All Health Service Journal articles in 1 October 2009
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NewsFoundation trust de-authorisation rules 'window dressing'
A new regime for stripping failing NHS foundation trusts of their freedoms has been dismissed as “window dressing”.
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Community
On the menu
Flamboyant chef Keith Floyd may have died this month but his memory is living on, at least in one hospital.
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NewsMost PCTs meet only ‘minimum requirements’ on resources use
The majority of primary care trusts are meeting only “minimum requirements” in their use of resources, the results of the Audit Commission’s annual test have shown.
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CommentMichael White on Labour policy
I had scarcely arrived in Brighton for Labour’s last pre-election conference than a succession of party veterans had pinned me to the nearest wall to explain why the party is doomed - or why it is not.
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CommentMedia Watch: 'secret tipplers' and Scottish GPs
In the NHS, there is widespread agreement that early action to prevent disease, or at least spot it earlier, is beneficial for patients and the health service alike.
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NewsPCTs neglect value in general practice
Primary care trusts are doing little to tackle the huge variation in the cost and quality of their GP services, the results of a confidential internal NHS survey suggest.
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CommunityLookey-Likey: Joe Farrington-Douglas and Ryan Reynolds
NHS Confederation senior policy manager Joe Farrington-Douglas has not been moonlighting as a Hollywood actor - it’s his lookalike Ryan Reynolds.
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LeaderSHAs face an uncertain destiny as political friends desert them
Are strategic health authorities staring into the abyss?
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CommentStephen Eames on defending district general hospitals
Reconfiguration of acute and community services is bound to be on the cards again, once the dust has settled on the autumn QIPP and Monitor downside submissions.
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CommentDavid Stout on the NHS public profile
Some decisions will always be unpopular, so PCTs must improve their reputation by ensuring that all decisions are seen to be transparent, efficient and fair
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CommunityLord Darzi, porter
It has come to the attention of End Game that professor of surgery at Imperial College London and former health minister Lord Darzi once spent a day secretly working as a hospital porter.
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CommunityToo cool for the NHS
End Game wonders how trusts will respond to last week’s revelation that younger staff feel the NHS lacks street cred.
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NewsFT warning over competition panel ruling on consultants
Foundation trusts have warned most decisions on allowing consultants to work for other providers will need to be decided individually, despite a co-operation and competition panel ruling last week that attempts to prevent such work were anti-competitive and undermined patient choice.
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SupplementsYorkshire and Humber PCT Collaborative
The vision of the Yorkshire and Humber PCT Collaborative is clear - to achieve better outcomes for patients by sharing expertise and learning and getting better value for money, working on projects once rather than 14 times.
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NewsChoice of male or female GP still unequal
Variations between primary care trusts in the quality of their GP services and how easily patients can access them remain stark.
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NewsCan the Conservatives mix cutting and caring?
Editor Richard Vize discusses whether the health policies of a Conservative government would deliver the right improvements for the NHS long after the applause of the voters has faded away
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NewsGP contract: 'clunky’ deal holds back quality
Primary care trusts blame the “weak and clunky” GP contract for slow progress on improving quality in primary care and unacceptable variations in cost.
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NewsCornwall PCT looks for leader as another chief goes
Cornwall’s primary care trust and hospital trust are both looking for new chief executives.
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CommentCally Bann: no beating an annual general meeting
You can’t beat a good annual general meeting, can you? Well maybe you can, with just about anything: walking on glass, needles under the fingernails, back to back episodes of Big Brother, a detailed discussion on the board assurance framework…
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LeaderAndy Burnham’s ideas may be more about his future
Health secretary Andy Burnham has come under fire from two of his predecessors in two weeks.