All Health Service Journal articles in 15 January 2009
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Comment
Julia Tybura on NHS career survival
What would you do if 90 per cent of the world's population died from a flu virus and you were one of only a handful of survivors?
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Comment
David Peat on quality life years
It might seem odd at first glance to think we are doing 'old Joe' a favour by getting him fit and happy enough to pop down to his local for a pint or two with his pals.
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Comment
Stephen Ramden on keeping failure in mind
'It could never happen here…' These are five words that sent a chill up chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson's spine.
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News
Wishful thinking: setting personal goals
The New Year is an opportunity to look again at your goals and ask yourself if they are taking you and your career in the right direction. Sheila Williams explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Self-management: co-creating health
Clinicians are changing the way they work with patients and acknowledging that it is a partnership, says Natalie Grazin
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HSJ Knowledge
Health tourism: don't forget your toothbrush…
Estimates suggest as many as 150,000 Britons will travel abroad for medical treatment this year. But how is health tourism likely to affect the NHS, asks Alison Moore
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News
More Department of Health staff earning top salaries
The number of Department of Health staff earning more than £100,000 a year has risen from eight to 50 since 1997.Annual figures show the number earning more than £100,000 peaked in 2005 at 71. During 2007 and 2008 the figure was 50.
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News
Scotland unveils new patient safety reporting system
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has introduced a new system of reporting healthcare-associated infections for hospitals.
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News
Unemployment will put pressure on health services, RCN warns
The Royal College of Nursing has called on the government to work to prevent health services being 'swamped' because of rising unemployment.
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News
Patient death sparks review of independent treatment centre
The Healthcare Commission has announced a review of services at an independent treatment centre in Yorkshire following the inquest into the death of a patient in 2007.
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Blogs
Doctor, tailor, soldier, spy... a Paki by any other name...
A Canadian study recently published in Science explored reactions to overt racism.
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Comment
Mark Goldman on shifting healthcare into the community
In spite of every policy and every effort, it is not happening, not so far at least in Birmingham. The endeavours of primary care to shift healthcare into the community are yet to make a significant dent in hospital activity.
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News
MPs warn weak managers will hobble Darzi reforms
Primary care trusts are incapable of implementing the next stage review due to ‘striking and depressing’ management weaknesses, MPs have warned.
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News
Patient confidentiality: no reprieve for doctor fired over data rules
The information commissioner has criticised the Department of Health for withholding information about the introduction of the MMR vaccine.
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News
NHS North West falling behind on GP extended hours
Figures released by the Department of Health show that 69 per cent of GP practices were offering extended opening hours by the end of December.
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News
Midwives' workloads increasing under Labour, claim Lib Dems
The number of midwives in England is failing to keep up with the rising birth rate, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.
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Comment
Robina Shah on another day in another NHS year
A very belated happy new year to all my colleagues. If your January 2009 has been anything like mine, it will have presented time to reflect on the past while managing the present and identifying aspirations for the future.
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News
Private care home operator offers free flu jabs
A private care home operator is offering free flu vaccinations to those who visit its home but do not qualify for a jab on the NHS.
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News
GPs warn against localising quality framework
GPs have claimed allowing primary care trusts to draw up their own indicators under the quality and outcomes framework would result in a postcode lottery for patients and damage work on health inequalities.
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News
Patients praise A&E but call for better discharge support
Patients have praised the quality of care they receive in accident and emergency departments but raised concerns about the information they are given when discharged.