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

  • News

    Sickness management

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    The article Dealing with presenteeism contains misleading comments attributed to Julian Topping, head of workplace health at NHS Employers. It does not reflect the views of either Mr Topping or NHS Employers.

  • News

    News in pictures: women surgeons

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    The portraits of six female surgeons go on show today at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. The photographs, by Jane Brettle, mark the work of female surgeons who have played a major role at the college and helped raise the profile of women in surgery.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Proud to nurse

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    I was a patient from 1942-52 and then went on against doctors' advice to become a nurse myself - and I was very proud to pay back my debt to society. (Sixty Years of the NHS supplement)

  • News

    Pensions reform

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    Reform of the NHS pension regime must be a priority for any government serious about health reform.

  • News

    Treasury set to rein in public spend

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    The Treasury has launched a fresh public sector efficiency review in a bid to keep an ever tighter rein on the public sector finances.

  • News

    Raise the SBAR

    2008-07-10T09:00:00Z

    Inadequate communication and weak teamwork often feature in reports of patient safety incidents to the National Patient Safety Agency ('Anyone here a doctor who speaks nurse?').

  • Comment

    Angela Greatley on a new vision for mental health

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    Next year, the first of the government's national service frameworks will come to an end. The adult mental health framework was published in 1999 as a 10-year plan for improving services and setting out what patients could expect from them.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Protecting NHS data

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    NHS managers should prepare their organisations for tougher data protection rules coming into force. Simon Charlton explains

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Developing the endoscopy practitioner role

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    Angela Gardiner explains the benefits of developing the role of endoscopy practitioner and outlines the training available

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS fraud investigations - know your obligations

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service can demand that trusts produce documents under the NHS Act 2006. Here, Andrew Craggs offers advice to managers on dealing with such requests

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Integrating healthcare IT systems

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    Integrating hospitals' IT systems presents big challenges. Here, one newly formed trust explains how it is accomplishing the task