Health Service Journal
10 September 2009
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Ian Dalton's swine flu update - revised planning assumptions
In his fourth weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses the revised planning assumptions for the pandemic -
‘Unpopular NHS spending decisions should fall to PCTs’
Unpopular decisions about NHS spending should be made locally by primary care trusts, the Social Market Foundation said. -
Acute trust mergers expected to increase
The co-operation and competition panel is expecting a surge in cases evaluating the costs and benefits of acute trust mergers, says its director Andrew Taylor. -
BAMM chief rejects NHS job cut plan
The chief executive of the British Association of Medical Managers has backed the government’s rejection of a report recommending that the NHS cut 137,000 jobs in the next five years to make efficiency savings. -
Bill Moyes tells foundation trusts to 'refuse to jump' to DH demands
Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes has told foundation trusts to defend their independence by “refusing to jump” in response to Department of Health demands. -
Book Review: The 10-Day MBA
Speedy guide to the three year course is great value, says Pavan Chahl -
Cally Bann: psychopathic managers
September: everyone’s favourite board. Papers the weight of a Nigella compendium but without the taste, tease or titillation. Unless you get your rocks off on the compliance return, the assurance framework, the risk register or the update on the implementation of the HR strategy 2007-11. -
Catherine O'Connell appointed NHS West Essex chief executive
NHS West Essex has appointed Catherine O’Connell, previously its director of strategy, as chief executive. -
Community Services Bidder Information Day
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DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF TRUST WIDE CULTURE CHANGE PROGRAMME
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Essex Cares bids for PCT role
Essex county council’s new social care trading company could earn the authority upwards of £3m a year in dividends and may take over the running of some local primary care trust services, bosses have revealed. -
Expressions of Interest - Provision of a full Histopathological and Cytopathological Service
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust -
Goldie takes on social care
A campaign to promote social work careers has been wheeling out the great and good from celeb-land. -
Guide to increasing breastfeeding rates with the Baby Friendly initiative
The Baby Friendly accreditation scheme has the power to reduce costs as well as infant and maternal illnesses -
Hospital parking guidelines 'ignored'
Guidelines intended to allow NHS cancer patients to avoid “appalling” hospital car parking charges are being widely ignored, according to a survey. -
Hospitals 'should appoint A&E alcohol liaison officers'
All NHS hospitals need to appoint an alcohol liaison officer to help patients in casualty come to terms with their drink problems, a senior emergency consultant has said. -
How to handle stress at work
Increasingly stressful work environments are taking their toll on NHS managers, but chances exist to adapt and change, writes Judith Krichefski -
How to plan for cold weather with a swine flu pandemic looming
How can trusts put intensive care plans in place this winter with a swine flu pandemic looming, asks Jennifer Taylor -
HSJ Resource Centre: now with more practical tips for managers
This week HSJ expands its Resource Centre section to provide managers with even more practical inspiration on how to do their jobs. -
HSJ Special Issue: Responding to the Cost-Cutting Challenge
This week’s HSJ presents an in-depth examination of the future of the health service in light of looming spending cuts. -
Innovation EXPO: shining a light on health's big ideas
Innovation is, and must be seen to be, essential to the future of the NHS. The first Innovation EXPO, held in London this summer, was not only one of the biggest showcases of healthcare ideas ever seen in this country, it encapsulated the sense that we are embarking on something very significant. -
Jon Restell on NHS managers fighting back
The politics for managers in all four UK health services are tough, and the fiscal squeeze and a forthcoming general election make them tougher. -
King's Fund: higher NHS productivity could need investment up front
Reducing variations in NHS productivity would in some cases require more investment in services rather than less, the King’s Fund has suggested. -
Lansley: NHS growth will be much lower than under Thatcher
NHS spending growth under the Tories would be significantly less than that seen under Margaret Thatcher, Andrew Lansley has said. -
London acutes could see workload fall by up to 72pc
London’s acute hospitals face a drop of up to 72 per cent in their workload and a 42 per cent cut in their annual income by 2016-17, a report disseminated by the capital’s strategic health authority has warned. -
London health integration plan on the table
London’s boroughs are on the verge of sealing a deal to dramatically boost integration between councils and the NHS, Local Government Chronicle has learned. -
Managers 'struggling to win trust'
Senior managers in large public sectors organisations are failing to win the trust of their employees, a new study has found. -
McKinsey report was no fiendish plot, just an attempt to grasp the reality
Last week’s revelation by HSJ of the pain the NHS might have to endure to achieve savings in the order of £20bn by 2014 dominated the national media. -
McKinsey report: politicians accused of not facing reality
The NHS Confederation has warned that the febrile political environment has “left behind all rational debate” over health service funding over the next five years. -
Mental health killings reports urge better information sharing
Reports into two killings by a man with schizophrenia have sparked calls for better sharing of information in management of mental health patients. -
Michael White on NHS spending and the McKinsey report
As if last week wasn’t more than usually nightmare-ish enough for the NHS’s managerial officer class, with a convicted murderer’s birthmarks and the leaked McKinsey report providing only two of many horrid headlines, this week started with a fresh jolt. -
Mike Farrar on QIPP - quality, innovation, productivity and prevention
QIPP needs to become woven into the NHS’s DNA, and efficiencies come from the avoidable use of NHS resources, effective partnerships and best practice -
Mike Farrar: dancer
When End Game jokily suggested that NHS North West chief executive Mike Farrar might partner up with TV’s Arlene Phillips in his new role as NHS health champion, little did we know that he was already an accomplished dancer. -
NHS cost-cutting: how to save £20bn by 2014
The McKinsey report sets out a range of advice to enable NHS organisations to achieve suggested savings. -
NHS drug errors 'may top 860,000'
The number of mistakes involving NHS patients being given the wrong medication may total 860,850, according to the National Patient Safety Agency. -
NHS Great Yarmouth unveils doctor as new chief executive
NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney has appointed a doctor, Sushil Jathanna, 52, as its new chief executive. -
NHS Norfolk (population 746,721) are seeking to engage with potential suppliers for the management and diagnosis of patients with Ocular Hypertension...
