Health Service Journal
Ann McGauran
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Break the back of NHS waiting lists
5-Aug-2010
Waiting lists have been slashed, income increased and did not attend rates reduced thanks to improvements at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, writes Ann McGauran -
Public engagement: how foundation trusts fish for members
31-May-2010
Staging activities and projects with popular appeal helps foundation trusts boost membership, says Ann McGauran -
Super trusts: unite and conquer
20-Oct-2008
Five of the country's top performers are banding together to gain international renown for their research and healthcare. Will these new supercentres lead to competition or collaboration in their pursuit of glory? Ann McGauran finds out -
Incentives needed for GP expansion
11-Sep-2008
Incentives must be in place to ensure the hundreds of extra GPs who gain first year training posts next year stay in the workforce, a senior analyst has warned. -
Rethink maternity service plans, panel tells PCTs
11-Sep-2008
A government panel has slammed two primary care trusts for failing to consult on plans for a radical re-design of maternity services. -
Scotland considers ban on commercial GP firms
11-Sep-2008
The Scottish Parliament is to consider a move to ban commercial companies from running GP surgeries north of the border. Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond hopes to push the measure through in a health bill. -
Scotland's day surgery rates vary widely
11-Sep-2008
An audit of day surgery rates in Scotland has revealed wide variations in performance between health boards. -
PCTs press for south London hospitals shake-up
4-Sep-2008
Primary care trusts have warned that delaying the proposed reconfiguration of hospitals in south east London could push services to breaking point. -
Restructuring: united for growth
21-Apr-2008
The idea behind the UK's first academic health science centre is to combine research and service delivery. Ann McGauran met the team who sowed the seeds of its success -
Tooke calls for urgent action on doctors' role
6-Mar-2008
In January the Tooke report on medical careers was well received. But pressure groups have accused the government of using delaying tactics in its response, reports Ann McGauran -
Mayor flags up his blueprint for the future of London's health
14-Feb-2008
Preventable inequalities in health are unacceptable in a leading world city and have huge economic and social consequences, according to London mayor Ken Livingstone. -
NHS told to heed Katrina's warning
22-Sep-2005
EXCLUSIVE Public health chief says restructuring may leave services unprepared for disasters -
Probe request into PFI ventilation system
20-May-2004
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Needs must
15-Jan-2004
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Straight to video
31-Jul-2003
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Anti-PFI campaign 'to forge local alliances'
26-Sep-2002
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Borrowing fears may sink foundations
1-Aug-2002
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Borrowing fears may sink foundations
1-Aug-2002
Published: 01/08/2002, Volume II2, No. 5816 Page 4 5 -
Grey matters
1-Aug-2002
Published: 01/08/2002, Volume II2, No. 5816 Page 14 15 -
Grey matters
1-Aug-2002
Published: 01/08/2002, Volume II2, No. 5816 Page 14 15 -
Nothing to write home about
25-Jul-2002
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Doctoring the usual roles
18-Jul-2002
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Home time
7-Jun-2002
news focus: Is it possible for senior managers to implement the Improving Working Lives agenda and leave their desks at a reasonable hour? Ann McGauran reports -
Keep taking the tablets
11-Apr-2002
news focus: Has the NHS Confederation conference done anything to mend the relationship between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry, asks Ann McGauran -
Still crazy after all these years
21-Mar-2002
It is five years since the King's Fund inquiry into mental health services in London, and researchers are taking another look. Ann McGauran reports -
The slow burn
14-Mar-2002
news focus It is 40 years since Richard Doll's landmark report on smoking and health.How much longer before the government bans tobacco advertising, asks Ann McGauran -
Curtain call
21-Feb-2002
A team of managers is being recruited to sort out the problems in NHS operating theatres.Who will audition for the roles, and what will be expected of them, asks Ann McGauran -
Breakfast with frost?
7-Feb-2002
The new NHS Confederation leader Gill Morgan is confident of winning friends and influencing people, but will she 'have the balls to slag off Milburn on the Today programme'? Ann McGauran met her -
Largeing it
31-Jan-2002
news focus - Around 8 million adults in the UK are classified as obese.Of particular concern is the rising incidence in children.Now, the National Audit Office is stepping in. Ann McGauran reports -
A special gift
17-Jan-2002
News Focus Sue Sutherland's single-mindedness has raised the profile of organ donation. Ann McGauran met her -
Way to go
13-Dec-2001
After the fanfare of the national cancer plan, progress towards meeting the standards set by other western European countries has been less than impressive, says Ann McGauran -
What lies within?
