All Health Service Journal articles in 17 January 2008
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Comment
Brown's good news for public health
Gordon Brown's New Year commitment to cardiovascular screening is a firm step in the right direction - upstream towards prevention - and although we've heard this kind of thing from government before, this time I get the feeling they really mean it.
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Comment
Narrowing the Gap - call for evidence
Christine Davies invites HSJ readers to make a submission to the Narrowing the Gap project's evidence panel.
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Comment
PROMs get their big night at last
For 60 years, NHS policy makers, in common with counterparts in all healthcare systems, public and private, have believed that regular 'redisorganisation' of structures, combined with increases in funding to increase activity, improved patients' health, writes Alan Maynard
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HSJ Knowledge
Putting discharge delays to bed
Better systems are needed to put a stop to bed blocking. Tom Rothwell examines the problem and what can be done to overcome it
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HSJ Knowledge
Age discrimination - are NHS employers at risk of claims?
In cases of compulsory retirement, NHS organisations should provide clear, legitimate reasons for their decisions to avoid future litigation, particularly given the uncertainties surrounding this area of law. Jean Sapeta explains
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News
In this week's HSJ
NewsGPs in some of the poorest areas of the country are failing to identify patients with coronary heart disease and treat them effectively, HSJ's analysis suggests.A letter leaked to HSJ has revealed the strained relationship between the government and the Healthcare Commission following the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells infection outbreak.In ...
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Henderson Hospital may be saved
Fresh hope has been sparked that ministers could intervene to save a national psychiatry service, a month after commissioners decided to close it.
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Comment
Media Watch: organ donors
Prime minister Gordon Brown's Damascene conversion to presumed organ consent was, naturally, a hot topic for the press.
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News
GPs failing to pick up patients at most risk of heart disease
GPs in some of the poorest areas of the country are failing to identify patients with coronary heart disease and treat them effectively, HSJ’s analysis suggests.
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News
Lib Dem leader outlines plans for the health service
The new leader of the Liberal Democrats has outlined his party's proposals for all patients to be given a set of 'entitlements' to treatment, based on their condition.
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News
Heart death rates show a nation of inequalities
Research by HSJ has revealed the huge inequalities between healthcare need and NHS spending throughout England.An HSJ analysis of the latest data on coronary heart disease premature death rates and primary care trust heart disease spending shows that some of the PCTs with the greatest health need spend the least.
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News
Longer GP hours are not a priority for patients, Darzi is told
Regional leaders of the review of the NHS are set to meet health minister Lord Darzi today to discuss emerging themes from their work.
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HSJ Knowledge
Waiting times: cutting inequality
Tackling health inequalities is a key part of the NHS Plan. Historically, your age, gender, ethnicity and deprivation have affected how long you wait for surgery. This inequality has been reduced across England, but data indicates it has not been eradicated.
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Royal Marsden's cool heads and smart systems
In the wake of the west London fire, Ingrid Torjesen looks at how the hospital coped and whether emergency planning has moved on since 7/7
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Questions over infection control funds
The NHS Confederation has questioned Department of Health claims that its infection control strategy is being supported by £270m of new money.
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Moyes still waiting for new Monitor contract
Bill Moyes, executive chair of the foundation trust regulator Monitor, has yet to agree a new contract with the Department of Health to guarantee his position, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
Clegg throws down mental health gauntlet
Mental health is not an issue that politicians generally choose to make a splash on. But newly elected Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg had more to say about mental health in his inaugural speech on public policy than he did about the rest of the NHS.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improvement culture: four tools for driving change
Making things better is less about the nitty gritty than values, leadership, will and skill
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News
Unions call for rethink on pay index measure
NHS managers should receive a pay rise at least equal to the retail price index, Managers in Partnership told the NHS pay review body this week.
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Exclusive: leaked letter shows tensions over C diff outbreak
A letter leaked to HSJ has revealed the strained relationship between the government and the Healthcare Commission following the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells infection outbreak.