All Health Service Journal articles in 10 May 2013 – Page 3
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Vale Royal extends declaration of interest policy
STRUCTURE: Board papers from the NHS Vale Royal CCG Governance and Audit Committee reveal a proposal to extend the declaration of interest to family members of those on the CCG board.
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HSJ Local
Vale Royal CCG seeks assurance from its CSU
FINANCE: NHS Vale Royal CCG has sought assurance about its commissioning support unit, related to value for money and services provided.
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HSJ Local
South Cheshire CCG produces welfare benefits guide
SERVICE DESIGN: A new guide on the changes to welfare benefits has been produced for GPs and Health Professionals by South Cheshire CCG.
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HSJ Local
Chester infections concern
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers for West Cheshire CCG reveal concerns over the rate of healthcare acquired infection rates at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Bolton Foundation Trust waiting times struggle highlighted
PERFORMANCE: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust struggled with elective waiting time targets in the last quarter - January to March 2013, according to commissioner board papers.
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HSJ Local
Success for Hull and East Yorks hip programme
PERFORMANCE: A 12 week project to help hip patients recover has led to a dramatic fall in mortality at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals trust.
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HSJ Local
New chaplain at County Durham FT
WORKFORCE: The Reverend Kevin Tromans has been appointed as the new lead chaplain at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust. Rev Tromans has worked in hospitals since 1997 and replaces Rev Brian Selmes, who has retired.
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HSJ KnowledgeRedesigning end of life care in the community
It is time to move resources away from hospitals
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CommentPublic health must lead a public system
Why we need 21st century “national health socialism”
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NewsHSJ Live 8.5.2013: Nick Seddon named Number 10 health policy adviser
Downing Street appoints new health policy adviser, how the Queen’s speech proposals will affect the NHS, and the rest of today’s news.
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NewsExclusive: Competition ‘jeopardy’ for icon of integration
Commissioners of Torbay’s pioneering integrated care organisation are taking legal advice amid fears its progress could be placed “in jeopardy” by a requirement to competitively tender some services, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHundreds of NHS directors to be taught 'compassion'
Hundreds of senior NHS managers will be taught how to be “more inclusive, compassionate and caring” as part of the response to the Francis inquiry.
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LeaderTorbay presents a test for the new system
Monitor needs to indicate its position over tendering challenge
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Medical device assessment 'inconsistent' claim
The European Union process of assessing whether medical devices are fit for public use are “inconsistent and opaque”, researchers have claimed.
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Junior doctors 'unaware' on reforms
Junior doctors have poor knowledge about health politics and NHS reforms, research suggests.
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NewsQueen's speech: Criminal sanctions for misleading NHS providers
The government will use its forthcoming Care Bill to make it a criminal offence for NHS providers to provide false and misleading information about their performance, it said today.
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HSJ Local
Hounslow CCG breaching teenage conception targets
PERFORMANCE: Figures provided to Hounslog CCG show the number of conceptions in the borough per thousand females aged between 15-17 was above target.
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NewsHealth adviser to prime minister appointed
Nick Seddon, deputy director of right-leaning think tank Reform, has been appointed health and social care adviser to the prime minister.
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CommentLessons from the NHS's failure regimes so far
Will the new regimes help trusts to avoid failure?