All Health Service Journal articles in 11 October 2007 – Page 2
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News
Diagnostics firm Atos found inadequate
A private provider has been slammed in an internal Department of Health report for its management of an NHS diagnostics deal - but local trusts were also criticised.
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SHAs warned over weak foundation trust applications
The Department of Health has issued a stark warning to strategic health authority chiefs to send 'only the strongest' trusts to Monitor to be assessed for foundation status.
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Managers stuck in the middle feel pressure from all sides
Middle managers feel stressed. Constant firefighting and balancing conflicting demands of senior management and junior staff are just two of the reasons - but most still enjoy their jobs. Nigel Edwards and Claire Mallett analyse an HSJ and NHS Confederation survey
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BMA dubious about screening every patient
The British Medical Association has called for 'hard data' on the effectiveness of screening all hospital admissions for MRSA.
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Boots could host 150 walk-in centres in its stores
Private companies are lining up to provide the extended access to family doctors called for by Lord Darzi in the interim report of his review into the future of the NHS.
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Stressed middle managers want better-defined roles
Middle managers feel anxious at work and are unclear what their employers expect of them, a joint HSJ/NHS Confederation survey has revealed.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on what the spending review means for health
In an hsj.co.uk exclusive, Noel Plumridge explains how the government's spending round will affect the health sector
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Spending review: Darling surpasses expectations with a 4 per cent funding boost
The NHS has been given a major boost with a higher than expected funding increase of 4 per cent a year over the next three years.Chancellor Alistair Darling said in the comprehensive spending review on Tuesday that spending on health will increase from £90bn this year to £110bn by 2010-11.
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HSJ Knowledge
Julian Topping on the value of occupational health
The NHS could be a standard setter in healthy workplaces, says Julian Topping, and the new edition of the NHS Employers handbook will be invaluable
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Employers and BMA publish findings on practice funding
NHS Employers and the British Medical Association’s GPs committee have published a joint report on the outcome of the consultation on the review of the global sum allocation formula for practice funding.
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Comment
Jon Allen on lessons from private equity
NHS organisations can learn a lot from the ways private equity operators turn tight cash control to effect, says Jon Allen
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HSJ Knowledge
Online resources for healthy workplaces
Stuart Shepherd dips into NHS Employers' latest update of The Healthy Workplaces Handbook, also known as the 'Blue Book' – and now also available online
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HSJ Knowledge
The seven failings of really useless leaders
Professional development gurus have identified all the pitfalls for aspiring great leaders and put them into a book. Stuart Shepherd reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Sport set to replace crime for priority offenders
Prolific and priority offender schemes recognise that 80 per cent of crime is committed by 20 per cent per cent of offenders. One of the key pathways is improving offenders' mental and physical health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Choosing Health tackles health inequalities in prisons
Lifestyle initiatives are being taken into prisons to deliver healthy living messages to the most disadvantaged groups in society, writes David Williams
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HSJ Knowledge
Young offender pilot adds drive and motivation
Paul is a young offender living inside HMP Young Offenders Institute, Swinfen Hall in the West Midlands. In 2006 he was one of the first to complete the prison health trainer training programme.
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Chief executive steps down
The chief executive of Barking, Redbridge and Havering NHS Trust has stepped down just a week after asking staff to come up with cost-cutting ideas to save£10m.A statement from the trust said Mr Rees, who has been chief executive for four years, had decided that this was 'the right moment ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Leadership: what not to do
Management development gurus have written a motivational book of 'what not to do' for would-be great leaders, writes Stuart Shepherd
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HSJ Knowledge
Occupational health: making workplaces healthy
The latest edition of the NHS's guidance on healthy workplace practices is a greatly expanded resource, reports Stuart Shepherd
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HSJ Knowledge
Health developments: doctors on the football pitch
Sports stadiums are proving mutually attractive as shared sites for NHS health centres, and interest in such ventures is on the increase. Lynne Greenwood is your commentator
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