All Health Service Journal articles in 15 November 2012
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HSJ Local
Moorfields settles £3.4m legal dispute with contractor
COMMERCIAL: Moorfield Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has agreed a £3.4m settlement and payment with construction firm BWI over work at Northwick Park Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Integrated CCG sidesteps government's councillor ban
North East Lincolnshire CCG has developed a novel governance structure including representation from councillors, so it can take on an adult social care budget.
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CommentStandards suffer when children's services are fragmented
Disparate children’s services need an urgent review
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HSJ KnowledgeThink About Your Life puts people's experience first
A set of tools support patients with cancer and chronic illnesses
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HSJ Local
Salisbury cancelled procedures due to spike in emergency demand
PERFORMANCE: The number of operations cancelled on the day of surgery at Salisbury Foundation Trust rose “significantly” during August due to an increased emergency workload, board papers said.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for the Homerton revealed
WORKFORCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed its chief operating officer Tracey Fletcher as its new chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Salisbury brings in consultants to find savings
FINANCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust has contracted with a consultancy firm to identify schemes to help achieve its £9.6m of cost improvements.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: calculating the cost of mental health
The answer is £334, not 42, according to new reference costs
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NewsReport: NHS slipping on Innovation, Health and Wealth targets
There has been a “disappointing” lack of local engagement with the government’s plan to improve the spread of innovation in the NHS, new research has concluded.
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NewsCCGs reconsider staffing after running-cost funds reviewed
The NHS Commissioning Board has recalculated clinical commissioning groups’ allowances for running costs, prompting claims some may have to consider sacking staff they have just employed.
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NewsHSJ Live rolling news 15.11.12
Skype being used to support mental health patients and the rest of today’s news
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Comment
Readers' letters - 15 November 2012
The government needs to review many unresolved issues around NHS 111 before rushing through a national rollout, writes Ron McDaniel
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HSJ KnowledgeTrusts lose ground in online marketing race
Providers are missing opportunities to promote themselves
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HSJ KnowledgeTake the first steps to sharing responsibility
How organisations are learning to lead collectively
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HSJ KnowledgePayment by results can enhance mental health services
The tariff system can help drive psychiatry forward
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NewsBig Society mutuals scheme underwhelms NHS staff
A flagship Big Society programme to set up a new wave of NHS mutuals has yielded just 19 proposals, less than half the figure set up under the transforming community services programme in 2010 and 2011.
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HSJ KnowledgeBeaming help into homes with Skype
Tapping into the free technology to support patients
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NewsMandate aims to spark a 'revolution in transparency'
The NHS will be required to measure and publish outcomes data for all major services by 2015, to enable commissioners and patients to make more informed choices about care providers.
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SupplementsDrug action - an HSJ supplement on primary care
From recruitment challenges to a greater role for pharmacies, our supplement probes the latest developments in primary care