All Health Service Journal articles in 11 June 2009
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NewsGovernment may take further powers over foundation trusts
The government is considering clawing back powers from foundation trusts in response to the Mid Staffordshire scandal.
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NewsAlan Johnson leaves Department of Health
Alan Johnson is to become home secretary in Gordon Brown’s post-election cabinet reshuffle.
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NewsPatient involvement group claims lack of support
Local involvement networks are not being given enough support despite commitments in the government’s response to the Mid Staffordshire scandal, it has been claimed.
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MPs call for NHS consultancy costs to be made public
The daily rates of external management consultants employed by NHS organisations could soon be published, if the demands of the Commons health committee are met.
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NewsAndy Burnham called on to keep up pace of NHS reform
Health secretary Andy Burnham has been called on to keep up momentum on NHS reform.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Patient Safety First Campaign – 12 months on
Twelve months have passed since the June 2008 launch of the Patient Safety First Campaign. Promoting a vision of an NHS with no avoidable death or harm, the campaign is helping to make patient safety the highest priority for everyone from chief executive to ward cleaner, surgeon to visiting carer.
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NewsAcademy of Medical Royal Colleges elects new chair
Sir Neil Douglas is to replace Dame Carol Black as chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
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NewsChief inspector of Healthcare Environment Inspectorate named
The Scottish government has named the head of its new health inspection body.
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NewsUK swine flu cases 'at least double' official count
A swine flu expert has warned that the number of UK cases of the potentially deadly virus may be more than double the official count of 557.
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NewsTwo new ministers named at Department of Health
Mike O’Brien and Gillian Merron have been named as new ministers at the Department of Health.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy a happy workforce equals an efficient trust
If trusts are serious about improving the wellbeing of their staff, they need to evaluate the needs of their workers from the outset. This helps avoid the usual pitfalls of developing programmes that fail to tackle key problems and can be a waste of time and resource.
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NewsNHS North West to pay Christie's Iceland bank loss
NHS North West is to compensate a specialist cancer foundation trust for the £6.5m it lost in the Icelandic banking collapse.
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NewsNHS waiting times up sharply
The number of patients waiting more than eight weeks for an outpatient appointment has shot up by nearly a third in the space of a month, Department of Health figures reveal.
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Hospital follow-up inspection reveals new problems
CQC inspectors have raised concerns about a mental health hospital served with six statutory notices.
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NewsIt's official: NHS productivity is rising
NHS productivity rose by 1.2 per cent in 2007 and 0.7 per cent in 2006, official statistics show, reversing a seven year stretch of declining productivity.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Think Again – why good leaders make bad decisions and how to keep it from happening to you
Make the right decisions and safeguard your thinking, write Richard Mitchell and Janine Chandler
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CommentMidwifery and the Clinical Leaders Network
Raj Kumar In this month’s column for HSJ, Debby Gould from NHS London talks about how the Clinical Leaders Network is helping her to work collaboratively with other midwifery departments, helping to improve maternity services. NHS London has decided to use the CLN initially to focus on ...
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CommentA guide to clinical champions and commissioning
Building effective clinical leadership and engagement is the key to improving services, writes Jackie Kay
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Department of Health to review 2010-11 budgets
The Department of Health is to conduct a “fundamental review” of its central budgets to determine how much they will be allocated in 2010-11.
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PCTs told they could save £3bn over five years
Primary care trusts could save £3bn over five years through world class commissioning, the Department of Health has claimed.