All Health Service Journal articles in 1 November 2007 – Page 2
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News
Hospitals accused of failing to clean ambulances
Dirty ambulances could be spreading infections because crews do not have time to clean them between call-outs, unions have revealed.
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Trusts 'shell' bed space to keep grip on PFI approval
Hospital trusts are being forced to mothball significant numbers of beds to get government approval for private finance initiative deals.
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More funding needed for population growth areas
Extra funding should go to areas with rapid population growth to help the NHS and other services meet rising demand, the Local Government Association has warned.
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Dropping diagnostic deals could scare away investors
Cancellations of diagnostic contracts with the independent sector could damage confidence in future deals, investors have warned.
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Darzi blames poor leaders for hospital infection outbreaks
Minimising hospital-acquired infections should be the responsibility of managers, junior health minister Lord Darzi has told the Commons health select committee.
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GPs 'cheating' bonus scheme, study finds
GPs excluded almost 6 per cent of eligible patients from their quality and outcomes framework last year claiming their cases did not suit the bonus scheme indicators.
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DoH man gives thousands to Bush Republicans
The Department of Health's commercial director has donated thousands of dollars to George Bush's Republican party over the past four years, HSJ can reveal.
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Czar calls for incentives to uphold older people's dignity
The older people's czar has called for a financial reward for trusts that uphold patient dignity.
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IT programme: pioneer sites of summary care records named
NHS Connecting for Health has announced that more than 50,000 summary care records have now been uploaded to the 'spine' that underpins the NHS care records service.
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Teen cervical jab a logistical 'challenge'
The roll-out of the vaccine to guard against cervical cancer poses a 'big logistical challenge' to primary care trusts, according to the Department of Health immunisation director.
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HSJ Knowledge
Children's mental health: finding hope for the lost generation
A fifth of children have mental health problems and one in 15 self-harms, but they are getting lost in a system with no idea what to do with them. It's time for a radical rethink of care pathways for young people, writes Andrew McCulloch
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Comment
Simon Stevens on choice and midwifery
We could be getting a lot more out of our midwifery services if they were organised differently
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Let medics take top jobs, 'cliquey' managers told
Managers need to be less 'cliquey' if they are to attract clinicians to the top roles, the president of the Royal College of Physicians has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
HSJ commissioning supplement: an in-depth look at FESC
The Framework for procuring External Support for Commissioners has finally arrived. Launched by the Department of Health at the start of last month after several delays, the government hopes that the framework will usher in a change in the shape and strength of commissioning in the NHS.
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Commissioning: Dobson query over firms' fraud record
Former health secretary and Labour MP Frank Dobson has questioned the records of some of the 14 firms listed on the Department of Health's framework for procuring external support for commissioners.
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Deficit crisis warning over Scotland's PFI expansion
Plans to more than quadruple the size of NHS Scotland's private finance initiative programme risk creating a deficit crisis akin to that in England, researchers have warned.
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Comment
Overseas workers are getting a raw deal
The Local Government Association's report on the impact of migration presents a powerful case for more funding of public services in areas experiencing the sharpest increases in demand.
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PCTs and hospitals dispute millions of pounds of debts
Trusts ended the last financial year in dispute over internal debts of millions of pounds - around 1 per cent of their turnover - analysis by HSJ has revealed.
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Has the PCT reconfiguration delivered the results it promised?
A year after the number of PCTs was slashed, the annual health check has found the reconfigured organisations to be the worst performers. So was the pain worth it, asks Alison Moore
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Comment
Emma Dent on getting recognition
Everyone, even health policy journalists, needs little rewards to brighten up the working day. I am always really quite chuffed when a reader rings, e-mails or stops me in the street to tell me they enjoyed one of my features - or even one of these columns.
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