15-Nov-2001
NEWS FOCUS: The Bristol inquiry report threw a disturbing light on the secretive, powerful world of the royal colleges.Can they deliver the reform that the medical establishment so clearly needs? Ann McGauran reports -
On the up
27-Sep-2001
STANDARDS AND REGULATION: With safety regulation looming, what is the independent healthcare sector doing to prepare for heightened scrutiny? Ann McGauran finds out -
Down in the dumps
20-Sep-2001
NEWS FOCUS: Though debate was cut short at the TUC in Brighton, unions are determined to take a hard line on the rights of NHS staff transferred under public-private partnerships.But Ann McGauran wonders whether the shouting match is obscuring the real is -
A shotgun marriage
6-Sep-2001
NEWS FOCUS: What is stopping trusts from reaching long-term agreements with private healthcare providers? Information about the concordat is difficult to come by, so Ann McGauran took a closer look -
National benchmark would mean value for money concordat deals
6-Sep-2001
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Assault discourse
5-Jul-2001
VIOLENCE: Increasing numbers of patients vent their feelings in violent attacks on NHS staff. Action is being taken to tackle the problem but, as Ann McGauran reports, success seems a long way off -
By any means necessary
5-Jul-2001
NEWS FOCUS: The NHS's compensation bill has to be cut - but how? A tariff system could be a solution, but would it work, asks Ann McGauran -
Cry freedom
28-Jun-2001
NEWS FOCUS: Micro-management of the NHS will continue at the government's peril, reports Ann McGauran -
The people's debate
28-Jun-2001
NEWS FOCUS: If the NHS can't retain its staff, all the reforms in the world will not solve its problems. Ann McGauran reports -
In the eye of the storm
31-May-2001
How do chief executives cope when their hospital is suddenly thrust into the limelight during the run-up to the election? With calmness and consummate professionalism - apparently. -
Good to see you, Mr Hill
10-May-2001
Downing Street's health policy adviser is a man of mystery and intrigue. -
Pulp fiction?
3-May-2001
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More nudge than fudge
12-Apr-2001
What is the government's strategy for improving the nation's health? Despite proliferating documents, It is hard to say, but Ann McGauran looks at recent reports and discovers some interesting trends -
Window dressing
5-Apr-2001
Can you pack 60 or more rambling proposals into eight neat themes? Ann McGauran heard Professor David Hunter do just that at the UK Public Health Association conference - but not all present were convinced -
Shrinking violets need not apply
29-Mar-2001
Being a member of CHI's clinical governance review team is not for the faint-hearted. Ann McGauran reports -
news focus - Control experiment
8-Mar-2001
Is the Labour government's promise not to privatise clinical services cracking wide open? Ann McGauran reports -
In for a quickie
1-Mar-2001
Will fast-track surgery centres change the way we think about the general hospital - or are they just politically expedient? Ann McGauran reports -
'Nothing' is ruled out as PFI-style fast-track units are pondered
1-Mar-2001
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Digging deep
22-Feb-2001
Internal and external reviews, plus pressures ranging in source from the RCN to CHI, mean the Oxford Heart Centre is still struggling to win back confidence. Ann McGauran reports -
Wheeler dealers
22-Feb-2001
The ever-tightening grip of hospital-acquired infections is leading many experts to call for a public health role within trusts. Ann McGauran reports -
A job That is Taylor-made
15-Feb-2001
The new choice as deputy NHS chief executive has been welcomed by managers and unions.Ann McGauran finds out why -
Scottish review urges compulsory treatment
1-Feb-2001
A review of Scottish mental health legislation has echoed proposals south of the border by calling for compulsory treatment orders in the community and new systems to deal with mentally disordered offenders. -
There is the catch
1-Feb-2001
Measures to improve relations between the NHS and the prison service are hampered by a suspicion that prison healthcare is not exactly a priority, writes Ann McGauran -
Body of evidence
25-Jan-2001
The media frenzy over the 'corpses in the chapel' led to the resignation of the trust chief executive. But mortuary facility crises are not confined to Bedford. Ann McGauran reports -
Over 100 labs 'h had mortuary problems'
25-Jan-2001
The hospital at the centre of the bodies-in-the-chapel row will this week lose its accreditation for histopathology - including mortuary and post-mortem facilities. -
Handle with care
18-Jan-2001
How the NHS treats its workforce is now seen as central to recruiting and retaining staff.The health service is on notice to deliver.Ann McGauran reports -
Book token
30-Nov-2000
Airline-style hospital appointments were one of New Labour's favourite visions for a patient-friendly NHS.But progress has been mixed, says Ann McGauran -
On the critical list
16-Nov-2000
CHI calls it a 'road to recovery', but its reports on two scandal-hit trusts paint a damning picture of gross failures. Ann McGauran wonders what will follow -
Breaking the cycle
9-Nov-2000
Some brave souls are arguing that a future petrol blockade could be just the impetus the NHS needs to rethink its attitude to environmental issues. Ann McGauran reports -
Cancer snapshot 'falsely positive'
9-Nov-2000
The NHS organisations chosen by the Commission for Health Improvement to provide a 'snapshot' of progress in reforming cancer services may offer a falsely positive picture, an HSJ survey has found. -
Shelved report deepens crisis over midwives' recruitment
9-Nov-2000
The government's refusal to publish a joint royal colleges' report that warns of the closure or merger of up to 80 maternity units is causing confusion among midwives and adding to recruitment and retention problems. -
Keeping 'em keen?
