All Health Service Journal articles in 10 January 2008 – Page 3

  • HSJ Knowledge

    We survey managers on the past, present and future of the NHS

    2008-01-07T09:00:00Z

    Over 1,600 managers gave HSJ their views on the past, present and future of the NHS. The results reveal that, while most plan to stay in the service until they retire, 80 per cent think the NHS will not remain free at the point of demand

  • Comment

    Neil Goodwin on developing NHS leaders

    2008-01-07T09:00:00Z

    The new leadership framework provides a coherent national approach to senior managerial development across the English NHS.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    David Lee on managing risk

    2008-01-07T09:00:00Z

    One of the joys of NHS management is that you learn something new every day - sometimes an awful lot. Take, for example, the assurance framework and risk register. Not long ago, if I'd been asked about them in a pub quiz I'd have had to guess. But now I ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Raj Persaud on authoritarianism

    2008-01-07T09:00:00Z

    Where does excessively authoritarian leadership come from? This intriguing question was posed in a paper by Dr James Crouse and Dr Douglas Stalker in the journal Psychoanalytic Psychology.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Partnerships against heart disease

    2008-01-07T09:00:00Z

    A collaboration between pharmaceutical firms and the NHS is forming a united front against heart disease, explains Jan Balmer

  • HSJ Knowledge

    HSJ talks to managers who were there in 1948

    2008-01-07T09:00:00Z

    Emma Dent talks to three administrators who were there when the NHS launched on 5 July 1948, transforming their careers to make them forerunners of modern management

  • Comment

    Gerry Robinson was never about saving the NHS

    2008-01-04T14:50:33Z

    Sir Gerry Robinson's latest programme confirms that he is not and never was about 'saving the NHS', argues Paul Knutson

  • Comment

    Calls for clarity on GP contracts

    2008-01-04T14:30:25Z

    I read with some interest your article about the government's proposals to consult on extending GP opening hours, particularly as there are no minimum opening hours - or more crucially - consultation hours in general medical services or most personal medical services contracts, writes Jonathan Weaver

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Campaign for NHS anniversary bank holiday

    2008-01-04T12:31:25Z

    In the NHS's 60th anniversary year, prime minister Gordon Brown should announce a public holiday to celebrate the service - something every Briton uses and needs, writes Rachael Jolley

  • Comment

    This week's looky likey

    2008-01-03T13:35:48Z

    More on David Cameron (see Weird Health, this week), this time, in the form of a looky likey suggested by reader Lisa Langton, who suggests that Mr Cameron and NHS North West chief executive Mike Farrar look rather alike. Ms Langton says: "This has got to be a better match ...

  • Comment

    Weird world health

    2008-01-03T13:32:44Z

    Does the NHS Confederation know something we don’t? A certain amount of measured-ness is the usual flavour of responses to political statements, but after Conservative Party leader David Cameron's speech early this year, the Confed responded in terms that could only be described as glowing. "David Cameron’s ...

  • News

    NHS leaders honoured for services to healthcare

    2008-01-02T10:31:30Z

    Robert Naylor, chief executive of University College London Hospitals foundation trust, has been awarded a knighthood in recognition of his services to healthcare.He was among tens of healthcare professionals to be honoured in the Queen's New Year's Honours List.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Survey of readers on the NHS's past, present and future

    2007-12-13T17:29:11Z

    The fact that the NHS exists is its greatest strength, according to a survey of over 1500 NHS managers. When surveyed about the NHS's past, present and future, a third said its very existence is its greatest asset, closely followed by the fact that care is free at the point ...