All Health Service Journal articles in 16 September 2010
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CommentA missed opportunity to improve care for long-term conditions
Senior fellow at The King’s Fund Nick Goodwin on on the role of GPs in managing long-term conditions.
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NewsGP pay revealed by NHS Information Centre
Almost 1,000 GPs are earning more than £200,000 a year although average salaries have fallen, figures show.
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NewsGovernment warned over rate of job losses
The government has been urged to approach spending cuts like a middle-distance runner rather than a sprinter, making sure that most public sector job cuts take effect after 2013.
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NewsJoint replacement patients in poorest ever health
People needing hip and knee replacements are in poorer health than ever before, with most now obese or overweight, according to a study out today.
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CommentMichael White: Is the summer silly season over?
MPs are back at Westminster early this year. Does it mean the summer silly season is definitely over? Not quite. I read during the week that Andy Burnham, our erstwhile health secretary and Labour leadership contender, is a descendant of Britain’s first Tudor monarch, King Henry VII.
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CommentMedia Watch: When is a U-turn not a U-turn?
When is a U-turn not a U-turn? When the policy being revised belongs to the previous government, argues Tory health minister Simon Burns, not without reason.
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CommentJon Restell on why managers are worth it
“Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you.” But words can hurt - words can burn like acid.
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CommentWhy many hands make IT work
New Zealand’s shared learning model offers lessons on implementing the electronic patient record system
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NewsKing’s Fund criticises GPs on dementia diagnosis
GPs are “unable or unwilling” to recognise dementia symptoms, evidence presented to the King’s Fund suggests.
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NewsDH critical of loophole in pension rules
The Department of Health has said community service social enterprises should not exploit a loophole that would allow them to give new staff access to the NHS pension scheme.
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LeaderConflicting messages from the top hint at growing resistance
Have the tone of messages from the NHS chief executive and health secretary ever been as different as those emerging from Sir David Nicholson and Andrew Lansley? At last week’s health questions in the House of Commons, ministers got stuck into “pen pushers”. Contrast this language with Sir David’s latest ...
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NewsConcerns at ‘one legged’ public health restructure
Public health doctors and directors have expressed serious concerns over the government’s restructuring plans in a survey shared exclusively by HSJ.
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NewsIT shake-up leaves key components unaltered
A shake-up of NHS IT announced by the government has left key elements of the national programme for IT unchanged.
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NewsPrivate company to run community hospital
A primary care trust has said it is the first in the country to appoint a private company to run a community hospital.
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NewsCosmetic surgery providers breach CQC rules
Hundreds of cosmetic surgery providers have breached Care Quality Commission rules by failing to respond to a national inquiry into patient outcomes and deaths.
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NewsLIFT planners try to beat project clampdown date
Around £300m worth of agreed primary sector capital projects are at risk if next month’s spending review scraps the projects in the local improvement finance trust programme pipeline.
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NewsBacteria linked to sink misuse
The Department of Health has set up a working group to look at the safety of hospital taps following reports of antibiotic resistant infections tracked to bacteria found in wash basins.
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NewsCQUIN used for minimum achievements
The Commissioning for Quality and Innovation framework is being used to reward the achievement of minimum standards rather than high quality care, research has found.
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NewsBigger role for pharmacists could save £800m
More than £800m could be saved from NHS budgets by making more use of the skills of pharmacists, according to an influential think tank.
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NewsHealth Hotel reopens for 2010
The first real acid test of how closely the coalition’s junior partner is allied to the proposed health reforms will come next week at the Liberal Democrats’ annual conference in Liverpool.