All Health Service Journal articles in 8 March 2012
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HSJ Local
PCT chair to stand down
WORKFORCE: The chair of NHS Bath and North East Somerset is to stand down at the end of the month when the primary care trust board finally merges with NHS Wiltshire.
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News
Reduced length of stay survey - HSJ readers' views wanted
Trusts and commissioners are increasingly recognising the many potential benefits offered by reduced length of stay.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals agrees deal with commissioners
FINANCE: The renegotiating of contracts with commissioners has seen Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust report an in month surplus of £199,000 at the end of January, reducing the year to date deficit to £781,000.
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HSJ Local
New director of public health appointed for Gateshead
WORKFORCE: Carole Wood has been appointed as the new director of public health for Gateshead.
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HSJ Local
Leicestershire's finance director given transition role
WORKFORCE: NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland’s director of finance Sue Bishop has been selected to sit on a national group looking at preparing financial leadership for, and beyond, the transition.
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HSJ Local
London hospitals make plans for the Olympics
PERFORMANCE: Hospitals in London are considering reorganising surgery timetables, changing shift patterns and moving delivery times to accommodate the Olympics this summer.
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NewsTribunal calls for Health Bill risk register to be published
The Department of Health’s case for withholding the Health Bill risk register has been rejected, it has been announced this morning.
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LeaderOut of CSS failure will come a ready-made market
How important is it that CSSs are set up along commercial lines?
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NewsHealth Bill could bring in US-style system, report warns
The Health Bill could usher in a US-style healthcare financing model, and the erosion of entitlements to free care, a paper published by the British Medical Journal warns today.
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HSJ Local
Royal Berkshire CEO confronted over trust finances
FINANCE: Directors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust expressed a lack of confidence in the organisation’s financial management, shortly before an attempt to oust the chief executive.
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NewsCommittee divided over alcohol pricing plan
A Holyrood committee remains split over whether a minimum unit price on alcohol will reduce consumption or the social harm related to misuse, a report has concluded.
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NewsTwo weeks to 'save the NHS', warns union
The public has just 13 days to halt the government’s controversial health reforms and save the NHS from falling into the hands of private companies, a union leader has warned.
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NewsMonitor to publish annual reconfiguration 'blacklist'
Monitor is set to publish an annual “blacklist” of health services which must be reconfigured.
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Comment'High volume surgery outcomes suggest there is safety in numbers'
Consultant surgeons Ross Naylor, Michael Wyatt and David Mitchell explain.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow technology can help in the battle to cut sexually transmitted infections
New devices trialled by a sexual health consortium over a period of several years have shown how nanotechnology can improve services to combat the rising number of sexually transmitted infections in the UK. Dr Tariq Sadiq explains the potential.
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CommentMedia Watch: Cameron dishing out the Gove love
The health headlines from across the British media.
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NewsGovernment launches NHS Constitution review
The government is today launching a review of the NHS Constitution, part of which will be carried out by a new NHS Future Forum group.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy a national implant registry is vital for patient safety
The controversy around PIP breast implants highlights the need for robust systems to track and monitor quality across all surgical devices, says Andy Gordon Jones.
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