All Health Service Journal articles in 15 January 2009
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News
Bill sets out personal health budget proposals
A health bill setting out proposals to pilot personal budgets for patients has been published today by the Department of Health.Under measures laid out in the bill, payments would for the first time be handed directly to patients to give them greater control over their care.
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Scotland backs elected health boards
Scotland moved closer towards elected health boards after politicians voted in favour of the proposals.
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DH publishes reactions to pharmacy consultation
An analysis of responses to the Department of Health's proposals to improve pharmacy services has been published.
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Recession will hit mental health hardest, study finds
The recession will have even more impact on people's mental health than on their finances, the Young Foundation think tank has found.
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Comment
Angela Greatley on racism and the NHS
Next month marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Macpherson report into the death of Stephen Lawrence. The report was the first to bring the concept of 'institutional racism' to the attention of the public.
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News
Trusts told to prioritise C difficile targets
Trusts have been told to prioritise protecting patients from C difficile over other strategic goals in new Department of Health guidance on controlling infection rates.
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Surgical safety checklist promises to cut deaths by a third
Trusts have been told to use a new safety checklist after a global trial saw surgical deaths and complications cut by a third.
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How to ensure safer screening
QualificationsFor non-health professionals, qualifications that are requirements for a position must be checked. Applicants may not have the original documentation and employers need to use discretion and take proportionate action. If a qualification is essential for the position, employers must request certificates and take copies; check details match the application; ...
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Divisions emerge as super trust race enters final lap
Research might versus community credentials has emerged as a dividing line among organisations pitching to be labelled academic health science centres.
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CV fraud: readers react to the story on hsj.co.uk
"It is time that all chief executives, directors and associate directors should obtain a full accreditation and registration with a recognised professional body similar to the General Medical Council, General Dental Council etc before applying to any post at that level in the NHS. This is the only way to ...
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CV lands lying manager in jail sparking wider fears on checks
Two NHS managers have been sentenced in the space of a week for lying to get jobs - with one former primary care trust director jailed for three months.The cases have prompted concerns that trusts may regularly be failing to check credentials, raising the possibility of undiscovered fraud across the ...
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Low hopes for dementia strategy as cash dries up
Mental health experts who advised the government on the delayed dementia strategy are 'braced for disappointment' amid fears it is being substantially watered down due to the worsening economy.
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Lee Whitehead's career history
2003-05 Thames Valley strategic health authority head of performance improvement.April 2005 - January 2007 Vale of Aylesbury primary care trust director of commissioning and modernisation.January 2007 Joins Stoke on Trent PCT as director of commissioning and modernisation.August 2007 Resigns ahead of scheduled disciplinary hearing, which later finds him guilty of ...
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Trusts call for tariff system transparency
Hospital managers have called for greater transparency about how the 2009-10 tariff will be affected by other cost and payment changes.
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Choose and book glitches lose trusts income
Hospitals are losing income because they are failing to get to grips with the Department of Health's choose and book system.
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Leader
NHS history tells us we've been in this tough spot before
The NHS is reliving its own history. Government papers released to the National Archives reveal that 30 years ago ministers were facing eerily familiar pressures: a recession, plunging support, rising unemployment and demand, the need to improve the NHS with little or no new cash, and a big idea about ...
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Department steps up push for separate PCT provider arms
The Department of Health has turned up the heat under primary care trusts following concerns over the quality of their plans to separate their provider arms.
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Leader
Darzi review: MPs' shallow analysis sheds no light
The Commons health committee has delivered a devastating critique of primary care trusts.
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News
Trusts to monitor mobile phone use in hospitals
Trusts must work out how they will effectively monitor the use of mobile phones with cameras to ensure they are not used in hospitals to take inappropriate pictures.
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Comment
Michael White on public health nudges
I was relaxing on the South Island of New Zealand and just about to throw away what had been a very nice bottle of local sauvignon blanc when I noticed a detail on the label.