Health Service Journal
Maura Thompson
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CHI acts on no-star trust failure
7-Feb-2002
Published: 07/02/2002, Volume II2, No 5791. Page 4 5 -
Modernisation Agency opts for federal look
7-Feb-2002
Published: 07/02/2002, Volume II2, No 5791. Page 6 7 -
NHS 'will forgo public support' if service fails in bid to improve
17-Jan-2002
Published: 17/01/2002, Volume II2, No. 5778 Page 6 7 -
DoH will 'hand reins' to SHAs
10-Jan-2002
Published: 10/01/2001, Volume 112, No. 5787 Page 4 5 -
The generation aim
13-Dec-2001
Time is not on the NHS's side, admits health secretary Alan Milburn.But he is determined that he will not let go of the reigns until he has won the argument for its survival, he tells Maura Thompson -
Leaders' failure to grasp nettle puts patients in jeopardy - CHI
15-Nov-2001
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CHI report attacks Bath's 'inner circles'
8-Nov-2001
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CHI highlights star-rating disparity
25-Oct-2001
Stark contradictions between the new star-ratings measure of a trust's performance and the Commission for Health Improvement's evaluation were highlighted last week with the report of a favourable clinical governance review of no-star Ashford and St Peter's Hospital trust. -
£17m NHS-Microsoft deal will 'save £50m'
18-Oct-2001
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An inspector calls
4-Oct-2001
NEWS FOCUS: How will the Modernisation Agency approach the problem of helping no-star trusts achieve change? Maura Thompson reports -
Paying the list price
23-Aug-2001
NEWS FOCUS: A clinical governance review report highlighted a catalogue of serious flaws in the management of Epsom and St Helier trust and, as Maura Thompson reports, someone had to be held accountable -
St Helier clear -out begins long road to recovery after CHI audit
23-Aug-2001
THIS WEEK -
Addition to traffic lights in bid to spare high-profile blushes
19-Jul-2001
The Department of Health has decided to introduce an extra category in the traffic-lighting system as speculation mounts about how it can avoid high-profile managers being associated with trusts that are seen to be failing. -
From our own correspondents
19-Jul-2001
A health service on the road to modernisation? That wasn't the experience of HSJ's Maura Thompson (left) or Lesley Hallett (below) -
Strategic health authorities will intervene 'on big things'
12-Jul-2001
conference focus : The new strategic health authorities will not be HAs at all, delegates were told.In fact, PCTs will take over the traditional HA function. -
Failing trusts to benefit from 'buddy' system of mentorship
28-Jun-2001
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Urgent shake-up to stop trusts'collapse
28-Jun-2001
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Take a second look
24-May-2001
NEWS FOCUS: It is easy to dismiss Labour's manifesto pledges on health as all too familiar. But beware - they contain more than meets the eye, says Maura Thompson -
Root cause
12-Apr-2001
The new boss at the Modernisation Agency has pleased staff by reassuring them that he will not relocate to London - for personal and professional reasons he wants to stay near his roots. Maura Thompson reports -
Think-tank calls for hefty bonuses to keep leaders
5-Apr-2001
The public sector must do much more to attract high-calibre leaders and consider paying hefty bonuses to the best-performing managers, according to the Cabinet Office's performance and innovation unit. -
Panorama gives NHS plan a 'reality check'
22-Mar-2001
In what the BBC has called a 'reality check', this Sunday's Panorama puts the NHS plan under the spotlight after two months of filming at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey. -
Women quitting unequal NHS
15-Mar-2001
Education on gender equality should be included in NHS staff contracts and performance review, deputy ombudsman Hilary Scott said last week. -
Doctors still 'call the shots'despite Labour rhetoric on patient focus
1-Mar-2001
Despite rhetoric about developing a patient-focused and primary careled NHS, little has changed under New Labour from the typical patient's point of view, according to a report from the King's Fund. -
Government keeps its nerve over consultants' contracts
22-Feb-2001
The government has signalled its willingness to risk a pre-election run-in with the British Medical Association by publishing proposals for the new consultants' contract. -
RCN staff in industrial action threat after 'hamfisted' tactics
22-Feb-2001
Royal College of Nursing staff are considering a revised pay offer of 3. 7 per cent from 1 April, but it appears unlikely that it will be enough to prevent them threatening some degree of industrial action, including a possible boycott of the college's congress in May. -
A tome of their own
4-Jan-2001
The NHS plan for Scotland is, says the minister, 'not about restructuring the system, but rewiring it'.Maura Thompson reports on an attempt to rid Scotland of its reputation as one of Europe's health blackspots -
HAs must name their NHS plan 'champions'
4-Jan-2001
All health authorities will have to appoint their own modernisation boards and nominate a team of 'champions' to lead on the changes outlined in the NHS plan, according to new guidance from the NHS Executive. -
Traffic-light doubts grow as 80% of red-alert HAs appear in North
7-Dec-2000
A preliminary 'traffic light' system ranking English health authorities in terms of performance and effectiveness exposes a sharp North-South divide, with the vast majority of poor-performing 'red light' organisations in the North, this week's HSJ reveals. -
Homing in on a new goal
3-Aug-2000
The national plan may have moved the NHS Information Authority's goalposts again but the organisation is embracing the opportunities it offers and has found its strategic direction, its director of stakeholder relations tells Maura Thompson -
Loosening the ties
13-Jul-2000
Two managers reveal to Maura Thompson the challenges and benefits of working in very different areas of the independent sector -
All change
29-Jun-2000
Two managers talk to Maura Thompson about the challenges they face to improve services and keep up with demand -
Heaven can wait
15-Jun-2000
Innovation? Give us more. Grand plan? Let's start tomorrow. The New Health Network conference was painfully on-message. Maura Thompson was there -
Pioneering spirits
27-Apr-2000
In our occasional profiles of professionals in contrasting roles, Maura Thompson asks two health promotion workers to describe their work -
Teaming with ideas
30-Mar-2000
NURSING INNOVATORS -
Two-week cancer target 'backfires'
2-Dec-1999
The government's two-week target for cancer referrals has backfired, forcing many women with breast cancer to wait several months to see a specialist, according to new evidence.
