Health Service Journal
Paul Smith
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Climb every mountain
22-Jul-2004
Paul Smith meets Audit Commission managing director for health Andy McKeon -
Chronic disease replaces waiting lists as new focus on location
17-Jun-2004
Published: 17/06/2004, Volume II4, No. 5910 Page 25, 26 -
PCT faced fines threat over treatment centre
3-Jun-2004
Published: 03/06/2004, Volume II4, No. 5908 Page 4 -
Brickbats and plaudits as Stevens e exits
27-May-2004
Published: 27/05/2004, Volume II4, No. 5907 Page 4 5 -
Heart Hospital rescue agreed
27-May-2004
Published: 27/05/2004, Volume II4, No. 5907 Page 5 -
Show me the money
27-May-2004
Published: 27/05/2004, Volume II4, No. 5907 Page 18 -
Mental health may 'slip' off the age enda
14-May-2004
Published: 13/05/2004, Volume II4, No. 5905 Page 8 9 -
inside track . . . finance
22-Apr-2004
What's on managers' minds this week -
Under-fire Avon breaks even
22-Apr-2004
Published: 22/04/2002, Volume II4, No. 5902 Page 6 7 -
Risk pool set at £40m
15-Apr-2004
Published: 15/04/2004, Volume II4, No. 5801 Page 4 5 -
Moyes targets non-execs. . .
1-Apr-2004
Published: 01/04/2004, Volume II4, No. 5899 Page 4 -
The scandal that persuaded ministers to 'let go' of the NHS
1-Apr-2004
the big story -
Targets fixation could cause scandals
25-Mar-2004
Published: 25/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5898 Page 4 5 -
Growing pains
11-Mar-2004
news focus -
White paper may incorporate sex
11-Mar-2004
Published: 11/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5896 Page 9 -
Breakaway fear rattles C Confed
4-Mar-2004
Published: 04/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5895 Page 4 5 -
Large trusts win under new starratings rule
4-Mar-2004
Published: 04/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5895 Page 3 -
Missing link
26-Feb-2004
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Second go for foundation hopefuls
26-Feb-2004
Published: 26/02/2004, Volume II2, No. 5894 Page 4 5 -
Acute ratings to ignore reviews
19-Feb-2004
Published: 19/02/2004, Volume II4, No. 5893 Page 7 -
Air apparent
19-Feb-2004
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Nuffield foundation bid back on
19-Feb-2004
Published: 19/02/2004, Volume II4, No. 5893 Page 6 7 -
Ministers respond on Bennett report
12-Feb-2004
Published: 12/02/2004, Volume II4, No. Page 5892 3 4 -
Payment system 'could close services'
12-Feb-2004
Published: 12/02/2004, Volume II4, No. Page 5892 6 7 -
'On-hold' foundations to get shadow status
5-Feb-2004
Published: 05/02/2004, Volume II4, No. 5891 Page 3 4 -
A very private affair
29-Jan-2004
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Crackdown on abuse promised
29-Jan-2004
Published: 29/01/2004, Volume II4, No. 5890 Page 10 11 -
Private firms for shared services
15-Jan-2004
Published: 15/01/2004, Volume II4, No. 5888 Page 7 -
Borrowing could hinge on payment-byresults 'profits'
27-Nov-2003
Published: 27/11/2003, Volume II3, No. 5883 Page 5 -
Must try harder
27-Nov-2003
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Review 'mu ust focus on health economy'
27-Nov-2003
Published: 27/11/2003, Volume II3, No. 5883 Page 4 5 -
Battered foundations bill likely to limp home
20-Nov-2003
Published: 20/11/2003, Volume II3, No. 5882 Page 5 -
Broadmoor wards branded 'inhumane'
20-Nov-2003
Published: 20/11/2003, Volume II3, No. 5882 Page 7 -
Cayton: costing of choice has begun
20-Nov-2003
Published: 20/11/2003, Volume II3, No. 5882 Page 9 -
Cayton: 'four themes pinpoint demand'
13-Nov-2003
Published: 13/11/2003, Volume II3, No. 5881 Page 6 7 -
All change for the central line
30-Oct-2003
Published: 30/10/2003, Volume II3, No. 5879 Page 13 -
Hunt fears growing 'arrogance' at CPPIH
30-Oct-2003
Published: 30/10/2003, Volume II3, No. 5879 Page 4 -
Where's it all gone?
