Integration pioneer Torbay to merge
STRUCTURE: Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust looks set to abandon its foundation trust ambitions and seek a merger.
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CCGs choose in-house commissioning support ahead of outsourced services
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Night discharges controversy down to coding, says Barnet and Chase Farm
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Burns go-ahead for 2012 clinical excellence awards
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RCN prepared to battle government over regional pay plans
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Day surgery could increase by 15pc say analysts
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Mixed-sex breaches rise across the NHS
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Government announces extra mental health funding for veterans
Trusts needing bailout support almost double in 2011-12
Thirty-one trusts received bailout payments in 2011-12, information released to HSJ under the Freedom of Information Act reveals.
Analysed: reform of education and training budgets in London
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at reform of education and training budgets in London.
Day surgery could increase by 15pc say analysts
Most hospitals could increase the amount of day surgery they do by up to 15 per cent, according to health data analysts.
Burns go-ahead for 2012 clinical excellence awards
NHS doctors will be able to get their 2012 round of Clinical Excellence Awards after health minister Simon Burns gave the go ahead.
Thriving in the NHS - five tips for healthcare leaders
Redundancies, reduced budgets and endless uncertainty. Being a senior manager in the NHS certainly brings its challenges. But there is a way to turn almost every high-pressure situation into an opportunity to shine, as Judith Krichefski explanis.
RCN chief 'fears' for commissioners negotiating with private sector
NHS commissioners will be “taken to the cleaners” by private sector providers, the head of the Royal College of Nursing has claimed.
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Can the NHS afford not to adopt mobile working?
With £20bn savings needed and the demographic time bomb ticking, how can the NHS afford not to adopt mobile working?
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'Lansley is right to say that age trumps poverty'
Health secretary is bidding to meet the core prinicples of the NHS.
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GPs vs MPs: the ‘new’ battle ground for a redesigned NHS
Will reconfiguration be any different this time around?
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Noel Plumridge: in the savings equation, the answer is always QIPP
Where will 2011-12 savings end up?
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'A culture shift can help reduce prescription wastage'
Patient involvement is paramount to prescription policy.
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Michael White: gap between Lansley and nurses threatens to grow
Voting for extreme parties could happen here if patience runs out.
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The data debate needs a dose of pragmatism
Things could quickly turn sour despite best intentions of data-sharing plans.
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Stephen Eames: is it time you turned around?
Turnaround is seriously back in town.
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Media Watch: RCN congress sparks raft of health warnings
Health policy in the news this week.
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Will economic problems finally fix London health care?
And, can London focus on the future when the present is so tough?
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David Worskett: implementing reforms requires collaborative open minds
It’s time to discuss the practical business of healthcare.
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Michael White: driving down the cost of drug deals
The NHS should have little sympathy for Big Pharma.
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Dial Q for quality: the programme helping healthcare leaders deliver change
To improve quality leaders must focus on relationships that facilitate change. Daloni Carlisle looks at a project to develop the right skills.
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The six steps to delivering better stroke care
Five years on from the National Stroke Strategy, London has turned around its performance. Alec Fraser, Sue Fenwick Elliot and David Cohen explain how the changes were made.
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Why stroke care in England needs modernising further
The inconsistency in stroke care across England shows that although some issues have been addressed, there is still room for improvement, says Damian Jenkinson.
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How to utilise the technology that can transform urgent care
Technology that could revolutionise care has already been developed, so how do we roll it out to all of the NHS, ask Jim Parle and Terry Young.
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Thriving in the NHS - five tips for healthcare leaders
Redundancies, reduced budgets and endless uncertainty. Being a senior manager in the NHS certainly brings its challenges. But there is a way to turn almost every high-pressure situation into an opportunity to shine, as Judith Krichefski explanis.
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How to implement evidence-based stroke care
Alec Fraser and colleagues discuss four challenges that were overcome in successfully implementing better stroke services.
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Analysing the results of the largest ever stroke care survey
The Stroke Association conducted the largest ever survey of stroke survivors undertaken in the UK to get a better understanding of the issues facing stroke survivors in their daily lives. Joe Korner looks at the responses.
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The issues facing 'suitable alternative employment' changes
Sejal Raja considers the issues faced by employers when seeking to redeploy employees and justifying that the new role is suitable alternative employment to avoid a redundancy payment being made.
