All Health Service Journal articles in 14 March 2013
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HSJ Local
Wilson made permanent chief executive at SASH
WORKFORCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has appointed its chief executive on a substantive basis after more than two years as an interim.
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HSJ Local
New chief nurse takes up post at Surrey and Sussex
A new chief nurse has started in her post at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust with a pledge to draw up a nursing and midwifery strategy.
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NewsHSJ Live 5.3.2013: Nicholson faces MPs over Francis report
Sir David Nicholson defended his record under questioning by the Commons health committee, in an evidence session looking at the findings of the Francis report. The commissioning board chief executive said that high mortality rates at Stafford Hospital were not known by local system managers at the time of the Mid Staffordshire scandal, and argued that he was the right man to bring about cultural change in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall's response to concerns 'less than adequate'
PERFORMANCE: Failure to respond properly to concerns raised by staff at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust allowed a potentially unsafe doctor to continue to operate for more than ten years, a report has found.
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NewsBoard approaches Mark Britnell over deputy chief role
Former NHS director general Mark Britnell has been approached about the possibility of becoming the NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: Government confirms CCG quality premium rules
Legal regulations are expected to confirm shortly that the clinical commissioning group quality premium bonus can be paid to individual GP practices but must “improve services for patients”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCall for more emergency surgeons
Leading doctors have warned that two few surgeons are trained to handle emergency cases.
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HSJ Local
Leeds campaigners win heart surgery case
STRUCTURE: Campaigners have won a high court challenge over the decision to remove children’s heart surgery services from Leeds.
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HSJ Local
Review suggests reducing Redditch A&E
A major review of acute services in Worcestershire has recommended reducing the number of patients being seen at Alexandra Hospital in Redditch by around a quarter.
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NewsKelsey plans action on health technology education
The NHS Commissioning Board will work with a charity to offer 100,000 people access to training in online health literacy over the next year, it has announced.
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Comment
Readers' letters − 7 March 2013
Sir David Nicholson’s silence on how he can turn around the culture of the NHS, and our columnist’s anonymity, are disappointing, says one HSJ reader
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HSJ Local
GP claims his CCG is pressing savings 'beyond point of safety'
STRUCTURE: Doctors at a Nottinghamshire GP practice have warned they are being “pushed beyond the point of safety” to save money for their clinical commissioning group.
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CommentWhistleblowing roundtable: How do you decide which concerns to focus on?
More ideas in our interactive graphic
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Comment'A perfect storm for more disasters' – a whistleblowing roundtable
HSJ gathered 15 experts to discuss the challenge
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HSJ KnowledgePatients and quality are the focus for CCGs
Francis provides an opportunity for the NHS to reassess its priorities
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NewsMerging foundation trusts sign competition undertakings
The providers involved in the first merger between two foundation trusts have signed up to undertakings restricting how they can communicate with each other.
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NewsCarruthers seeks to 'raise the bar' for reconfiguration referrals
Councils will need to provide “more convincing” evidence when they oppose NHS reconfigurations such as hospital closures, according to the health chief in charge of a review on the subject.
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NewsHSJ Live: 11.3.2013 Controversial competition legislation amended
NHS budget protection under question, and the rest of today’s news
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NewsCMO notes 'catastrophic' antimicrobial resistance
The threat posed by antibiotic resistance should be ranked alongside terrorism on a list of threats to the nation, the government’s chief medical officer has said.
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NewsAnalysed: The way ahead for Wye Valley Trust
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the potential plans for Wye Valley Trust after it admitted it will not be able to achieve foundation trust status.