All Health Service Journal articles in 14 May 2009 – Page 2
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NewsNHS nets huge drugs saving
The NHS has saved nearly £400m in the space of a year through more cost effective prescribing.
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NewsConservatives outline nursing policy for the NHS
Preceptorship schemes for newly qualified nurses could form a central plank of the Conservative Party’s policy on nursing, should it win the next general election, HSJ’s sister publication Nursing Times understands.
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NewsManagers 'regularly ignore frontline staff concerns'
Nearly two-thirds of nurses have raised concerns about patient safety with their employers but more than one in three say no action was taken as a result.
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NewsLost funds provoke outrage among Christie Hospital staff
Nurses from Manchester’s Christie Hospital joined with patients and MPs last week in a march on Whitehall.
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NewsChannel Islands angry as UK ends 33-year-old health agreement
The UK’s decision to end a 33- year-old reciprocal health agreement with the Channel Islands threw Department of Health officials and ministers into a nine month row, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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NewsFormer finance director reprimanded for accounting failings
A former primary care trust finance director has been reprimanded by her professional accountancy body after her organisation had to adjust its accounts by £7.1m.
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NewsFunds dry up for anti-bullying training in the NHS
The NHS is struggling to fund anti-bullying training for staff and managers despite evidence of widespread problems, a charity is claiming.
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CommentYour Humble Servant on appropriate attire
It can be hard to decide how to dress for a dress-down, informal bonding session with colleagues, as ours gamely proved.
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NewsNHS asset sales are unlikely to meet Treasury expectations
The NHS will struggle to provide the Treasury with its expected windfall from asset sales, Department of Health data shows.
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LeaderStrategic health authority chiefs bring a new flavour to the NHS
After many months, we once again have a full complement of strategic health authority chief executives, even if one of them has been given the honour of being made temporary flu czar (news, page 7).
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NewsLondon’s primary care trusts gain world class commissioning back-up
The head of a London-wide organisation has set out how it will help the region lift its world class commissioning scores.
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Community
Barefaced cheek
We all know ambulance work can be tough, but last week a Surrey paramedic was particularly desperate for an after work tipple. After a Tesco worker refused to serve him a bottle of wine on the grounds that he was an emergency services employee in uniform, he stormed out of ...
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NewsPrimary care trusts warned over misuse of end of life care cash
Ministers have called on the Department of Health to make primary care trusts prove they are not spending extra funding for end of life care on other services.
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NewsNHS out of pocket as contract ends for cataract treatment centre
The first independent treatment centre to complete a five year contract will have delivered about 20 per cent less work than it was paid for, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCity council chief takes reins at Yorkshire SHA
Two major NHS appointments will see chief executives from local government and a primary care trust leading Yorkshire and the Humber and West Midlands strategic health authorities.
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Comment
Media Watch: the MP expenses claim swingometer
“Greedy, petty, shameless… and we haven’t had the Tories yet!” was how The Independent on Sunday heralded The Telegraph’s ongoing exclusive on MPs’ expenses.
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NewsImperial College Healthcare pioneers shift in managerial relations
Imperial College Healthcare trust chief executive Steve Smith tells Alastair McLellan how the new academic health science centre allowed a radical cultural shift to clinical leadership
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CommentNo time for complacency on European working time directive
NHS organisations have to be compliant with the European working time directive by 1 August and only a tiny minority can reasonably expect any exception to the rules
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NewsUnneeded surgery may be costing the NHS millions
Tens of millions of pounds are being spent on NHS procedures that offer little apparent benefit, the first comprehensive survey of patient reported outcomes is expected to reveal.
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NewsResponsible officers scheme will increase staffing costs
Plans to create “responsible officers” to liaise between trusts and regulators will increase NHS staffing costs, locum agencies are warning.
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