26-Oct-2000
Are primary care professionals suffering from post-NHS plan tension? Health minister John Denham warned members of the NHS Alliance about this new syndrome. Ann McGauran reports -
Primary care chiefs say pivotal problem in sector is low morale
26-Oct-2000
Primary care leaders have warned ministers that they will need to provide more money and tackle low morale as part of a full-scale review of the primary care sector. -
Crisp takes reins with 'patient centred' vow
19-Oct-2000
The new chief executive of the NHS has laid out his vision of a patient-centred service forged through links with key stakeholders. -
£6. 3m deficit-trust's board 'was warned'of cash crisis
12-Oct-2000
A leaked report into England's highest trust deficit has concluded that danger signals pointing to the trust's impending financial crisis were 'not hidden'from its management board. -
Blanket opposition to team bonus schemes
5-Oct-2000
NHS unions and employers may have clashed over the scale of this year's pay settlement, but they appear united in their lack of enthusiasm for the team bonuses due to be piloted next year. -
A long-day's journey into night
28-Sep-2000
Personnel issues are dominated by the implications of the NHS plan. Delegates at AHHRM's annual conference thrashed out the crucial points. Ann McGauran reports from Dublin -
Employers and unions at odds in final submissions to pay bodies
21-Sep-2000
Employers and unions were set for a head-on collision over pay as the last submissions to the NHS pay review bodies were handed in this week. -
Fast and loose
21-Sep-2000
As the third wave of PMS pilots gets on its way, doctors'leaders are complaining that their advice has not been heeded in drafting the new contracts. Ann McGauran reports -
MP goes to war over 'unsafe'hospital huts
14-Sep-2000
An MP is highlighting the 'unsafe' condition of Second World War huts at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in a renewed bid to have them replaced by purpose-built facilities. -
Services 'will go down the tubes in NI if system is not improved'
7-Sep-2000
Health provision will 'go down the tubes' in Northern Ireland unless a better system is set up, a leading doctor has warned. -
HA board could face 'coup' by community
31-Aug-2000
Lincolnshire health authority leaders who faced a referendum calling for them to stand down are now being threatened with a 'coup' by community-nominated replacements. -
Doctors strengthen NHS plan opposition
24-Aug-2000
GPs and hospital doctors have repeated and strengthened their opposition to key elements of the government's NHS plan. -
National flu campaign loses first round as BMA goes in fighting
24-Aug-2000
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Piping cold
24-Aug-2000
The new law - and trusts' own policies - to protect whistleblowers is yet to make an impact, and some staff groups may be loath to use them, writes Ann McGauran -
Generics price rise hits NHS for £200m
17-Aug-2000
The full cost to the NHS of last year's jump in generic drug prices has been revealed as £200m. -
MP demands public probe into drinking water over fear of cancer/chlorine link nking water over
17-Aug-2000
The government is being urged to launch a public health probe into possible links between chlorinated tap water, cancer and problems in pregnancy. -
What a nasty complaint
17-Aug-2000
Changes to contracts, guaranteed appointment times, too few extra doctors. . .GPs are getting down to some serious grumbling on the extra pressures they say the NHS plan will bring to the profession. Ann McGauran reports -
Concerns for NHSnet as e-mail law threatens patients' privacy
3-Aug-2000
Health leaders have warned that patient confidentiality may be seriously undermined by government plans to allow the security services to monitor Internet traffic and intercept private e-mails. -
Trust attacked by GMC for lack of action in Neale case
3-Aug-2000
The president of the General Medical Council has strongly criticised managers in Northallerton for failing to take much earlier action against gynaecologist Richard Neale, who was struck off the medical register last week. -
Ghetto blasters
27-Jul-2000
The need to end the exclusion of public health was the theme of Commons health select committee discussions this week. Ann McGauran listened in -
MPs call for 'pilot' elections to trusts
27-Jul-2000
MPs have urged the government to consider elections for members of trust and health authority boards. -
£1.3bn in free nursing may resolve cares aga
20-Jul-2000
The government looks set to make its long-awaited response to the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care by replacing means testing with a £1.3bn package for free nursing in care homes for elderly people. -
Race lost on points
22-Jun-2000
Black healthcare staff are victims of discrimination under the discretionary points system for pay, a survey claims. Ann McGauran examines how fair the arrangements are
