All Health Service Journal articles in 16 July 2009
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NewsFree housing reprieve for first-year doctors
First-year doctors in Wales will continue to have access to free on-site housing under plans announced by the country’s health minister.
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NewsDorset trust appoints Colin Hague as HR chief
Dorset HealthCare foundation trust has appointed the former head of HR at Poole borough council as its new director of human resources.
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NewsThree-digit urgent care number proposals published
The government has published plans for a national three-digit number for accessing non-emergency care.
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NewsHart announces £22m emergency care centre
Work is to begin on an emergency care centre at the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhistleblowers in the NHS: keep in tune with the law
When staff raise concerns about what is happening in their workplace, managers should not respond with a kneejerk threat of dismissal. Have a whistleblowing policy in place and be sure of all the facts, advises Jane Hobson
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NewsComputer virus warning for NHS hospitals
NHS computer systems were infected with more than 8,000 dangerous viruses last year, an investigation has found.
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NewsBurton Hospitals chief moves to Dudley
Burton Hospitals foundation trust chief executive Paula Clark has been appointed as chief of The Dudley Group of Hospitals foundation trust.
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NewsLondon Ambulance Service appoints new chair
Richard Hunt has been appointed the new chair of London Ambulance Service trust.
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NewsWales to train eating disorders specialists
Two teams in Wales set up to improve services for people with eating disorders are to benefit from the skills of specially trained doctors.
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NewsFast track drugs fears for NHS budget
Unregulated pharmaceuticals may be allowed to inflate the NHS drugs bill for little benefit to patients according to independent health policy analyst Roy Lilley.
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HSJ KnowledgeSmoking cessation: how clinicians can break the habit
GPs and nurses who treat smoking as a clinical dependence and not just a lifestyle choice are more effective in referring people to cessation services.
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NewsKings Fund chief executive Niall Dickson to join regulator
King’s Fund chief executive Niall Dickson will leave the think tank in January to take up a role as chief executive of a healthcare regulator.
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NewsEarly quality healthcare scheme results show improvements
The first public results from NHS North West’s pay-for-quality scheme appear to show improvements after only three months.
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St Helier Hospital redevelopment backed by NHS London
A £219m redevelopment of St Helier Hospital has been recommended for approval by NHS London.
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NewsEuropean working time directive will cause 'additional pressures'
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has urged trust boards to prepare for the application of the European working time directive to junior doctors on 1 August.
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NewsEmployers could contribute to occupational health costs
Employers should contribute to an NHS national occupational health service to tackle absenteeism and ill health, according to a report by health professionals.
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CommentThe social care green paper: What's in it for the NHS?
NHS managers could be forgiven for asking why they should be interested in the government’s long-awaited Green Paper on adult social care. The prospect of swine flu, shifting political priorities and impending fiscal gloom might seem enough to worry about.
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NewsDarzi quits ministerial post
Health minister Lord Ara Darzi is quitting his post as health minister.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Reckoning with Risk
We can all get to grips with statistics when they are presented properly
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CommentKen Jarrold: Five ways to give feedback
Feedback is one of the most valuable gifts our colleagues can give us. To find someone who has the tact, courage and skill to tell you honestly how you are doing is a very rare thing indeed. In 36 years of full time work I had seven good appraisals.