30-Oct-2003
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Foundations to average 10,000
23-Oct-2003
Published: 23/10/2003, Volume II3, No.5878 Page 4 5 -
North Bristol financial losses 'the worst in NHS history'
23-Oct-2003
Published: 23/10/2003, Volume II3, No.5878 Page 5 -
Lords' six-month blow to foundations
16-Oct-2003
Published: 16/10/2003, Volume II3, No. 5877 Page 3 4 -
Czar says outdated mental health wards will stay
2-Oct-2003
Published: 02/10/2003, Volume II3, No. 5875 Page 6 7 -
Debt-plagued SHA primed to break even despite more losses
2-Oct-2003
Published: 02/10/2003, Volume II3, No. 5875 Page 11 -
Master mind
2-Oct-2003
the hsj interview: Professor Louis Appleby -
Mental Health Bill bows to widespread anger
25-Sep-2003
Published: 25/09/2003, Volume II3, No. 5874 Page 11 -
Mental health granted flexible ta argets
25-Sep-2003
Published: 25/09/2003, Volume II3, No. 5874 Page 8 9 -
Varsity challenge
25-Sep-2003
Published: 25/09/2003, Volume II3, No. 5874 Page 13 -
We may not save flops, judges Dre redge
25-Sep-2003
Published: 25/09/2003, Volume II3, No. 5874 Page 6 7 -
Foundations return to Lords
4-Sep-2003
Published: 04/09/2003, Volume II3, No. 5871 Page 7 -
It takes all sorts
4-Sep-2003
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NHS blamed for rift with council
4-Sep-2003
Published: 04/09/2003, Volume II3, No. 5871 Page 6 7 -
Shooter from the hip
4-Sep-2003
the hsj interview: Mike Shooter -
Foundation future in doubt for trust chairs
28-Aug-2003
Published: 28/08/2003, Volume II3, No. 5870 Page 5 6 -
NHS Bank will bail out results payment losers
14-Aug-2003
Published: 14/08/2003, Volume II3, No. 5868 Page 4 5 -
Jail-threat trust pleads H&S ignorance
7-Aug-2003
Published: 07/08/2003, Volume II3, No. 5867 Page 6 7 -
Blair's foundation call to second generation
31-Jul-2003
Published: 31/07/2003, Volume II3, No.5866 Page 5 6 -
Day-case push 'at risk from targets'
31-Jul-2003
Published: 31/07/2003, Volume II3, No.5866 Page 6 7 -
DoH cash boost to aid zeros
24-Jul-2003
Published: 24/07/2003, Volume II3, No. 5865 Page 8 9 -
Local heroes
24-Jul-2003
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Foundation hopefuls are ditched
17-Jul-2003
Published: 17/07/2003, Volume II3, No. 5864 Page 6, 7 -
Fine-tuning for PCT stars with days to go
10-Jul-2003
Published: 10/07/2003, Volume II3, No. 5862 Page 7 -
Tinkering could swamp foundations in red tape
10-Jul-2003
Published: 10/07/2003, Volume II3, No. 5862 Page 5 -
Trouble-shooter ends Bat th time
3-Jul-2003
Published: 03/07/2003, Volume II3, No. 5862 Page 83, 84 -
Trusts parry tabloid attack
12-Jun-2003
Published: 12/06/2003, Volume II3, No. 5859 Page 8 9 -
CHCs in line for temporary but acrimonious reprieve
5-Jun-2003
Published: 05/06/2003, Volume II3, No. 5858 Page 9 -
LGA slams sales profit plan
29-May-2003
Published:29/05/2003, Volume II3, No. 5857 Page 6 -
In the name of Nye
8-May-2003
Published: 08/05/2003, Volume II3, No. 5854 Page 10, 11 -
Homerton's fair play promise
24-Apr-2003
Published: 24/04/2003, Volume II3, No. 5825 Page 8 -
Foundations whittled down to the final 15
10-Apr-2003
Published: 10/04/2003, Volume II3, No. 5850 Page 5 6 -
Obsolete CHI reports face reassessment
10-Apr-2003
Published: 10/04/2003, Volume II3, No. 5850 Page 11 -
CHAI could take private dentistry under its wing
3-Apr-2003
Published: 03/04/2003, Volume II3, No. 5849 Page 10 -
CHI unabashed on baby probe
3-Apr-2003
Published: 03/04/2003, Volume II3, No. 5849 Page 8 9 -
That was the week that was
20-Mar-2003
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A quiet word
6-Mar-2003
news focus -
Blair intervenes on A&E targets
6-Mar-2003
Published: 06/03/2003, Volume II3, No. 5844 Page 8 9 -
Foundations get say on services
6-Mar-2003
Published: 06/03/2003, Volume II3, No. 5844 Page 5 6 -
Sexual healing
27-Feb-2003
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Critical return on trust tariffs
20-Feb-2003
Published: 20/02/2003, Volume II3, No. 5843 Page 8 9 -
