All Health Service Journal articles in 17 September 2009
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NewsTrust faces bad practice allegations
A senior NHS cancer specialist was branded a trouble-making whistleblower and effectively sacked after alleging bad practices at a London hospital, he will claim.
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NewsNHS boat scheme defended by council
A Hull councillor has defended a controversial NHS scheme that uses taxpayers’ money to train unemployed teenagers to sail boats.
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NewsPatient safety programme improves infection rates in Scotland
Infection rates are being cut in NHS hospitals, while patients are spending less time in intensive care in some hospitals thanks to an improvement programme, the Scottish government has said.
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NewsMichael Dixon: NHS 'must focus on primary care' in recession
The health service must shift the focus of resources to primary care as the recession impacts on budgets, according to the NHS Alliance.
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NewsInstitute of Directors joins Tax Payers' Alliance call for 10pc job cuts
A 10 per cent cut in non-frontline NHS staff is one of 34 measures mooted by the Institute of Directors and the Tax Payers’ Alliance to cut the public debt by £50 billion.
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NewsNHS can double intensive care beds for swine flu peak
The NHS is capable of doubling the amount of intensive care beds available should there be a peak in the number of people hospitalised by swine flu, the government has announced.
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NewsMental health killing prompts call for services to share information with police
Mental health services in Birmingham should review how they share information about service users with the police, an independent report into the fatal stabbing of a police officer has recommended.
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NewsThirty four trusts not meeting minimum standards
Thirty hospital trusts and four ambulance trusts have been identified as not meeting minimum standards under the NHS performance regime.
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HSJ KnowledgeSwine flu: what about NHS workers?
How do you deliver an effective health service with a workforce severely depleted by swine flu? Rachael Heenan looks at ways of coping
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NewsScottish boards should introduce compensation caps
Soaring NHS compensation payouts in Scotland following medical blunders have prompted a call for a cap on the payments from Labour politicians.
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NewsSpending cuts not tax hikes: poll
People would rather see cuts in the NHS and other public services than tax hikes, and believe the Tories can better deliver value for money, according to YouGov.
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InformationIan Dalton's swine flu update - critical care can cope with increased capacity
In his fifth weekly update for Nursing Times and HSJ, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses increasing critical care during the second wave of swine flu
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NewsNHS to ban premium rate numbers
Premium rate telephone numbers will be banned for all lines used by patients and the public to contact the NHS, Health Minister Mike O’Brien has announced.
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NewsMP calls for Welsh ambulance service to be 'disbanded'
The under-performing Welsh ambulance service should be disbanded and run by the new local NHS boards, says Plaid Cymru health spokeswoman Helen Mary Jones.
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HSJ KnowledgeCare homes: getting to grips with GP retainers
GPs demanding fees from care homes must justify their charges to avoid provoking a scandal, says Stuart Shepherd
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NewsGPs to earn £5.25 per swine-flu jab
An agreement between the British Medical Association (BMA) and Government means that GPs will be paid £5.25 for giving patients a single dose of swine-flu vaccine.
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News'NHS must be protected' - Unison
Unison has called on NHS workers to unite and press for a temporary ban on the provision of public health care by private companies.
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NewsBalls orders vetting scheme review
A review of a Government scheme to vet around 11 million adults who care for other adults or vulnerable children has been ordered by Children’s Secretary Ed Balls.
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NewsNHS Direct useful but 'inefficient'
The NHS Direct service in Wales has been “bolted on” to the rest of the emergency system and could be improved if staff sickness levels and call lengths were reduced, the Audit Office has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Emergence - The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
How communities evolve gives clues to better healthcare, says Steven Johnson