All Health Service Journal articles in 17 February 2011 – Page 4
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HSJ KnowledgeThe importance of administration, management and bureaucracy in healthcare
Examination of last month’s Health Bill has resulted in a renewed attack on NHS managers and the ‘back-office functions’ administration, management and bureaucracy. However, not only are these functions quite separate, they are all still essential, write John Carrier, Chair of NHS Camden, and professor Ian Kendall from the University ...
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NewsClarity needed on Monitor accountability, MPs told
Monitor’s accountability as the proposed NHS economic regulator is unclear and its requirements to involve the public appear to be “minimal”, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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News'Challenged' acute trusts abandon independent FT status plans
More than half of the Department of Health’s seven financially “challenged” trusts appear to have abandoned plans to become foundation trusts.
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NewsJoint surgery redesign could save trusts £664m
NHS Trusts can save £664m from the total they spend on joint surgery over the next 10 years, according to an exclusive analysis made available on hsj.co.uk.
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HSJ LocalYorks and North East pathfinders reflect national uncertainty
News about the NHS’s new commissioning system is surfacing across the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, reflecting discussions across England.
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NewsNHS boards to find £300m in savings
NHS boards in Scotland will have to find savings worth £300m to reinvest in frontline services, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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NewsPost discharge death rates revealed
Nearly a fifth of deaths linked to hospital care occur after discharge, according to mortality figures published by the NHS Information Centre.
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NewsTrusts underestimating 'hidden' staff bank costs by 40 per cent
Trusts are underestimating the true costs of running in-house staffing banks by as much as 40 per cent, an NHS Professionals report has claimed.
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NewsPCT 'first' to look at commissioning social enterprise
NHS Western Cheshire staff may launch the first commissioning support social enterprise.
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NewsEarly death 'more likely in the North'
People living in the north of England are 20 per cent more likely to die prematurely than those in the South, research suggests.
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NewsDH looks to private sector to save money on blood service
The Department of Health is considering outsourcing key elements of the NHS blood service to the private sector.
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HSJ KnowledgePublic-private health services show bright promise in Spain
Bupa’s Spanish subsidiary’s example of public-private health services is arousing interest in the UK, says Daloni Carlisle.
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HSJ Knowledge
Achieving better outcomes with learning disabilities services
Learning disabilities services that draw hard on funding can be better commissioned for improved quality at a lower cost. Rob Greig, chief executive of National Development Team for Inclusion, explains the approach.
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HSJ Local
Kingston Hospital's integrated business plan would see nearly 500 posts deleted
WORKFORCE: A presentation sent to a local primary care trust envisaged cutting 486 posts by 2015/16 through “producitvity plans”.
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HSJ Local
NHS Kingston's successor consortium pulls rank on the PCT cluster
STRUCTURE: A GP consortium in Kingston has written to the chief executive for their cluster demanding to be “dealt with fairly” and revealing they intend to use consultancy KPMG for their 2011/12 development plan.
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HSJ Local
Blackpool Teaching FT overperforms by £3.8m on NHS Blackpool contract
FINANCE: By the end of December the foundation had over-performed against its contract with primary care trust NHS Blackpool by £3,794,458.
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HSJ Local
NHS Blackpool savings plan slips another £1m behind in one month
FINANCE: The primary care trust fell another £1,060,831 behind on its savings plan between November and December.
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NewsAnti-trespass laws to be used to shift bed blocking patients
Hospitals in north Merseyside are planning to use the anti-trespass powers used to ban “hoodies” from shopping centres to shift patients who are blocking beds.
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NewsPolice investigate asthma death outside hospital
An asthmatic student died after collapsing outside an A&E department while her friend was told to “call an ambulance”, it has emerged.
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NewsAlcohol admissions 'to hit 1.5m by 2015'
Alcohol-related hospital admissions could rise more than a third by 2015, a report says.