All Health Service Journal articles in 8 April 2010
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HSJ KnowledgePatient feedback: top tips for getting it right
More consistency is needed in how the NHS handles online feedback, say Dean Russell and colleagues
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Community
People's princess
Baroness Young appears to be mellowing quickly in her retirement. End Game’s ears twitched as the former Care Quality Commission chair turned up in a feature about quangos on Radio 4’s Westminster Hour last week.
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NewsLondon merger plans revealed
Two thirds of primary care trust provider arms in London plan to vertically integrate with either an acute or mental health trust, HSJ can reveal.
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Community
A little local trouble
Pity poor Katie Myler. Health secretary Andy Burnham’s special adviser and former GMTV correspondent is not only charged with explaining to the press the subtle differences between a target and a patient entitlement, she has also been lumbered with tricky media relations much closer to home.
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CommentJon Restell on regulation of NHS managers
I am unconvinced by the arguments for the regulation of healthcare managers for three broad reasons.
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LeaderFlimsy electoral one-liners must make way for realistic policies
Now the general election has been called, the NHS can finally start crossing off the days until some honesty returns to the debate about the future of healthcare.
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CommentMedia Watch: election promises and English lessons
Before the election officially kicked off, the newspapers found space to devote to goings on in the NHS.
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NewsMonitor increases FTs' efficiency target
The foundation trust regulator Monitor has issued revised financial guidance to providers warning they may need to cut more costs than previously expected.
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CommentNorman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
There will be no money - and no rationale - for propping up failing NHS services, the former health minister warns
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NewsNHS innovation: can the health service drive new ideas?
The NHS has grown used to a pattern of crisis followed by review followed by reform - yet many fundamentals remain little changed. Will the past keep shaping the NHS of the future or will the service explore different paths, asks Nigel Edwards
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SupplementsLearning and development: why training is vital to recovery
It is essential to invest in training and development throughout the period of tighter budgets as the future of the NHS relies on building skills and capability now.
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NewsNHS IT programme supplier misses major deadline
The deadline for a major milestone of the National IT Programme has been missed.
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NewsCQC: half of trusts registered with conditions unaware of shortcomings
Around half of the trusts that had conditions placed on their registration with the Care Quality Commission had been unaware there were problems.
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Community
And you thought you had a long commute
If you’ve ever bemoaned your morning journey into work, spare a thought for Janet Clark, head of strategy at the Mayday Hospital in Croydon, south London, who has to commute more than 3,000 miles every day from her home in Canada.
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CommentMichael White on social care funding and the election
As the election hype went into overdrive after Gordon’s trip to Buck House I got into a tiff with a Conservative chum over the party’s “death tax” poster, the one which wrongfooted Andy Burnham on the delicate question of funding care for the elderly.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: how can boards fail?
‘Could Alistair Darling make a more impressive dent in public borrowing if he didn’t have to shell out for boards?’
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NewsHospital merger benefits questioned
The benefits of hospital mergers are called into question in unpublished findings from a study into links between clinical outcomes and patient numbers.
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Community
How to become a tsar
Some fresh insights into the baffling world of becoming a national clinical director from the public administration committee’s recent report, Goats and Tsars.
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CommunityBad fashion sense
End Game is as keen on quality fabrics as the next fashionista and is frequently exasperated by the tendency of cheap modern clothes to shrink in the wash.
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NewsGP funding formula favours doctors in richest areas
GP practices in the richest areas will be granted a 1.2 per cent increase in their target commissioning budgets this financial year, analysis by HSJ reveals.