All Health Service Journal articles in 15 October 2009
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HSJ KnowledgeIntelligent clinical leadership in mental health
Alex Horne explains why it is essential for mental health trusts to share their financial intelligence with clinicians
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NewsHealth check shows NHS is not focusing on quality - Andrew Lansley
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said the annual health check showed there was not enough focus on improving quality in the NHS.
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Community
In a muddle
Speaking at the Conservative Party conference, the NHS Confederation’s chief executive Steve Barnett was keen to extol the virtues of managers and clinicians working together to develop innovative ways to improve patient care and reduce cost.
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CommentMichael White on Tory worries
I was slightly surprised this week to find myself trudging into expenses-gripped Westminster for the last parliamentary session before the election more troubled by the prospect of a new Conservative government than I was a week ago.
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CommentMedia Watch: working time menace
The apparent failure of the second swine flu surge to turn into a plague of biblical proportions - touch wood - has left the media searching for a new killer.
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Community
Keep me waiting
Fresh from causing controversy at the Conservative conference, Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill caused another stir at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust diversity summit.
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Community
The other half
With talk of job losses and pay cuts abounding, NHS staff are gearing up for a zero sum game, accusing other clinical professions of being underworked and ineffective.
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CommunityThe three Es
If education is all about the three Rs, it seems that health, under the Tories anyway, will be focused on the three Es.
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CommunityJumping the pay cut gun
You might have expected the Royal College of Nursing to quickly denounce the Tories’ plans to freeze pay after they were announced last Tuesday. But, by the end of the day, HSJ had not heard a thing.
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LeaderGP commissioning is turning in its grave
Practice based commissioning is dead. Primary care tsar David Colin-Thomé, unable to find signs of life, has written its death certificate.
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CommentPaul Corrigan: world class commissioning
The Department of Health launched the second year of the world class commissioning process in mid September.
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CommentJon Restell on NHS choice and personalisation
Every film has its fans. Although no one I know has had the audacity to big it up, even Marley and Me must have a tiny cult following somewhere. (Tip: if necessary, kill to avoid seeing Marley and Me.)
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NewsSally Gainsbury promoted to chief reporter
Sally Gainsbury has been promoted to chief reporter of the HSJ and Nursing Times news desk.
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LeaderStars of the health check ratings must not be eclipsed by failures
The annual health check reveals a stronger performance by primary care trusts, but provides worrying signs that improvement in acute trusts has stalled.
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CommentClare Chapman on delivering a healthy and happy NHS workforce
The investment in creating and maintaining a content and healthy workforce is outweighed by the rewards of improved effectiveness and patient satisfaction
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NewsMental health trusts shine in annual health check despite tougher tests
More than three quarters of mental health trusts have received good or excellent annual health check scores for service quality, despite far more rigorous assessment this year.
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NewsPCTs show improvement in annual health check but a slide in excellence
Primary care trusts have improved their overall performance in the 2008-09 annual health check but have slipped back on achieving excellence.
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NewsAnnual health check - best and worst
Thirty-eight NHS organisations scored excellent in both quality and finance. Figures in brackets show the number of consecutive years the trust has held a double excellent score. Only one trust has scored a double weak this year.
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NewsStephen Dorrell calls on Andrew Lansley to make his vision clear
The most recent Conservative health secretary has said shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley must articulate a clearer and more inspiring vision of the Conservatives’ plans for the health service.
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NewsHealth check improvements mask decline in acute trust performance
The performance of acute trusts in the annual health check has dropped for the first time despite overall improvements in service quality across the NHS.