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Preferred provider policy: unions jilted, Burnham jolted, competition wins the day
Andy Burnham’s “preferred provider” policy is now in its death throes. What began as a speech aimed at ingratiating the health secretary with the unions ended in a put-down from the prime minister.
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At last – your chance to write a manifesto
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Gordon Brown’s knee-jerk reaction to Mid Staffs is doomed to failure
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Dream of taking on ailing trusts founders on rocks of Good Hope
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Foundation independence is on a knife edge
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Burying the NHS mortality row will clear the way for quality push
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Royal Surrey has some explaining to do
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Regulation must boost NHS managers’ reputation, not voters’ blood lust
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Urgent care: confusing jargon – we’ve got your number
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CQC SOS: high stakes mean it is essential registration succeeds
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Put the brakes on NHS car park consultation
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Tories’ tempered pledges show the effect of political realities
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Unions and NHS employers team up to negotiate for a better future
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Irrational optimism is the best prescription for NHS managers
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NHS regulatory turmoil distracts from the real business of care
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Populist blame culture stifles openness
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Successful trusts must not let their stories be overshadowed
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Pragmatism versus populism will prove a tough test for the Tories
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NHS boards are still not getting the message
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Overspends are another reason to move care away from hospital
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Don’t apologise for executive pay – but you must explain it
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NHS managers are used to abuse but Mike O’Brien’s attack is a new low
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Hospitals are blocking stroke care progress, and patients are bearing the cost
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FT governance enthusiasm has given way to indifference
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Andy Burnham’s flawed NHS regime will stifle commissioning ambitions
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HSJ, 29 October 2009
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Tariff cap may limit some trusts’ ability to survive the recession
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Hard cash makes Tory policy a soft target
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GP commissioning is turning in its grave
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Stars of the health check ratings must not be eclipsed by failures
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Andrew Lansley and NHS managers must face hard truths about cuts
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SHAs face an uncertain destiny as political friends desert them
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Andy Burnham’s ideas may be more about his future
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Andy Burnham speech delivers body blow to NHS competition and choice
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NHS pay freezes move up management agenda
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A shot in the arm for GPs as they eye swine flu profits
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Firing squads won’t solve trusts’ problems
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McKinsey report was no fiendish plot, just an attempt to grasp the reality
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HSJ Resource Centre: now with more practical tips for managers
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McKinsey have plotted a course, NHS managers must lead through it
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Too many NHS staff in sickness and in health
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High death rates or just more data headaches: it’s no contest
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NHS patient safety hotline may just be a solution looking for a problem
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Community services: get off your bikes
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Panicky response to Mid Staffs scandal could erode FT freedoms
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NHS workforce: is your senior manager a psychopath?
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DH must act decisively over bully claim
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No time for complacency with the shape of the system at stake
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Patients don't care who provides GP services as long as they work
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The tripartite leadership must be debated
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Our mission is clear: to help our readers
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Pay freeze is warmer prospect than thousands of job losses
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Monitor and CQC must co-ordinate, not duplicate
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Targets’ rebirth as NHS constitution rights will not ensure a cultural shift
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One year down Darzi’s road the way ahead looks a lot tougher
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Don’t hide the truth about Mid Staffordshire: publish or be damned
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Flu pandemic could kill off a generation of local managers
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Limits on Monitor should not threaten foundation trusts
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Time is short but the chance to make a difference is real
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NHS cuts will be chance for staff to be new radicals
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Safe, streamlined services give the best – and cheapest – care
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Takeover is a test-run for nervous bidders
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NHS should not be out of pocket when doctors trouser extra cash
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Ben Bradshaw hunts down scandal-hit NHS chiefs
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Rose Gibb case underlines cost of failure for NHS managers
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NHS boards ignorant of brewing danger and scandal
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Foundation trusts running out of time to meet Monitor standards
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Budget confirms that clinicians must accept responsibility for managing money
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Prospect of serious competition rattles foundation trusts
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Care is still a long way from the community
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NHS commissioners hold the secret to thriving beyond the recession
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New look hsj.co.uk will give you much more
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Foundations are older and wiser, but have they flown the cage yet?
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Resource centre: a commitment to helping you be the best
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Managers must fight to win back the trust of the public
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Stay of execution will draw out the agony
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Patient safety: the first step is saying you have a problem
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NHS managers' pay turns red tops green with envy
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Is your employer in the Healthcare 100 club?
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For the highest calibre NHS leaders, this is your chance to shine
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Confed chief's challenge is to get network choir singing in harmony
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NHS leaders: don't lose touch with your communities
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Brent PCT's story shows power of leadership
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Lords quality accounts fight may cause an unpleasant sensation
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SHAs must not resurrect Stalin as a solution to their problems
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PCTs need cash and clout to deliver patient choice
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NHS has a role in weathering the recession
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Spectre of more competition haunts NHS
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Stop at red: study shows PCTs have a long road ahead of them
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Darzi review: MPs' shallow analysis sheds no light
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NHS history tells us we've been in this tough spot before
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NHS Confederation: stop dithering or start shedding members
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Taxpayers deserve a say over NHS, but there is a less disruptive way
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NHS surplus robbery risks a return to financial instability
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Baby P: beware the mob gathering outside your gates
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Drive down NHS costs, raise quality: just a normal day at the office
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Why are so many NHS influencers white men?
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Data tsunami will swamp trusts unless commissioners get a say
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Ethnic minority board quotas are off target
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NHS's irrational pay constraints are derailing the drive for quality
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There is now a pattern
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One country, one surgeon
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The money makers at the BMA
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Do you think you 'deserve sex'?
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Mutual appreciation society
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The next NHS chief executive?
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Targets are here to stay
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Cameron steals New Labour's clothes
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Young's departure exposes cracks in the system
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Why HSJ.co.uk is changing
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Lansley steps up to bat
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Enter the Tories
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Burnham's views on centralism
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Darzi's resignation
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Lansley's sums
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Trouble on the road to Confed
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The expenses scandal is heading your way
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Falling foul of FoI
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Should Rose Gibb be forced to pay all the legal costs?
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Why did Rose Gibb lose?
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The blood and guts of cuts
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The blame game
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Surviving another recession
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Time to regulate GPs
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Boldly forth into the blogosphere