Mental health trust slated by CHI for putting staff at risk
20-Feb-2003
Published: 20/02/2003, Volume II3, No. 5843 Page 6 7 -
Overseas, over here
20-Feb-2003
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Cry freedom
30-Jan-2003
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New services for disorder
30-Jan-2003
Published: 30/01/2003, Volume II3, No. 5840 Page 9 -
Private firms eye top NHS managers
9-Jan-2003
Published: 09/01/2003, Volume II3, No. 5837 Page 4 5 -
'Express inter rest' now, would-be foundations told
19-Dec-2002
Published: 19/12/2002, Volume II2, No. 5836 Page 4 5 -
Shock to the system
19-Dec-2002
the hsj interview: Ann Abraham -
Cross-government war on in nequalities
28-Nov-2002
Published: 28/11/2002, Volume II2, No. 5833 Page 6 7 -
Contract failure 'poses day case threat'
21-Nov-2002
Published: 21/11/2002, Volume II2, No. 5832 Page 8 9 -
Direct election to foundations 'could undermine senior management's work'
21-Nov-2002
Published: 21/11/2002, Volume II2, No. 5832 Page 5 -
Out of sight
21-Nov-2002
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Care trusts stall amid lack of 'nitty gritty' detail
14-Nov-2002
Published: 14/11/2002, Volume II2, No. 5813 Page 8 9 -
Seven-year hitch for foundations and PCTs
7-Nov-2002
Published: 07/11/2002, Volume II2, No. 5830 Page 5 -
Funny money
31-Oct-2002
news focus -
Patient choice will drive tariff system
24-Oct-2002
Published: 24/10/2002, Volume II2, No. 5828 Page 4 5 -
Loud and clear
3-Oct-2002
news focus -
Rush is on to take over failing trusts
22-Aug-2002
Published: 22/08/2002, Volume II2, No. 5819 Page 4 -
Rush is on to take over failing trusts
22-Aug-2002
Published: 22/08/2002, Volume II2, No. 5819 Page 4 -
Overseas treatment fails to impress
15-Aug-2002
Published: 15/08/2002, Volume III, No. 5818 Page 4 5 -
Overseas treatment fails to impress
15-Aug-2002
Published: 15/08/2002, Volume III, No. 5818 Page 4 5 -
Pilots prompt 'urgent' screening roll-out call
1-Aug-2002
Published: 01/08/2002, Volume II2, No. 5816 Page 6 7 -
Pilots prompt 'urgent' screening roll-out call
1-Aug-2002
Published: 01/08/2002, Volume II2, No. 5816 Page 6 7 -
Stars in their eyes
1-Aug-2002
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Stars in their eyes
1-Aug-2002
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CHI made 'mockery' of its role by failure to spot maternity worries
18-Jul-2002
Published: 18/07/2001, Volume II2, No.5814 Page 6 -
Sedative erro ors missed by trust
11-Jul-2002
Published: 11/07/2002, Volume II2, No.5813 Page 8 9 -
Danger signals
4-Jul-2002
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Team players
27-Jun-2002
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Trusts eye contract cleaners for chop as problems worsen
20-Jun-2002
Published: 20/06/2002, Volume II2, No.5810 Page 9 -
Trust admits ancillary staff pay claim is fight for justice
7-Jun-2002
Published: 07/06/2002, Volume II2, No. 5808 Page 7 -
Trust's shake-up slashes role of private sector inmental health
4-Jun-2002
Published: 30/05/2002, Volume II2, No. 5807 Page 8 9 -
Ambulance trusts' race battle
23-May-2002
Published: 23/5/2002, Volume II2, No. 5806 Page 6 7 -
Ex-chief hits out at 'unbalanced' report
9-May-2002
Published: 09/05/2002, Volume II2, No. 5804 Page 4 5 -
On the critical list
3-Apr-2002
news focus: As level-3 PCTs go live, the NHS Alliance, never afraid to tell the government its failings, has taken a characteristically frank approach to problem-solving in primary care.Paul Smith reports -
'Vicious circle'hits discharges
3-Apr-2002
Published: 28/03/2002, Volume II2, No. 5798 Page 10 -
Hitting the deck
21-Mar-2002
news focus: David Loughton is going; his successor will be appointed under the franchise scheme. Paul Smith reports on a legacy of bitterness among staff at Coventry's Walsgrave Hospital - and their hopes for the future -
Plea for long-term care reform
21-Mar-2002
Published: 21/03/2002, Volume II2, No. 5797 Page 10 -
Tunnel vision
21-Mar-2002
