Health Service Journal
7 June 2007
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Age discrimination: understanding the law
While cases are still being heard in the courts and employee victories are making headlines, Shirley Wright and Adele Aspden warn the NHS against forcing any employees to retire -
Healthy communities supplement
The Healthy Communities programme is aimed at helping local government get a better grip on its growing role in health. A two-year initiative due to end next March, it is funded by the Department of Health but is being managed by the Improvement & Development Agency (IDeA).The programme is meant to tie into and make the most of the many changes going on in NHS and local government reform. -
Ken Jarrold on a 'divided house'
'The NHS today is a house divided against itself. On one hand ministers, civil servants and many managers (if only by association); on the other, everybody else' -
Leadership Fellows award scheme opens for applications
The HF is looking for a new batch of 16 talented people for its Leadership Fellows scheme. -
Legal briefing: defending equal pay claims
The introduction of Agenda for Change.has sparked numerous claims of unequal pay in the health service. Tina Elliott discusses the legal foundation of such claims and how trusts are defending them. -
Modernising temporary staffing
A drive to revolutionise temporary staffing at.Homerton Hospital trust.has resulted in.tangible benefits for patients and staff, as.Jennie Negus and Karen Daniels explain -
New research could predict how NHS policies will perform
A new approach to estimating and comparing how selected interventions affect NHS productivity could help predict how policies will perform before they are rolled out, according to the Health Foundation. -
Saying goodnight to chronic insomnia
A project that aims to help.people with insomnia by promoting a range of treatment options is being supported by the Health Foundation through its Engaging with Quality in Primary Care award scheme. -
Stephen Thornton on spreading innovation
'The journey from idea to implementation is not an easy one. We need to make sure the ideas we use are the ones fired by the strongest flame and that there are many mirrors within reach.' -
Sunny outlook: weather and health
A joint project with the Met Office is delivering health benefits for patients in Torquay, says Alison Stephens
