All Health Service Journal articles in 25 October 2007
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HSJ Knowledge
Separating services: a guide for PCTs
PCTs need to separate provider and commissioner services to demonstrate transparency, accountability and modernised regulation. Christian Dingwall explains how to achieve this
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HSJ Knowledge
Andrew Castle on improving procurement processes
Collecting and interpreting data is an essential part of supply chain management
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News
The Men and Pharmacy project
Postmen are to be the first to benefit from a project launched by the Men’s Health Forum to encourage men to visit their local pharmacy.The Men and Pharmacy project aims to find out why men make only limited use of pharmacy services and how this might be improved.As part of ...
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NHS London's got talent
The capital's health authority is setting up a talent spotting programme to groom would-be chief executives.NHS London is setting about seeking and training those who have the potential to become chief executives of hospital and primary care trusts.NHS London chief executive Ruth Carnall said the authority wanted to develop the ...
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diabetes
There is 'room for improvement' in the uptake of key diabetes control tests according to a report from The Information Centre for health and social care.The National Diabetes Audit, carried out by The IC on behalf of the Healthcare Commission, for 2005-2006 shows only 30 per cent of people are ...
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National Association of Primary Care
The new head of the National Association of Primary Care has called for GPs to be more accountable for their decisions.Mike Ramsden said 'GPs should be accountable for the cost effectiveness of the decisions they make' when referring patients to hospitals.Mr Ramsden, who has worked in the NHS for ...
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News
North Wales reconfiguration plans under scrutiny
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has sent NHS managers back to the drawing board over controversial plans to reconfigure services in North Wales.
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Comment
Your Humble Servant: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
Whoever said the British had no stomach for public executions? Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust has demonstrated just how popular they can be.
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News
In this week's HSJ
NewsThe National Association of Patient Forums has failed in a last-ditch attempt to prevent NHS organisations being allowed to host the new local involvement networks.West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust chief executive David Law has resigned following the trust's poor annual health check performance.The ambulance service will gain greater 'political clout' through ...
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Patient involvement: NHS organisations can host local networks
The National Association of Patient Forums has failed in a last-ditch attempt to prevent NHS organisations being allowed to host the new local involvement networks.
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NHS paying high price for sexual health
The government's lack of commitment to sexual health is costing the NHS millions, charities have warned.
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Comment
Michael White on getting tough on obesity
Politicians need to do more to tackle the growing obesity problem
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News
NHS Scotland to face independent scrutiny
The Scottish government has outlined its plans for independent scrutiny of reconfiguration and service changes in NHS Scotland.
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News
Thousands of doctors may be working illegally
Human resources managers are becoming increasingly worried about the number of junior doctors still working without contracts.
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HSJ Knowledge
US health: Sicko's grim diagnosis
It may be naive and polemical, but Michael Moore's controversial documentary Sicko reminds us we should treasure the NHS, says Noel Plumridge. Below, Empire magazine's Helen O'Hara reviews the film
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News
Worst-performing trusts defiant at threat of takeover
Chief executives at the trusts identified by the annual health check as the worst performing have hit back at the threat of takeover.
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Keogh joins HSJ patient safety congress
NHS medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh will be among the speakers at next year's inaugural Patient Safety Congress, which is being organised by HSJ and its sister title Nursing Times.
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News
Local commissioning: DoH sets out skills PCTs will need
The Department of Health has set out the skills primary care trusts will need to deliver its vision for world class commissioning in the health service.
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News
Hospital choice: fewer options for patients
Fewer patients are being offered choice of hospital, the latest patient choice survey shows.
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Health profile: experts say child obesity targets may miss the point
New targets to spur on efforts to tackle the nation's worst public health problems may not work, experts have warned.