All Health Service Journal articles in 19 March 2009
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HSJ KnowledgeDavid Colin-Thomé on commissioning in the NHS
David Colin-Thomé talks about the principles behind keeping providers at arm’s length from primary care trusts
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HSJ KnowledgeCoping with recession in the NHS
HSJ financial correspondent Sally Gainsbury and editor Richard Vize discuss the steps NHS managers can take to cope with the recession
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HSJ KnowledgeThe PCT Network conference
Commissioners at the NHS Confederation’s PCT Network conference tell HSJ about the journey towards being world class
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HSJ KnowledgePhil Hope on the future of social care
Phil Hope, the care services minister, explains his plans to widen the social care agenda to include public mental health
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Practice based commissioning podcast
Listen to commentary on a King’s Fund audit of practice based commissioning policy with representatives from the King’s Fund and www.doctors.net.uk
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HSJ KnowledgeAndrew Dillon on NICE guidance
Andrew Dillon explains how NICE guidance plans to eliminate variation in treatments and the reasons why there should be consistency
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This week - 23 October 2008
HSJ editor Richard Vize discusses this week’s hot topics in health service management
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This week - 6 November 2008
HSJ editor Richard Vize discusses this week’s hot topics in health service management
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HSJ KnowledgeThe HSJ50 2008 celebration
HSJ honours the 50 most powerful people in NHS management policy and practice in England
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This week - 30 October 2008
HSJ editor Richard Vize discusses this week’s hot topics in health service management
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HSJ KnowledgeA night at the HSJ Awards 2008
Coverage of the HSJ Awards 2008 ceremony along with interviews with some of this year’s winners and what the accolade means to them
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This week - 9 October 2008
HSJ editor Richard Vize discusses this week’s hot topics in health service management
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HSJ KnowledgeAlan Johnson at the HSJ Awards 2008
Alan Johnson speaks about the advances in the NHS over the past year and the significance of the NHS60 celebration at the HSJ Awards 2008
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This week - 20 November 2008
HSJ editor Richard Vize discusses this week’s hot topics in health service management
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Nursing and Midwifery Council publishes new guidance on caring for older people
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published guidance on delivering compassionate care for older people.
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Oxford college principal appointed Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals chair
Dame Fiona Caldicott has been appointed chairman of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust.
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Learning disabilities services suffer from 'glaring inadequacies'
Improvements in the commissioning of learning disabilities services by councils and primary care trusts need to be quicker and more widespread, a report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, Healthcare Commission and Mental Health Act Commission has found.
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New unit to oversee delivery of mental health policies
The National Institute for Mental Health in England is being scrapped and replaced with a new agency to oversee the implementation of mental health policies.
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HSJ KnowledgeTeenage pregnancy: mothers tide
A 10 year strategy has seen a reversal of the once surging rate of teenage pregnancy in many areas - but in others the numbers of teens choosing to have a baby remain alarming
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Performance management: parting ways with senior managers
Parting with an underperforming senior manager calls for careful procedures, advises Andrew Rowland