All Health Service Journal articles in 10 January 2014 – Page 4
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Comment
New year's resolution: Tackle the UK's exercise crisis
Physical inactivity is a dangerous public health issue
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Comment
Clinical leaders need to turn their knowledge into power
They can use their know-how to improve patient care
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Comment
Put people back at the heart of dementia care
Conversations with patients reveal what is important to their lives and care
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News
George Eliot contenders announced
The five contenders through to the next stage of the competition to take over George Eliot Hospital Trust have been announced.
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News
Financial implications imminent for east London reorganisation
The reorganisation of cancer and cardiac services in east London is taking shape with the financial implications set to be laid out at the end of this month.
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News
FTN chief criticises tariff and planning guidance
The chief executive of the Foundation Trust Network has said “growing financial pressures” on the NHS are preventing patients from receiving quality care.
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HSJ Local
Boss of troubled Berkshire trust quits
WORKFORCE: Royal Berkshire Hospital chief executive Ed Donald has resigned after four years leading the organisation. The trust is currently being investigated by Monitor after governance concerns.
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News
NHS employees offered Circle shares
NHS employees working at hospitals run by the operator Circle are to be offered shares in the company for the first time as part of moves to change its governance structure.
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HSJ Local
Community Services launches fresh bid for £800m contract
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has joined with a new private partner to make a second bid for an £800m older people’s services contract.
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HSJ Local
Leicester faces £40m deficit
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has said it will need ongoing financial support from the Department of Health after its forecast deficit doubled to almost £40m.
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HSJ Local
Cancer trust chief suspended
The Christie Foundation Trust yesterday suspended its chief executive Caroline Shaw.
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News
Exclusive: Medical students face new NHS entry exam
Medical students may be given a full licence to practise medicine as soon as they graduate. However, under new plans they would have to sit an additional exam to gain entry onto the foundation programme that allows them to work for the NHS.
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News
NHS England would 'very rarely' close a GP practice
The deputy medical director of NHS England said it would only close a GP practice if it was “at the extremes of immediate public safety”.
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CQC unveils community services inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission has outlined its new approach for inspecting community health services.
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HSJ Local
Woman reveals impact of Good Hope error
A grandmother found out she had been wrongly diagnosed with breast cancer - 17 years after undergoing an operation by surgeon Ian Paterson.
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News
Medicine addiction data 'needed'
GPs should start collecting anonymous data on patients they suspect or know to be hooked on prescription drugs, a group of MPs has found.
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News
HSJ Live: 20.12.2013 NHS England would 'very rarely' close a GP practice
Deputy medical director of NHS England says it would close a GP practice only if it was “at the extremes of immediate public safety”, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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Comment
Better housing will relieve winter pressures
Housing improvements are vital for reducing emergency hospital visits
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HSJ Local
Managerial failings allowed rogue surgeon to operate
A review into Heart of England Foundation Trust has found “weak and indecisive leadership from senior managers” and “secrecy and concealment” allowed a rogue surgeon to continue carrying out unrecognised and unsafe surgical procedures.
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HSJ Local
Colchester cancer services 'unsafe' finds NHS England
PERFORMANCE: Colchester Hospital University Trust’s cancer services, which are also being investigated by the police, have been found “unsafe” in five areas, NHS England has announced.