Health Service Journal
4 June 2009
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A decade of the national clinical directors - aka the czars
The NHS’s czars, or national clinical directors, have been hailed as a success. -
Andrew Lansley attacks Alan Johnson
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley attacked Alan Johnson in a speech to the Royal Society for Arts yesterday, accusing him of neglecting his responsibilities as health secretary. -
Bank to basics
Primary care trusts were unfazed when health select committee MPs slated their financial abilities earlier this year. -
Birmingham mental health trust appoints medical director
Birmingham and Solihull mental health foundation trust has appointed a new medical director. -
Book Review: First, Break all the Rules - what the world's greatest managers do differently
Explore the minds of the world’s top performing leaders, says Leonie Schell -
Calls for expression of interest for Active Tower Hamlets
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CALLS FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST LD HEALTH SERVICES IN NORTH ESSEX
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Chief was 'misled' over A&E before quitting West Middlesex Hospital trust
A hospital chief executive was “misled” about pressure on its accident and emergency department, which led to her resignation, an internal report has revealed. -
Confed urges trusts to open up to avoid FOI deluge
NHS organisations are being urged to become more transparent in light of a steep increase in requests under the Freedom of Information Act. -
CQC seeks feedback
The Care Quality Commission has launched a consultation on the registration standards it plans to enforce from April next year. -
CQC to name trusts with highest death rates
Trusts with unusually high mortality rates that have sparked inspections will be named for the first time, plans revealed to HSJ show. -
Crystal balls
Patients will have leapt for joy now it is easier than ever to find a genuine crystal healer, as opposed to the phony sort. -
Czars to focus on cost cutting as well as quality
Reducing costs is becoming an integral part of the role of the Department of Health’s czars. -
David Nicholson warns NHS: 'all bets are off'
David Nicholson has told HSJ “all bets are off”, as the health service prepares itself now for impending spending cuts. -
David Nicholson warns SHAs not to be defensive over visits
Strategic health authorities have been warned not to “guard the borders” if they want to get the most out of their assurance process. -
Equitable Access to Primary Medical Care Services GP led Health Centre Barnet
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Few women doctors have board-level responsibilities, says RCP
Few women doctors have management responsibility at board level, a Royal College of Physicians investigation has found. -
Former chief Tara Donnelly 'misled' over A&E breaches
A report on events blamed for the departure of a London trust chief executive has revealed managers were “misled” about the extent of accident and emergency target breaches. -
Graham Ramsay named Mid Essex trust's chief executive
West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust deputy chief executive Graham Ramsay is to leave to head up Mid Essex Hospital Services trust. -
Helen Bevan on the pitfalls of NHS cost reduction
I have just returned from an international improvement forum, involving healthcare leaders from 67 countries. Everyone was talking about the economic challenges ahead. -
How doctors see the European working time directive
How will clinicians adapt to the EWTD? What are the implications for training and safety? Listen to this doctors.net.uk podcast to find out more -
How to avoid malnutrition on NHS hospital wards
The health of many older patients is being jeopardised through lack of attention at meal times. Jennifer Taylor looks at how you can make sure they eat properly -
HSJ Awards 2009 - Patient Safety
In the run-up to the 2009 HSJ Awards, we look at some of the victors from last year. -
HSJ Awards 2009: Best Social Marketing Project
In the run-up to this year’s awards, a look at one of last year’s winners. -
HSJ Offer - Free cinema tickets to see Sunshine Cleaning
Registered users can get free cinema tickets to see the new film Sunshine Cleaning. Sign in now to claim your free tickets. Hurry, tickets are limited -
Information Centre to focus on boosting data quality
Concerns about the quality of NHS data are to be addressed by a major new project led by the NHS Information Centre. -
Invitation to tender - East of England
NHS East of England -
Invitation to Tender - East of England
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Lawyer reprimanded over spat with foundation trust
A lawyer has been reprimanded for bringing his profession into disrepute in a dispute with a foundation trust in the North West. -
Lookey Likey: Barnett and Reeves
A number of readers have commented on the likeness between NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett and comedian Vic Reeves. -
Make the most out of volunteering in the NHS
With careful management volunteers can enhance patient experience and help services to meet local needs -
Mediawatch: why FOI is an F-word for the NPSA
Every journalist loves writing stories about secret reports, figures revealed under the Freedom of Information Act and leaks by angry whistleblowers - such phrases add an air of intrigue to even the dullest statistics. -
Michael White on the big split over ISTCs
Andrew Lansley has been out and about attacking Alan Johnson’s record as a failed health secretary (“the postman who hasn’t delivered”) on the grounds he has not closed the health gap between rich and poor - and also let the NHS’s Blairite choice agenda atrophy. -
