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NewsConcerns NHS could be challenged under EU competition law
NHS contracts with private providers could fall foul of EU competition rules if they allow excessive profits, a briefing paper from the NHS Confederation warns.
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NewsNHS survival may depend on a ‘series of big changes’
The NHS may not survive unless dramatic action is taken to manage investment cuts, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsManagement consultant costs to be laid bare
The daily rates of a management consultants employed by NHS organisations could soon be published.
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NewsStart NHS pay talks now, Steve Barnett urges
NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett has urged NHS employers, politicians and unions to get around the negotiating table now to start discussions about pay after 2010-11.
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NewsSteve Barnett says it’s 'make or break' for the NHS
The NHS is facing a “make or break” moment in its history, NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett told delegates at the conference today.
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CommentA guide to clinical champions and commissioning
Building effective clinical leadership and engagement is the key to improving services, writes Jackie Kay
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CommentMidwifery and the Clinical Leaders Network
Raj Kumar In this month’s column for HSJ, Debby Gould from NHS London talks about how the Clinical Leaders Network is helping her to work collaboratively with other midwifery departments, helping to improve maternity services. NHS London has decided to use the CLN initially to focus on ...
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NewsIt's official: NHS productivity is rising
NHS productivity rose by 1.2 per cent in 2007 and 0.7 per cent in 2006, official statistics show, reversing a seven year stretch of declining productivity.
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Hospital follow-up inspection reveals new problems
CQC inspectors have raised concerns about a mental health hospital served with six statutory notices.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy a happy workforce equals an efficient trust
If trusts are serious about improving the wellbeing of their staff, they need to evaluate the needs of their workers from the outset. This helps avoid the usual pitfalls of developing programmes that fail to tackle key problems and can be a waste of time and resource.
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NewsChief inspector of Healthcare Environment Inspectorate named
The Scottish government has named the head of its new health inspection body.
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NewsAcademy of Medical Royal Colleges elects new chair
Sir Neil Douglas is to replace Dame Carol Black as chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
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MPs call for NHS consultancy costs to be made public
The daily rates of external management consultants employed by NHS organisations could soon be published, if the demands of the Commons health committee are met.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Griffiths report: 25 years on
Twenty-five years ago Roy Griffiths famously said: ‘If Florence Nightingale were carrying her lamp through the NHS today she would be searching for the people in charge.’ When he set out his subsequent plan to overhaul management, staff feared it would be the end of the health service - Peter ...
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HSJ KnowledgeHow doctors see the European working time directive
How will clinicians adapt to the EWTD? What are the implications for training and safety? Listen to this doctors.net.uk podcast to find out more
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CommentMediawatch: why FOI is an F-word for the NPSA
Every journalist loves writing stories about secret reports, figures revealed under the Freedom of Information Act and leaks by angry whistleblowers - such phrases add an air of intrigue to even the dullest statistics.
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LeaderNHS cuts will be chance for staff to be new radicals
Existing NHS systems will not cope with the financial crisis enveloping the public sector.
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CommentNigel Crisp on what a new Griffiths would bring
I am a Griffiths manager. The Griffiths report brought me into health from a career in business and charities. As a result of Griffiths I was launched on a fascinating journey from running a mental handicap unit, as it then was, to working with health services in some of the ...
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NewsFew women doctors have board-level responsibilities, says RCP
Few women doctors have management responsibility at board level, a Royal College of Physicians investigation has found.
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NewsConfed urges trusts to open up to avoid FOI deluge
NHS organisations are being urged to become more transparent in light of a steep increase in requests under the Freedom of Information Act.