All Health Service Journal articles in 17 January 2013 – Page 3
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CommentHunt's head is in the Risk Clouds
The health secretary has a novel way of dealing with his daily crises
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NewsCommissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
Around half of all primary care trusts have restricted access to cataract surgery, with the majority basing their decisions on inferior clinical evidence, the medical director of the NHS has told MPs.
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LeaderNicholson seeks "legitimacy" amidst a storm of protest
Sir David wants to communicate more directly with the public
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'Commercially sensitive' terms of Barnet and Chase Farm merger to be discussed
STRUCTURE: The “commercially sensitive” terms of the merger between Barnet and Chase Farm and the Royal Free London Foundation Trust will be discussed at a meeting of the latter’s board on Friday.
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New NED for Imperial
WORKFORCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust have appointed a new non-executive director.
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HSJ KnowledgeGood nutrition can replace costly supplements in care homes
How Food First is fighting malnutrition
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NewsHunt: NHS 'should go' paperless by 2018
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced the NHS “should go paperless” by 2018 as he outlined his digital records vision for the health service.
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NHS Cumbria chief executive to lead review of troubled Northern Ireland trust
WORKFORCE: Sue Page, the chief executive of NHS Cumbria, has agreed to lead a “turnaround team” established to address the problems at a troubled Northern Ireland health trust.
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NewsHunt: Unsafe staffing 'totally unacceptable'
It is “totally unacceptable” for hospitals to have unsafe staffing levels, health secretary Jeremy Hunt insisted yesterday.
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Health committee calls for swift action on value based pricing
Swift action is needed to ensure a smooth changeover to a new system of pricing for the drugs used by the NHS, the Commons health committee has said in a report today.
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Salisbury appoints permanent chief exec
WORKFORCE: Peter HIll has been appointed as chief executive at Salisbury Foundation Trust.
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NewsCommissioning board specialised service move 'could destabilise small trusts'
The national standardisation of specialised services could prompt a wave of reconfiguration and destabilise smaller trusts, it has been claimed.
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NewsHospital trusts lack 'top drawer' leaders
The NHS’s ability to make significant savings over the next two years through service change could be limited by its problems recruiting “top drawer” hospital leaders, the health service’s chief executive has suggested.
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NewsNew IFR policy could 'snuff out' innovation
The NHS Commissioning Board’s plans to develop national policies for new treatments after just five individual funding requests could stifle innovation, it has been warned.
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CommentOFT may block basket case trust moves
If there are flaws in the OFT’s arguments, will the DH be prepared to say so?
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CommentYour Humble Servant: family knows best
“Everything is essential, dynamic and the answer, until it is replaced”
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NewsDH names new director general
The Department of Health has named Croydon London Borough Council chief executive Jon Rouse as its new director general of social care.
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Unions agree proposal with Sodexo in Sussex dispute
WORKFORCE: The GMB is to consult its members over proposals to resolve a dispute with Sodexo regarding its facilities contract at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust.
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Kent and Medway pens patient transport contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Kent and Medway has chosen NSL Care to operate its non-emergency patient transport service.