Health Service Journal
Seamus Ward
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MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING
24-Mar-2005
Published: 24/03/2005, Volume II5, No. 5947 Page 6 7 -
From the drawing board
4-Nov-2004
Published: 04/11/2004, Volume II4, No. 5930 Page 35 36 37 38 -
Know brainer
22-Jan-2004
Published: 22/01/2004, Volume II4, No. 5889 Page 4 5 -
Together people
22-Jan-2004
Published: 22/01/2004, Volume II4, No. 5889 Page 6 7 -
Cash dash
25-Sep-2003
Published: 25/09/2003, Volume II3, No. 5874 Page 42 43 -
Waste watchers
25-Sep-2003
BUILDINGS -
Go with the flow
12-Jun-2003
FINANCE -
Special needs
12-Jun-2003
FINANCE -
Prefab sprout
10-Apr-2003
BUILDINGS -
Stopping short
17-Oct-2002
Special report: Buildings -
Here's the catch
16-May-2002
NHS fraud: Their hard-bitten Philip Marlowe image may be spurious, but the counter-fraud service is tracking down millions of pounds stolen from NHS coffers. Seamus Ward reports -
The tender touch
27-Sep-2001
PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE: Capacity is limited in the building sector to meet demand for health service private finance initiatives. Seamus Ward reports on how the market is gearing up -
Dial M for. . . medical advice
24-May-2001
NHS Direct has handled 5 million calls since its launch in 1998, and surveys show overwhelming user satisfaction. But has its impact lived up to expectations, asks Seamus Ward -
The great divide
26-Apr-2001
New 'fast-track' ambulatory care centres that separate elective diagnosis and treatment from emergency work are part of the government's plans for spending private finance, alongside the building of new hospitals, writes Seamus Ward -
Let's spend the cash together
25-Jan-2001
To go it alone, join other trusts or contract out? Seamus Ward looks at challenges facing NHS procurement purchasers -
Pillow talk
25-Jan-2001
The Patient Power initiative will make life easier for patients - though at a cost - with a bedside TV and phone and potentially the Internet. Seamus Ward reports -
Take the money and run?
4-Jan-2001
Are managers being paid over the odds when their contracts are terminated? And why do NHS employers refuse to reveal severance payments in defiance of official guidance? Seamus Ward reports -
Technology to fit the bill
26-Oct-2000
It costs the health service up to £65 to process just one invoice, but the electronic solutions in the pipeline will mean significant savings, says Seamus Ward -
Not just acute idea
7-Sep-2000
The private finance initiative's sphere of influence is spreading far beyond the acute hospitals of the first wave - a trend further boosted by the NHS plan. Seamus Ward reports -
Recovery positions
27-Jul-2000
The General Medical Council is under attack but, Seamus Ward reports, its rearguard action is well underway -
Shape up or ship out
20-Jul-2000
More people are heading overseas for non-urgent treatment, many in response to long waiting lists at home. But should the NHS foot the bill? Seamus Ward reports -
Bark versus bite
22-Jun-2000
As the media bays for the blood of incompetent medical staff, the Commission for Health Improvement took to the road and found itself under pressure to offer reassurance about its role. Seamus Ward reports -
Down the tubes
25-May-2000
Trusts have a constant problem in recruiting and keeping laboratory staff, and low pay is the root of the problem. Seamus Ward reports -
Topsy turvy
13-Apr-2000
Chief executives in overpaid, cushy jobs? Think again. The hackneyed image, says Seamus Ward, is being overturned by the reality of a high-risk, insecure, pressurised profession -
About the size of it
30-Mar-2000
With more than £1bn worth of PFI schemes in the bag, the DoH is turning its attention to medium and small projects. Seamus Ward reports -
Knowing me, knowing you
24-Feb-2000
Barriers can be broken down when professionals from across the board solve problems at joint learning sessions, writes Seamus Ward -
Troubles ahead
9-Dec-1999
Northern Ireland's new health minister will have to contend with stretched resources and rivals who are suspicious of her every move, writes Seamus Ward -
Dangerous estate
2-Dec-1999
The NHS is Europe's richest landowner but often sells itself short when disposing of unwanted property. Seamus Ward reports -
To catch a thief
14-Oct-1999
The announcement that children and pensioners will be required to provide proof of their age to claim free prescriptions is only the latest stage in a growing war against fraud in the NHS. Seamus Ward reports -
Projection truth?
30-Sep-1999
news focus: -
Field day
16-Sep-1999
rural funding: -
Making an issue of it
26-Aug-1999
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Heroes to zero?
19-Aug-1999
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Behind the times
8-Jul-1999
news focus; -
Another policy shift
4-Mar-1999
RISK MANAGEMENT -
Northern exposure
11-Feb-1999
Civil servant or health service manager? Northern and Yorkshire's new regional director, Peter Garland, talks to Seamus Ward about his role in an increasingly centralised NHS