Mid Staffs scandal: confed says NHS must 'put its own house in order'
The NHS Confederation has said the NHS must “put its own house in order” in response to the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust. -
Monitor chairman Moyes targeted over expenses claims
The Sunday Times has targeted Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes in the latest round of expenses claims stories. -
New Community Dermatology Service
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NHS cuts will be chance for staff to be new radicals
Existing NHS systems will not cope with the financial crisis enveloping the public sector. -
NHS productivity unit role revealed
The NHS productivity unit will prepare the health service for the economic downturn with an initial budget of just £350,000. -
NHS South Central sets aside £400,000 for fluoridation review
South Central strategic health authority has set aside £400,000 to cover the costs of a likely judicial review following its board’s decision in February to add fluoride to water supplies in parts of the region. -
Nigel Crisp on what a new Griffiths would bring
I am a Griffiths manager. The Griffiths report brought me into health from a career in business and charities. As a result of Griffiths I was launched on a fascinating journey from running a mental handicap unit, as it then was, to working with health services in some of the poorest parts of the world. -
Nurses back NHS operating theatre initiative
A programme that encourages operating theatre staff to work as a multi-disciplinary team can save time and improve the working lives of staff, according to health experts and nurses. -
PCTs leave public on the policy sidelines
Primary care trusts are failing to put patients and the public at the centre of the very strategies designed to engage them. -
Pete Mason on managing Generation Y
Generation Y. Millennials. Echo Boomers. There are a lot of names for the people born in the 1980s and onwards, those now entering the workplace for their first or second jobs. -
Peter Reader: 'Mid Staffs holds the same lessons as Bristol tragedy'
In the aftermath of the next stage review, which put quality at its heart, it is sad that the NHS story that people will remember this year will be that of Mid Staffordshire foundation trust. -
Public sector staff drinking habits damaging health
The average worker in the public sector is said to drink an average of 26 units of alcohol a week - with many drinkers putting it down to stress. -
Scotland could make patient injury compensation easier
The Scottish government is considering a shake-up that could make it easier for patients to claim compensation following a medical injury. -
Simon Stevens on toothless dental policies
Dentistry. The very word is enough to sink hearts on the fourth floor of Richmond House. The dental status quo is always said to be terrible. And every change allegedly makes it worse. That is what happened after the 1990 dental contract, and again after the 2006 contract. -
Southampton University Hospitals trust names medical director
Southampton University Hospitals trust has appointed paediatric consultant Michael Marsh as its medical director. -
Supporting long term conditions in the NHS
As the number of people living with long term conditions rises, Helen Mooney looks at the government’s plans to improve their care and help them navigate the health and social services maze -
Tender Opportunity - Equitable Access to Primary Care Services
NHS Birmingham East and North -
The Griffiths report: 25 years on
Twenty-five years ago Roy Griffiths famously said: ‘If Florence Nightingale were carrying her lamp through the NHS today she would be searching for the people in charge.’ When he set out his subsequent plan to overhaul management, staff feared it would be the end of the health service - Peter Davies looks at what happened next -
Tories would get tougher on public health realities
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said a Conservative government would ask the public to take more responsibility for the lifestyle choices that create unsustainable demands on the NHS. -
Treasury U-turn on PFI takes pressure off DH capital budget
A Treasury U-turn over accounting rules for hospitals built under the private finance initiative has given the Department of Health’s capital budget a reprieve. -
Trusts told to 'keep slogging' at infection control
Trusts are being urged to step up the “hard slog” of reducing infections by improving their assurance processes. -
Trusts with high death rates to be named
Trusts with unusually high mortality rates that have sparked inspections will be named for the first time, plans revealed to HSJ show. -
Unite campaigns against community service reforms
Trade union Unite has launched a campaign against Department of Health plans to separate primary care trust provider arms from commissioning PCTs. -
Whistleblowing doctors in the dark over safety fears, says BMA
Nearly half of hospital doctors who reported a patient safety, malpractice or bullying concern to trust managers were left in the dark about whether anything had happened as a result, a British Medical Association survey has found. -
World class commissioning could save PCTs £3bn
Primary care trusts could save £3bn over five years through world class commissioning, the Department of Health has claimed. -
Yorkshire and Humber commissioners accused of grilling gender change patients
Gender equality campaigners have accused Yorkshire and the Humber commissioners of breaching the Human Rights Act in its treatment of patients with gender dysphoria. -
Your Humble Servant on some final foundation trust hurdles
The quest for FT status is all looking so promising, apart from all the things that could go wrong…
