All Health Service Journal articles in 18 October 2012 – Page 2
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HSJ Local
Five directors appointed to South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw LAT
WORKFORCE: Five directors have been appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board’s South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Local Area Team.
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HSJ Local
Health visitor recruitment drive for Bridgewater
WORKFORCE: The trust is hosting a health visiting careers fair on Thursday 25 October, with the intention of filling 50 vacancies.
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NewsTransforming hospitals - FREE HSJ webinar
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HSJ Local
North Durham CCG names council manager as chief operating officer
WORKFORCE: Nicola Bailey, currently acting chief executive of Hartlepool Borough Council, has been appointed as chief operating officer of North Durham CCG.
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HSJ KnowledgeLive Q&A: making a merger work
We’ll be offering advice on successfully merging with another organisation on Friday 19 October at 9am. Post your questions in the comments section
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HSJ Local
Colchester faces cancer target ‘challenge’
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust “anticipates” it will hit all national cancer targets by the middle of 2012-13 after missing a first quarter target.
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NewsFTs 20pc short of savings target
Monitor will today reveal that foundation trusts missed savings targets by nearly 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals wins ophthalmology and GP pathology contracts
COMMERCIAL: Hillingdon Hospitals has won community ophthalmology and GP pathology contracts worth £2.3m and £6m respectively, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Four directors appointed to Durham, Darlington & Tees LAT
WORKFORCE: Four directors have been appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Durham, Darlington & Tees Local Area Team.
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HSJ Local
Three directors appointed to North Yorkshire and Humber LAT
WORKFORCE: Three directors have been appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board’s North Yorkshire and Humber Local Area Team.
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HSJ Local
Trust 'run like school, not a hospital'
WORKFORCE: A report to the board of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust said the organisation was “run like a school, not a hospital”, with staff taking “assuming” they could take the school holidays off.
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HSJ Local
Mental health reconfiguration consultation nears end
STRUCTURE: A consultation on the reconfiguration of mental health services across Kent is due to end on 26 October.
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HSJ KnowledgeLead the next leaders
A healthcare trust’s leadership development programme is making a significant contribution to the organisation’s success
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NewsOutside groups could vie with NICE over guidance
Professional organisations and interest groups could take on a formal role producing clinical commissioning guidance - potentially sidestepping the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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CommentCompetition: waiting for that green light
We need to move the debate on from whether or not competition actually works
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CommentHow competition can help community services
Why choice does not always lead to privatisation
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HSJ KnowledgeOpening up to close scrutiny
How mutual public governance can help safeguard patient care
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HSJ KnowledgeHow CCGs can learn to innovate
Overcoming the barriers posed by strategy and procurement to work smarter
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HSJ KnowledgeWeak links break handover chain
Pioneering a significant improvement to clinical handover
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CommentIs choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
Will choice hit the vulnerable or drive up standards?