Statistics on lengthening waiting times for cancer patients make grim reading. Is improvement on the way? Paul Smith reports -
Franchising imposed on trust as Loughton goes
14-Mar-2002
Published: 14/03/2002, Volume II2, No. 5796 Page 4 5 -
Scaling new heights
7-Mar-2002
From April, dentists will have a formal role within primary care trusts.Could it be the first step in treating the decay of NHS dental services? Paul Smith reports -
'Huge risks' ahead for NHS as structural rebuilding begins
28-Feb-2002
Published: 28/02/2002, Volume II2, No. 5794 Page 7 -
Where the living is easier
28-Feb-2002
news focus: Community-based crisis services can keep psychiatric patients out of hospital and reduce feelings of stigma. Paul Smith looks at their progress to date -
Social care loses out to NHS gain
21-Feb-2002
Published: 21/02/2002, Volume II2, No. 5792 Page 6 -
Late delivery
14-Feb-2002
news focus: Failures in psychiatric services tend not to attract public interest or political response.Two reports into major service failures relate an all-too-familiar story.Paul Smith reports -
NHS Direct access pledge
14-Feb-2002
Published: 14/02/2002, Volume II2, No. 5792 Page 8 -
Report blames poor management culture for psychiatric unit problems
7-Feb-2002
Published: 07/02/2002, Volume II2, No 5791. Page 4 -
Ready and waiting
31-Jan-2002
The enthusiasm of those who this year completed the NHS graduate training scheme must surely give heart to even the most unimaginative of the health service's critics. Paul Smith was caught up in the feel-good mood -
Milburn courts 'public service entrepreneurs'
17-Jan-2002
Published: 17/01/2002, Volume II2, No. 5778 Page 4 5 -
NI health service on brink of 'meltdown'
17-Jan-2002
Published: 17/01/2002, Volume II2, No. 5778 Page 8 9 -
NHS on course to escape flu outbreak, says Met Office
10-Jan-2002
Published: 10/01/2001, Volume 112, No. 5787 Page 8 9 -
Pharmacy deaths laid at 0door of IT failure
20-Dec-2001
Published: 20/12/2001, Volume III, No. 5786 Page 6 7 -
Top performers' set standards for day surgery
13-Dec-2001
Published: 13/12/2001, Volume III, No. 5785 Page 6 7 -
Ministers 'threaten' GP talks
6-Dec-2001
Published: 06/12/2001, Volume III, No. 5784 Page 10 -
Walsgrave chief is tipped to quit soon
6-Dec-2001
Published: 06/12/2001, Volume III, No. 5784 Page 6 -
No-star trust's 'excess deaths'
22-Nov-2001
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Clinging to the wreckage
15-Nov-2001
NEWS FOCUS: When the mental health service failed Gilbert Kopernik-Steckel, it cost both him and his mother their lives.Paul Smith talked to Gilbert's sister about the lessons to be learned -
NCAA boundaries are defined
15-Nov-2001
NEWS -
Welsh jump gun on conduct code
1-Nov-2001
News -
A drop of the hard stuff
18-Oct-2001
news focus -
NHS told to implement NICE gui idance with no extra cash
18-Oct-2001
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Capital's health divide widens
11-Oct-2001
Health gaps between rich and poor are still growing across London, despite the government's much publicised pledge to cut them by 2010, according to a report. -
Capital's health divide widens
11-Oct-2001
Health gaps between rich and poor are still growing across London, despite the government's much publicised pledge to cut them by 2010, according to a report. -
Secretary pay row grinds on
4-Oct-2001
NEWS -
Abroad consensus
27-Sep-2001
NEWS FOCUS: Refugees and asylum seekers may be in poor health when they reach Britain.But after a period of NHS care the health of some has actually deteriorated, reports Paul Smith -
Confed calls for shake-up of system pay review
20-Sep-2001
NEWS -
Alliance calls for local involvement in PCTs
13-Sep-2001
NEWS -
Dead weight
13-Sep-2001
NEWS FOCUS: CHI moved in to investigate heart and lung transplantation at a London hospital following a disturbing number of patient fatalities. Paul Smith reports on its wide-ranging recommendations -
Men who count
23-Aug-2001
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A very big cheese
16-Aug-2001
