All Health Service Journal articles in 12 March 2009
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News
Mental health trust may scan for weapons and drugs
Airport style scanners for weapons and drugs could be installed in mental health wards, a leaked email seen by HSJ has revealed.
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HSJ Knowledge
Independent providers: commission in bulk for a better deal
Commissioning mental health services from the private sector could be costly and risky. Then a team in Lancashire stepped in to help
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving stroke care: fast thinking
Despite being one of the country's biggest killers and the largest cause of disability, stroke only recently gained a national strategy. Now the drive for faster intervention is giving it a much needed boost. Jennifer Taylor reports
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Comment
Yi Mien Koh on a week in the life of an NHS manager
It is always a valuable exercise to look back at the week, reviewing where our time has been spent and what has come of it.
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HSJ Knowledge
Management styles: the leader of the pack
Are you an architect or an implementer? Esther Cameron and Mike Green describe five styles of leading
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Comment
Steve Onyett on healthcare reform
To describe the underpinning principles of the new Department of Health approach to change, health secretary Alan Johnson and NHS chief executive David Nicholson use the terms co-production, subsidiarity, clinical ownership and leadership, and system alignment.
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Managers welcome health boost for credit crunch victims
Managers have welcomed new funding to support people experiencing mental health problems as a result of the credit crunch.
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Scottish hospitals to be watched by 'superbug supremo'
The Scottish government is to appoint a 'superbug supremo' to check on hospitals' infection control.
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Justice secretary drops controversial data sharing proposals
Justice secretary Jack Straw has dropped controversial proposals that medical bodies had warned could see patients' confidential medical records being passed to third parties.
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Birmingham chief quits ahead of critical report
The chief executive of Birmingham Children's Hospital foundation trust has resigned ahead of a Healthcare Commission report.Paul O'Connor is leaving with immediate effect, chair Joanna Davis announced in a statement.
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Comment
Mark Goldman on becoming an NHS follower
I was heading home after a 72-hour turnaround trip to Vancouver, courtesy of the province of Ontario. My brief was to report on the state of the NHS.
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HSJ Knowledge
Management coaching: down to the crossroads
A multi-agency worker felt her confidence going to pieces. Could coaching give her a new direction? Isobel Gowan explains
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News
Department of Health told to improve record management
The Information Commissioner's Office is seeking significant improvements in the way the Department of Health manages and retains its records.
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Clinician made London merger trust chief
A chief executive has been appointed to lead the merged trust planned for south east London.Chris Streather, a consultant renal physician, has been Bromley Hospitals trust interim chief executive since December and was previously medical director at St George's Hospital.
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Sweeping review of nursing announced
Prime minister Gordon Brown has launched a sweeping review of the future of nursing.
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NewsAlan Johnson names England's five health science centres
England’s five academic health science ‘super trusts’ have been announced by health secretary Alan Johnson, including three in London.
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GPs offering extended hours in all PCT areas
GP practices in all primary care trust areas are now offering extended hours, the Department of Health's latest figures reveal.
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Blackpool chief executive on loan to South Manchester
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals foundation trust chief executive Julian Hartley is to run University Hospital of South Manchester foundation trust for two and a half months.
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PwC contests Treasury budget crunch figures
Real terms NHS funding growth would be squeezed to 0.5 - 1 per cent a year from 2011 under the best case scenario for recovering from the recession outlined by consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Comment
Your Humble Servant on the hospitality challenge
‘As you know we have tried to look into the benefits of applying for AHSC status ourselves, but have been told that it’s all about being internationally competitive so even with our cohort of Filippino nurses we wouldn’t qualify’