All Health Service Journal articles in 3 September 2009
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS staff benefits: for the chop?
Cherished perks for NHS staff such as workplace nurseries and subsidised canteens could be the first thing cash-strapped employers look to cut. Alison Moore investigates
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CommunityTop secret
HSJ last week wrote about West Sussex PCT challenging two foundation trusts’ boards to meet in public.
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CommentJohn Redwood on NHS efficiency
Having experienced success and failure in a wide variety of organisations, the former Welsh secretary spells out his recipe for an effective and efficient NHS
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NewsDH makes PFI debt pledge
The Department of Health has said it will change the financial reporting rules to ensure trusts with private finance initiative debts do not breach their statutory duty to break even.
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CommentMichael White: the US healthcare debate
Senator Edward Kennedy’s death struck people my age with an obvious historical analogy. Just as Jack Kennedy’s murder in 1963 allowed allies to clinch stalled civil rights legislation for black Americans, so Barack Obama’s allies can now regain momentum for healthcare reform - Ted Kennedy’s enduring liberal cause.
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CommentMedia Watch: nurses, hospital food and cricket
Last week nurses came under fire. All 300,000 of them were momentarily tarred with the same brush that had painted the 16 examples of poor care highlighted by the Patients Association last week.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on NHS values and reality
NHS values concerning equal access for all, free at the point of need, are the core of its culture.
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HSJ KnowledgeGeneric medications warning from NHS Confederation
Government plans to have branded versions of drugs routinely swapped for generic equivalents must not be allowed to compromise patient safety, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Comment
Sophia Christie: in the NHS, information is power
“When I started in 2006… my health was of low standard, I was overweight and had low self esteem due to several strokes.
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NewsFTs fear biddable successor to Bill Moyes
Foundation trust leaders are concerned ministers will try to appoint a government-friendly chair of Monitor, potentially threatening their independence.
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Information
Swine flu: UK planning assumptions
These planning assumptions relate to the current A(H1N1) epidemic and are appropriate for the first wave. They provide a common agreed basis for planning across all public and private sector organisations. Working to this common set of assumptions will avoid confusion and facilitate preparedness across the UK.
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CommunityAunt’s agony
The end of last week saw a negative report from the Patients Association on the state of NHS nursing, in which it cherry picked a few bad cases.
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NewsNHS regulators need a new outlook after Mid Staffs scandal
Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes believes the deaths at Mid Staffordshire must lead to system wide change for how quality is regulated - but the scandal should not be allowed to compromise the foundation model, he tells Dave West
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NewsMcKinsey cost-saving proposals focus on waste in acute sector
NHS hospitals in England are rife with waste and inefficiency, consultants McKinsey and Company have told the Department of Health in a confidential report, seen by HSJ.
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NewsCQC action on sustainability ‘disappointing’
The Care Quality Commission has been accused of ducking its responsibilities on sustainable development.
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NewsHealthcare 100: new partners for HSJ awards
The Department of Health has joined NHS Employers as a partner in HSJ and Nursing Times’s Healthcare 100.
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NewsDH is told 137,000 NHS posts must go in next five years
The Department of Health has been told the NHS in England will need to slash its workforce by 137,000 if it is to achieve its planned £20bn savings by 2014, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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