar banned from hospital vending machines
Sugar has been banned from coffee and tea vending machines in hospitals across Wales as they pose a “risk to health”, according to NHS chiefs.
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NewsForeign doctors 'must speak good English'
Poorly trained overseas doctors who cannot speak good English must not be able to treat patients in the UK, a doctors’ leader has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to be an NHS change leader
The success of a change initiative relies on strong leadership from chief executives - so how do you make that happen, asks Chris Roebuck
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NewsThird of operating time lost to late starts and early finishes
Acute foundation trusts lost a third of their operating theatre time to late starts and early finishes by the clinical teams, according to research presented by the Foundation Trust Network (FTN) at the NHS Confederation annual conference.
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NewsC diff target increased to 50% in Scotland
NHS boards in Scotland are being asked to meet an increased target in the reduction of over-65s catching Clostridium difficile in their hospitals - placing the figure now at 50%.
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NewsObama’s ‘chief mobiliser’ working with NHS
The man behind Barack Obama’s presidential election campaign is working with the NHS Institute on a campaign to engage frontline staff on improving productivity.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe journey to the job of NHS chief executive
Research among chief executives pinned down the aspirations as well as the accomplishments that lead to the top, say Linda Barber and Carol Pickering
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NewsProductivity gains unlikely without clinician 'buy in' and better information
Improving information quality and getting clinicians “on board” are crucial if the NHS is to improve its productivity, a management consultant has warned.
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NewsManagers need to be 'open' with staff about redundancy risk
NHS managers must be honest with staff about the possibility of redundancies when they talk to them about the need to improve productivity, workforce experts have told delegates.
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NewsRose Gibb wins £175k appeal
Rose Gibb is £175,000 better off today after the Court of Appeal ruled the former chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust should be paid her severance deal.
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NewsManagers must not underestimate effect of EU law
NHS managers should not underestimate the effect EU law could have on the supply and organisation of their services, a NHS Confederation session was told.
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NewsNHS staff seek justice over parking
A solicitor representing doctors and nurses at Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust is challenging a ban on staff using an on-site car park between 7.30am and 8pm.