All Health Service Journal articles in 26 March 2009
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New staff vetting regulations delayed
The government is to delay the introduction of new safeguarding regulations for 11 million staff working with vulnerable adults and children.
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NICE to review GP quality incentives
The Department of Health announced yesterday that it will be handing responsibility for reviewing clinical indicators included in the GP quality and outcome framework to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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NewsSerious potential risks left unresolved at children's hospital
Serious concerns about clinical care at a children’s hospital were not acted upon due to a lack of communication and joint working among senior managers, regulators have revealed.
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'Corporate failure' of ex-Bromley chief at Cornwall
An independent report has accused the chief executive and board members at Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust of serious failures.
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DH rewrites top-ups guidance
The Department of Health has rewritten its guidance on co-payments following fears of increased bureaucracy for primary care trusts and hospitals.
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Cash injection for Scottish ambulance service
The Scottish government has announced that it will spend £25.5m over the next three years replacing and upgrading its ambulance service’s fleet.
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NewsCamden PCT given information warning
Camden primary care trust has been given until the end of the month to improve the security of personal information it holds or risk being held in contempt of court.
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Mid Staffs prompts call for review of regulation
The Conservatives have called for strengthened public and patient involvement following revelations about “appalling” care at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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TB battle still not won
The number of cases of tuberculosis in the UK is “still too high”, the Health Protection Agency warns today.
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Cancer patient needs not being met
Four out of five nurses think the needs of people living with or after having cancer are not being met, according to a survey by charity Macmillan Cancer Support and HSJ sister magazine Nursing Times.
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News'Distressing failures' in NHS care for people with learning disabilities
A report into the deaths of six people with learning disabilities has uncovered “significant and distressing” failures in services across health and social care.
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Enquiry appoints first non-clinical chair
The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death has appointed the first non-clinical chair in its 20-year history.
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CommentJulia Tybura on communication and patient safety
Having just returned from a week’s winter sun, I was reflecting on one of my holiday reading selections, Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. It struck me how his case studies on paddy fields and plane crashes resonated with my experiences in the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgePlaying to your personal strengths
Character traits you perceive as a strength may be seen by others as a weakness
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NewsLondon names 'inner cabinet' PCT chiefs
NHS London has named the six primary care trust chief executives who will lead commissioning and performance management of hospital services for the whole city.
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Mid Staffs was 'off SHA radar'
Cynthia Bower has hit back at criticism that she could have done more to prevent problems at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust in her former role as chief executive of NHS West Midlands.
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NHS staff survey: leaders must make local vision more real to staff
Managers have been called on to demonstrate how they act on staff feedback after a survey found fewer than half of employees felt trusts communicated with them clearly.
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SHAs sign up to investing in NHS Institute services
Strategic health authorities have signed a five year commitment to invest in services offered by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
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CommentYour Humble Servant on management training
‘We concluded that we would need Stalin’s ruthlessness, Patton’s brilliance, Machiavelli’s cunning and Robert Maxwell’s sophistry’