All Health Service Journal articles in 11 June 2009 – Page 3

  • Pursuing the rewards for world class commissioning unveiled by the Department of Health this week looks likely to prove a test of every PCT's whole operational strategy. Helen Crump reports
    News

    PCTs find there are no shortcuts to freedom

    2009-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Pursuing the rewards for world class commissioning unveiled by the Department of Health this week looks likely to prove a test of every PCT’s whole operational strategy. Helen Crump reports

  • Did this mean being a foundation chief was a part time job, enquired former GP and Labour MP Howard Stoate? “No,” was the blunt reply. Nor is it one with second home allowances or the ability to close on Wednesdays, he did not add.
    Community

    Stoate's gloat

    2009-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Despite bravely picking up the gauntlet from Monitor to ride to the rescue of scandal hit Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, interim chief executive Eric Morton was never going to get an easy ride in front of the Commons health committee last week.

  • Skills for Health supplement
    Supplements

    Skills for Health: The Honourable Guild of NHS Staff

    2009-06-11T00:00:00Z

    There has been a great deal of good news for supporters of training across the health sector over the last 18 months. Over 30,000 new training interventions have been funded through the Joint Investment Framework. More than 3,000 14-year-olds started the new diploma in society, health and development in 2008, ...

  • Doctors and patients are perplexed by the lack of plain English used in NHS documents, according to delegates at a British Medical Association conference last week.
    Community

    Vexatious verbosity

    2009-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Doctors and patients are perplexed by the lack of plain English used in NHS documents, according to delegates at a British Medical Association conference last week.

  • Rebecca Evans
    Comment

    Media Watch: Hello (again) Andy Burnham

    2009-06-11T12:56:00Z

    It’s farewell to Alan Johnson and hello (again) to Andy Burnham, previously a health minister, who’s made it back to the top job in Richmond House via what the press dubbed a “shotgun” reshuffle, forced by the unexpected resignation of work and pensions secretary James Purnell.

  • Gary Belfield says the best primary care trusts will be able to get franchises on the rest
    News

    Best primary care trusts to get franchise on rest

    2009-06-11T14:15:00Z

    Top primary care trusts will be able to take over poor performing PCTs as franchises under sweeping changes set to boost commissioning performance.

  • GP phone-line jams that create more hospital admissions
    HSJ Knowledge

    GP phone-line jams create more hospital admissions

    2009-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Few things are more frustrating than an automated message saying your phone call is in a queue and will be answered shortly -or just getting the engaged tone. When you are ill, it can be rather more than just one of life’s little irritations, writes Kaye McIntosh.