Sir Donald Wilson, who died this month, inspired fear and respect in equal measure. Paul Smith charts the career of an 'NHS hero', renowned for his passion, his flamboyance - and his dairy farm Aspirations to a New Labour no-blame 'modern and dependable'NHS were unlikely to appeal to Sir Donald Wilson, who died this month aged 79. -
Triumph for best practice as A&E trolley waits are slashed by NPAT
16-Aug-2001
Trolley waits at 16 accident and emergency departments have been slashed through an initiative headed by the National Patient Access Team. -
Belated moves to tackle crisis in sexual health
2-Aug-2001
NEWS -
The old grey superheroes
2-Aug-2001
NEWS FOCUS: Managers want to do good, too.But the bean-counters and the clinicians do not always see eye to eye.Paul Smith reports on research into what motivates managers and medics -
Agency outlines its PCT model for delivering public health services
26-Jul-2001
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'No threat' to GMC from new assessment body
19-Jul-2001
The General Medical Council has insisted that it does not see a longterm threat to its role as a regulatory body from the newly created National Clinical Assessment Authority. -
A virtuoso performance
12-Jul-2001
conference focus : Conductor and management guru Benjamin Zander got the conference off to a 'transformational'start by getting delegates singing, clapping and joining hands.Paul Smith was there -
No-fault system may end NHS defensiveness but push up cost
12-Jul-2001
A no-fault compensation system, one of the options to be considered as part of a radical shake-up of the clinical negligence system, could leave the NHS paying out even more to the victims of medical mistakes. -
Organ retention fallout may run into millions as workload soars
6-Jul-2001
NEWS -
GP talks progress despite BMA anger
5-Jul-2001
THIS WEEK -
NHS reforms'put primary care's success at risk'
5-Jul-2001
NEWS -
The Windsor change
28-Jun-2001
NEWS FOCUS: Labour's back with a vengeance. What did the Queen's speech reveal about its ambitions for health in the second term? Paul Smith reads between the lines -
Ambulance rejig in bid to relieve pressure on A&E
14-Jun-2001
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Organ retention fallout may run into millions as workload soars
7-Jun-2001
Trusts are facing escalating bills and huge workforce pressures as they try to deal with the fallout from the organ retention scandal. -
Playing hard to get
31-May-2001
The fourth HSJ Management Challenge was predictably tough - but 30 highly competitive teams got plenty out of it, reports Paul Smith -
Guidelines greenlight foot and mouth pyres
3-May-2001
New health guidelines on the disposal of animal carcasses have been welcomed by the health authority which first raised concerns about risks to public safety during the current foot and mouth epidemic. -
Tatton MP joins fracas over ambulance chief 'scapegoating'
3-May-2001
MP Martin Bell is to investigate claims that David Todhunter, chief executive of Mersey Regional Ambulance Service trust, has been scapegoated by a recent inquiry Mr Todhunter, currently on sick leave, was sharply criticised in an independent report commissioned by North West regional office into the handling of the emergency helicopter transfer of liver transplant patient Julie Donaldson in May 1999. -
Helicopter clash chief under fire
26-Apr-2001
The job of Mersey ambulance chief David Todhunter is hanging in the balance after his trust was forced to apologise to the family of a woman who died when her helicopter transfer was delayed because he became embroiled in a personal row. -
Medical secretaries act over pay grading
26-Apr-2001
Medical secretaries across the NHS could resort to industrial action as anger deepens over their continuing grading dispute. -
Ambulance service breathes sigh of relief at £11. 6m life-line
19-Apr-2001
Managers and unions at London Ambulance Service have expressed relief after receiving an £11. 6m cash allocation from the capital's health authorities.