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NHS 'not ready' for swine flu pandemic - Tories
The Conservative Party has claimed the NHS is “ill-prepared” for the second wave of swine flu many experts believe will strike the UK in the coming months. -
NHS practice manager network launched
The NHS Alliance has launched a new network designed to help practice managers influence policy and promote best practice in primary care. -
NHS recovers cost of treating crash victims
The NHS has recouped £22m from insurance companies to cover the costs of treating road crash victims in Wales. -
NHS spending: McKinsey exposes hard choices to save £20bn
The McKinsey report leaked by HSJ last week lays bare the tough issues managers have to grasp as the funding squeeze looms, explains Sally Gainsbury -
NHS trust pays £150,000 compensation over death
The wife of a man who died a day after being discharged from an NHS hospital has been awarded £150,000 compensation by Nottingham University Hospitals Trust. -
Non-executives appointed to Newcastle PCT's board
Two positions on the board of Newcastle primary care trust have been filled with re-appointed non-executive directors. -
Patient Safety Awards 2010: spreading the learning
Welcome to the Patient Safety Awards 2010. Delivered by Nursing Times and Health Service Journal, these awards will reward your hard work, innovation and best practice in all areas of patient safety. -
'People, the NHS needs managers'
The media seized on HSJ’s scoop on the Department of Health-commissioned McKinsey report. -
Rival plan found only half of McKinsey savings
Rival consultancy firm KPMG told the Department of Health it could make less than half the savings McKinsey claimed were needed. -
Shift NHS patients out of hospital urges Tribal
The only way to avoid the scale of NHS job cuts outlined by McKinsey is to radically reform where and how NHS staff work, according to consultants Tribal. -
South Central SHA appoints new chief executive
South Central strategic health authority has appointed Andrea Young as its new chief executive. She will replace current chief executive Jim Easton on 1 October. -
Steve Preston on NHS work survival skills
With organisations going through constant change, restructuring, downsizing, takeovers and mergers, it pays to understand the survival game. -
Swine flu funding sought by Scotland and Wales
NHS services in Scotland and Wales are seeking more government money to combat the expected upsurge of swine flu cases in the autumn. -
Swine flu love-in
Congratulations to the Department of Health for continuing to be transparent about its pandemic swine flu plans through holding its weekly love-in between the hacks from the nationals and the chief medical officer. -
Swine flu overtime hours must be put on record
Managers will have to ensure that doctors who volunteer to work more than 48 hours a week during any resurgence of the flu pandemic have it “agreed in writing”. -
Swine flu vaccination programme extended to pharmacists
Frontline pharmacists and their staff must be included in the priority swine flu vaccination programme, NHS flu resilience director Ian Dalton has said. -
TENDER OPPORTUNITY Sheffield DAAT
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Think tanks vie to produce new ideas on controlling NHS costs
Giving clinicians responsibility for how to spend money and more central control over NHS procurement have been proposed by think tanks as alternative answers to making savings. -
Tory linked to private health firm
A senior Conservative MP’s links to a private health company have prompted a fresh row over Tory leader David Cameron’s commitment to the NHS. -
Trade union boss gets suited and booted
It appears that the head of the Royal College of Nursing has finally dispensed with the union tag that went with the job, and has adopted a more managerial soubriquet. -
UK faces hard choices on public spending, Alistair Darling warns
Chancellor Alistair Darling is set to announce that the UK faces “hard choices on public spending” after it emerges from recession. -
Upper Gastro-Intestinal (Oesophago-Gastric) Cancer Services
The Association of Greater Manchester Primary Care Trusts & Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust -
Using training to help people with mental health issues
Tips on using the online marketplace eBay are just some of the IT lessons on offer at mental health project Lifescopes -
Waiting time targets 'have not increased inequalities'
A recent drop in the length of NHS waiting times was experienced evenly throughout the country’s socio-economic landscape, according to a study.
