All Health Service Journal articles in 10 July 2008
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HSJ Knowledge
David Peat on 60 years with the NHS
Call it a fortuitous coincidence if you will, but the NHS and I share the same birthday. Not to the day, but near enough.
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Comment
Aidan Halligan on why Darzi needs clinical leadership
The NHS must do more to develop clinical leadership if it is to achieve the aims set out in health minister Lord Darzi's review of the service
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HSJ Knowledge
A look inside a care trust plus
North East Lincolnshire is home to England's first care trust plus. Stuart Shepherd spoke to its ambitious - and entirely local - leader
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HSJ Knowledge
Can doctors rise to the challenge of leadership?
The NHS needs more clinicians to step up to leadership roles to improve outcomes for patients. But will doctors be able to endure the constant scrutiny and deliver what the service is asking of them, asks Mark Goldman
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Comment
Steve Onyett on NHS complexity
One of the biggest challenges in conveying the profound implications of complexity theory is its name. What could be less appealing to busy staff?
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HSJ Knowledge
Service improvement: dignity by design
One trust's training programme around respect and sensitivity towards the patient is reaping rewards. Alison Moore explains how it works
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Comment
Richard Gleave on rewards and reprimands
One of the main debates in US healthcare policy is how to financially reward healthcare providers for delivering 'excellent' care.
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HSJ Knowledge
Recruitment questions: overseas staff in the NHS
A few years ago, the service was in the spotlight for plugging staffing gaps with overseas workers. Now restrictions have been imposed as vacancies evaporate. Is the NHS right to aim for a 'self-sufficient' workforce?
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HSJ Knowledge
Bucking the absenteeism trend
Managing sickness absence in the NHS can be tricky, but there are steps managers can take to protect productivity and staff well-being. Jane Fraser explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Dame Carol Black on clinical responsibility
My interest in the changes in the NHS workforce has mostly focused on frontline staff - participants in the millions of clinical encounters that are at the heart of the service.
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Comment
Jo Davis on the ambassador chairman
There's a lot more to being a trust chairman than just chairing board meetings. One of the most important roles, without a doubt, is that of ambassador.
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Comment
Natalie Lambert on respecting research
Most applied health and social sciences research is rightly directed at identifying the most cost-effective interventions for specific diseases and risks.
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HSJ Knowledge
Emma Dent on celebrating the 60th
At an NHS Confederation conference do a fellow guest commented that I can be a bit grumpy in this column.
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HSJ Knowledge
Media Watch: looking back on 60 years
On the NHS's 60th anniversary, several papers concluded the government is not doing a bad job of running the service.
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Comment
Michael White on how Darzi looks from abroad
An impeccable sense of timing and a wedding of young friends in Washington DC ensured I stepped off the plane at Heathrow this week uninformed about Lord Darzi's master plan for the NHS.
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News
GPs open up to extended access target
Almost a quarter of primary care trust areas have now hit the Department of Health's target to extend GP opening hours, latest figures reveal.
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News
Health and Social Care Act accuracy
Although heartening to see public engagement featuring as a key part of the supplement on world class commissioning, it was disappointing to see an incorrect representation of the legal framework central to the article.
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News
Economist calls for NHS Bank to hold foundation surpluses
Foundation trusts should be able to store their £2.3bn surpluses in an 'NHS bank' for use by rest of the health service, MPs have been told.
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News
Euro providers could claim place on choose and book
European health providers could launch claims to be included in GP choose and book systems to give them the same access to the NHS market as those in the UK.
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News
Darzi calls for skills to tackle challenge of lifestyle diseases
Primary and community care organisations must strengthen their skills and infrastructure to tackle 'lifestyle diseases' such as obesity, Lord Darzi told an HSJ conference this week.