All Health Service Journal articles in 14 February 2008 – Page 2

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Why NHS budgets have always been a bugbear

    2008-02-14T09:00:00Z

    Setting the first NHS budget in 1948 was no easy task. The Beveridge report, the 1942 blueprint for the welfare state, suggested £130m.

  • News

    All or nothing: patients are told no to private top-ups

    2008-02-14T09:00:00Z

    Patients who choose to buy drugs that the NHS will not fund are being told they will have to pay for all their treatment - not just that part. Should trusts relent and offer mix-and-match packages of care, or would that mean a two-tier service? Alison Moore reports

  • News

    Breakdown of cross-border agreements is costing English trusts millions

    2008-02-14T09:00:00Z

    Diverging health policies in England and Wales are causing English hospitals to lose millions of pounds.

  • News

    Dr Foster admits flaws in east London report

    2008-02-14T09:00:00Z

    Doctor Foster Intelligence has admitted that a £47,000 report it prepared for a London council was seriously flawed, following an investigation by the information company's own ethics committee.

  • Comment

    Your Humble Servant's NHS Diamond 60 suggestions

    2008-02-14T09:00:00Z

    To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Diamond geezers

  • News

    Climate change: heatwaves could put 6,000 lives at risk

    2008-02-14T09:00:00Z

    The NHS in the South East should be ready for a heatwave that could claim more than 6,000 lives, a Department of Health report has warned.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Review of unsocial hours payments

    2008-02-13T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Staff Council is recommending its proposals for a new system of unsocial hours payments to the Department of Health.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Review of unsocial hours payments

    2008-02-13T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Staff Council is recommending its proposals for a new system of unsocial hours payments to the Department of Health.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Equal pay claims

    2008-02-13T09:00:00Z

    Employers should already be aware that all equal pay claims involving a legal challenge to Agenda for Change have been stayed by order of the Tribunals. This order, however, applies only to the part of the claim involving the challenge to Agenda for Change. Employers should consult with their lawyers ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Equal pay claims

    2008-02-13T09:00:00Z

    Employers should already be aware that all equal pay claims involving a legal challenge to Agenda for Change have been stayed by order of the Tribunals. This order, however, applies only to the part of the claim involving the challenge to Agenda for Change. Employers should consult with their lawyers ...

  • Comment

    A case for extending GP hours

    2008-02-13T09:00:00Z

    Changing the way GP surgeries are managed could help improve access for patients who are excluded by the current system, argues Jim Ford

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Allied health professionals and the 18-week target

    2008-02-13T09:00:00Z

    Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Allied health professionals and the 18-week target

    2008-02-13T09:00:00Z

    Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Pension changes save employers £430m a year

    2008-02-13T09:00:00Z

    Pension scheme changes that were agreed between NHS Employers and NHS trade unions will save employers £430m a year, according to a government actuary report published in December.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Making the most of human resources in the health sector

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    NHS managers can add value to their organisations by recognising that human resources teams are integral to corporate success, not peripheral, writes Greg Brown

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Making the most of human resources in the health sector

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    NHS managers can add value to their organisations by recognising that human resources teams are integral to corporate success, not peripheral, writes Greg Brown

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Scottish dementia network launches newsletter

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    The Tayside managed care network for dementia has produced the first issue of its new quarterly newsletter, available now on the network's page in the register.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Scottish dementia network launches newsletter

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    The Tayside managed care network for dementia has produced the first issue of its new quarterly newsletter, available now on the network's page in the register.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Risk prediction network created

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    A new risk prediction network has been established to engage health and social care groups - including commissioners, clinicians, community matrons and NHS and social care managers - to share ideas, experiences and knowledge on different methods of predicting and stratifying risk of local health populations.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Risk prediction network created

    2008-02-12T09:00:00Z

    A new risk prediction network has been established to engage health and social care groups - including commissioners, clinicians, community matrons and NHS and social care managers - to share ideas, experiences and knowledge on different methods of predicting and stratifying risk of local health populations.