All Health Service Journal articles in 18 October 2012
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NewsNew acute care guidance launched
Acutely ill hospital patients should have access to consultant doctors for at least 12 hours a day, seven days a week to reduce the number of hospital deaths which occur out of hours, leading physicians have said.
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NewsNurses 'warned children about Savile'
Nurses advised young patients to “pretend to be asleep” when Sir Jimmy Savile was visiting their hospital, it has been claimed.
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NewsProtocol required to prevent information use 'surprises'
New information governance rules must ensure patients are no longer “surprised or shocked” about how their records are being used or shared, the chair of a national review has said.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance chief retires amidst union anger
The chief executive of East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s (EEAST has announced plans to retire following union fury over service changes.
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NewsExclusive: Jim Easton resigning to join Care UK
Exclusive: Jim Easton is resigning as the NHS Commissioning Board’s director of transformation, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Royal Berkshire Hospital subjected to 'stage two review' of annual plan
FINANCE: Monitor has undertaken a “stage two review” of Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust’s annual plan.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham and Solihull MH chief retires
WORKFORCE: Sue Turner has announced she is to retire from Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Northampton asks for more time on FT bid
PERFORMANCE: Northampton General Hospital Trust has negotiated a delay in its application for foundation trust status.
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HSJ Local
Chesterfield in hand hygiene drive
PERFORMANCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust is to launch a new hand hygiene campaign from next week.
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News'Dual carriageway' approach urged
A “dual carriageway” approach should be used for the roll-out of personal health budgets by NHS commissioners, according to a new report.
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NewsBMA slams 'unfair' pension reforms
Doctors’ leaders have launched a fresh attack on the government’s controversial pension reforms, labelling them “fundamentally unfair”.
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HSJ LocalPressure mounts on Surgicentre after two deaths
Pressure is mounting on an independent treatment centre where two patients died after surgery following criticism from the Care Quality Commission over the assessment and management of risk.
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NewsExclusive: patient deaths spark tuberculosis investigation
A decision to increase the number of patients being treated at a dialysis unit run by the University Hospitals of Leicester could have led to the death of a patient, it has emerged.
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NewsTwo fifths of doctors consider leaving medicine says BMA
NHS reforms and increased pension costs have led more than two fifths of doctors considering leaving medicine, according to the British Medical Association.
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HSJ Local
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust appoints new nursing director
WORKFORCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has appointed a part-time interim nursing director.
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HSJ Local
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital offers new national blood cancer service
CLINICAL RESEARCH: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has launched the new service to patients suffering from a blood cancer that affects the spine.
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HSJ Local
Less than 10 per cent of Avon and Wiltshire staff respond to safety survey
WORKFORCE: Just 204 out of more than 3,000 employees at Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust responded to a survey on patient safety.
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HSJ Local
New NED at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals
STRUCTURE: An businesswoman has been appointed a Non-Executive Director of Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Mid Yorkshire leadership to remain and 'develop partnerships'
STRUCTURE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s leadership team will remain in place to seek a “long term solution for the organisation” and explore “partnerships for the delivery of specialist and local services”.
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HSJ Local
New specialist rehabilitation hospital announced for in Tees
COMMERCIAL: The Cambian Group, an independent provider of specialist mental health services to the NHS, has announced the opening of a 26 bed rehabilitation hospital for women with enduring mental illness in Durham.