All Health Service Journal articles in 13 September 2007
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News
Do not 'party' early, Monitor warns trusts
Concerns that foundation trusts are submitting over-optimistic forecasts of their performance have been borne out by the latest figures.
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The NHS wasted its big chance - will it learn from its mistakes?
Sir Derek Wanless has declared the NHS has made lacklustre progress since its 2002 cash injection. Nigel Edwards looks at his findings in detail and considers the key lessons
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Alarm over new transport contracts
More than half the contracts for the NHS to provide patient transport services are at risk of being given to private or voluntary-sector providers, ambulance trusts have warned.
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Funding will need to increase substantially to deliver the aspirations of the original review, even with improved productivity and self-management by patients of their health.The NHS will fall short in funding by£15.2bn,£9.2bn and£7.2bn by April 2011 depending on progress defined by Sir Derek as slow uptake, solid progress or fully ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Organ Donation: give or take?
Sir Liam Donaldson's recent proposals to increase organ donation by making consent implicit go directly against the Human Tissue Act 2004, reports Ben Troke
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HSJ Knowledge
A look at long-term care
The national framework for NHS continuing healthcare comes into force on 1 October. Eve Francis gives a legal perspective on the implications of the framework for PCTs and NHS trusts and the pros and cons of the new regime
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In this week's magazine
NewsSir Derek Wanless has warned that unless major improvements in productivity and public health are made, even greater levels of investment will be needed over the next 20 years. Sir Derek said that major strides are needed over the next three years if the NHS is to make the most ...
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PFI hospitals plan to lose management posts
Two hospitals with private finance initiative projects are preparing to cut hundreds of jobs.
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One year on, the message from Nicholson is that he's listening
NHS chief executive David Nicholson is in no doubt of the strength of staff's opposition to more change, or to their distaste for the idea of organisations competing against each other. Rebecca Evans quizzed him on what those staff can expect next
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Wanless warns of spending 'hell'
The NHS faces a 'hell of a job' after failing to deliver major advances in productivity and public health, Sir Derek Wanless has told HSJ.
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Comment
Your Humble Servant: Hamish Meldrum on the GP stall
To Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: In my back yardDear DonIt was healthcare market day in the high street yesterday so I decided to pop down and see if there were any bargains to be had.As I arrived, there was Hamish Meldrum on the GP stall.Hamish ...
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Comment
Michael White on former health secretary Stephen Dorrell
When I rang him he said the NHS has 'gone full circle' since Labour came in and abolished the internal market in 1997
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Trust escapes repayment of debts
A trust which was threatening to make hundreds of staff redundant has been told it need not pay back £20.7m historic debt - provided it manages its finances better.
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Potential return to huge debt in three years' time
The man who laid the ground for the massive spending boost to the NHS has warned that the service could be up to £15.2bn short again in three years.
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HSJ Knowledge
Go on Darling, open up those vaults of secrecy
Alistair Darling's comprehensive spending review will bring real-terms cuts to many public services but it could also highlight the lack of transparency on how priorities are reached, says Colin Talbot
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Doctors in the dark over future of regulation
Failing to set out a timetable for the future of health regulation will be a 'disaster' for the NHS, a senior doctor has warned.
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PCTs fall short on consulting
Primary care trusts need to provide leadership training to professional executive committees and have a strategy to consult with patients, the Commons public accounts committee has concluded.
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'Outdated' IT systems raise MPs' concerns
Hospitals have been forced to rely on increasingly outdated IT systems because of delays in implementing a major part of the national programme for IT, the Commons health select committee has warned.
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Comment
Your chance to tell us who has the power
In a few weeks, HSJ, recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash and management consultants Ernst & Young will be collaborating with a panel of experts to decide the HSJ50 for 2007 - the definitive list of the 50 most influential people in healthcare.
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Patient involvement can help siphon control from the centre
The government has raised the question of the health service's democratic deficit.