All Health Service Journal articles in 2001-08-16
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Evolution not abolition for CHCs
Government proposals for a revamped patient and public involvement system will see a shift in emphasis from the abolition of community health councils to a 'transfer' of their responsibilities, HSJ understands.
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Devious ways to get shot of union activists without even a whimper
MACHIAVELLI RETURNS FOR THE SUMMER WITH HIS BLUFFER'S GUIDE TO MANAGING THE NHS
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Triumph for best practice as A&E trolley waits are slashed by NPAT
Trolley waits at 16 accident and emergency departments have been slashed through an initiative headed by the National Patient Access Team.
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Morale lifts at troubled Oxford A&E
Commission for Health Improvement reviewers last week visited the troubled accident and emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where staff are reporting improvements in morale.
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'Scapegoat'claim after Tayside vote
The chair of Scotland's most troubled health body, NHS Tayside, has denied he was put under pressure to act over individuals named in a damning report on the area's health services.
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'Whistleblower' claim against London trust
A clinical governance manager has launched a tribunal case against a major teaching hospital in one of the first cases under new 'whistleblowing' legislation.
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Modernisers go back to front line
Members of the NHS Modernisation Board are heading 'back to the floor' in a bid to give themselves a taste of life on the front line and to help engage staff in the process of change in the health service.
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Bedford bodies in chapel photo was set up say security probe
The chief executive forced to step down over the 'bodies in the chapel' furore at Bedford Hospital trust has said his version of events has been vindicated by publication of a summary of a security report into the incident.
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Trust chief steps down days before CHI report
Epsom and St Helier Hospital trust has confirmed that its longserving chief executive Nigel Sewell is to step down just days before the Commission for Health Improvement publishes its review of the trust.
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A very big cheese
Sir Donald Wilson, who died this month, inspired fear and respect in equal measure. Paul Smith charts the career of an ‘NHS hero’, renowned for his passion, his flamboyance - and his dairy farm Aspirations to a New Labour no-blame ‘modern and dependable’NHS were unlikely to appeal to Sir Donald ...
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Lack of staff blocks joint working
Meeting the objectives of joint working between the NHS and social services set out in the NHS plan is being hampered by the slow progress of service delivery and by recruitment problems, according to the chief inspector of social services.
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News in Brief
The government's reliance on the private sector in the NHS will be undermined by the service's 'dreadful' business reputation, according to healthcare consultant Newchurch.It claims the NHS is seen by the private sector as costly and time-consuming in its procedures and 'notoriously fickle' in its attitude.'There is no great queue ...
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NHS 'could buy other hospitals'
The Department of Health says it will consider repeating the 'renationalisation' that saw the NHS buy the private Heart Hospital in London, now under the control of University College London Hospitals trust.
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Retrial for hernia hearing as case costs pile up
The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that a surgeon was negligent and has ordered a retrial because the judge gave no reasons for her finding.
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Celebrity menus prove difficult to swallow
Hospital caterers fear that trusts may not not be able to fund the extra costs of implementing the NHS menu, with dishes created by celebrity chefs costing significantly more than traditional meals.