All Health Service Journal articles in 19 June 2008
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This week's All Our Yesterdays
Public Assistance Journal and Health and Hospital Review, June 18 1948"The fact that administrators are deeply engaged in the work of organising the structure of the National Hospital Service in readiness for the commencement of operations in July and that this important part of the work of preparation claims a ...
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Unite members reject pay deal and vote for strike ballot
Unite’s health service members have overwhelmingly rejected the government’s 7.99 per cent three year pay deal.Nearly 95 per cent of 20,000 members who voted were against accepting the deal, with three quarters of them wanting a strike ballot.Unite represents health visitors, hospital pharmacists, healthcare chaplains and other healthcare and support ...
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NHS Choices launches personal service
Over 10,000 people have signed up for NHS Choices’ personalised NHS service in the first month since its launch, storing their doctor’s details and subscribing to relevant health information. NHS Choices admits that the service is limited but will be expanded. Plans over the next two months include personal care ...
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DH evades Treasury cap on central budgets
The Department of Health will use part of its own internal underspend to release itself from Treasury-imposed cut backs in administrative spending. As part of the comprehensive spending review the Treasury imposed a two per cent (£5m) reduction each year to the DH’s central budget of£225m. But in its business ...
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RCM and Unite threaten industrial action over pay
Members of Unite and the Royal College of Midwives have overwhelmingly rejected the government’s 7.99 per cent three year pay deal.Nearly 95 per cent of 20,000 Unite health service members who voted were against accepting the deal, with three quarters of them wanting a strike ballot.In the RCM, the vote ...
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Lisa Rodrigues on being there for your staff
Bill Clinton used to say the most important attribute of a leader was being there. This gets tested when things go wrong, but also when they are going well.
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Ken Jarrold on why Darzi needs nurses
Last November, commenting on the first Darzi report, I pointed out that only a crusade for nursing and a focus on team leaders would improve patient experience.
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David Lee on handling a killing
One piece of news mental health trust directors dread above almost any other is that of a homicide by a local service user.
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Supplements
Skills development: urgent response
Healthcare providers and employers across the UK face an arduous workforce challenge.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to generate staff enthusiasm
Which qualities are needed in those who lead their organisation's services transformation? Triona Buckley sets out one trust's formula
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HSJ Knowledge
Globalisation and the health service
Globalisation poses challenges for the NHS as it copes with rising demands and the needs of a diverse community, writes David Stout
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Hygiene code failures a 'wake-up call' says Healthcare Commission
NHS trusts have been served with a 'wake-up call' to improve hygiene standards or risk service closures, following the latest annual health check declarations.More than a quarter of trusts have told the Healthcare Commission they failed to comply fully with the hygiene code in 2007-08.
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HSJ Knowledge
Sector skills agreement - smarter together
The sector skills agreement is the mechanism by which employers, stakeholders and funding will be harnessed together to raise workforce standards. We look at how this is happening in health
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HSJ Partners
Information Centre alcohol report paints a worrying picture
Hospital admissions specifically related to alcohol have more than doubled in England since 1995, according to an NHS Information Centre report.
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Career aspirations: what younger managers want
Long-held beliefs that Generation Y is self-absorbed, disloyal and impatient are a myth, according to a report published this month by the Chartered Management Institute.
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HSJ Partners
NHS Comparators wins national award
The NHS Comparators website scooped the Best use of Information award at the annual ASSIST awards.
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HSJ Partners
The future focus for social care information
Demands and expectations on the social care system in England have changed significantly over the last decade. Our population has grown dramatically and its composition has evolved greatly in terms of age and ethnicity. In deciding how best to address these needs, providers need to consider how to offer a ...
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Local change challenge
The Leading Local Change document, published in May as part of Lord Darzi's next stage review, sits on the desk in front of me as I write. Its message is clear - healthcare needs are changing and our sector must respond.
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A local perspective on Darzi
As the final report on Lord Darzi's next stage review draws close, Cynthia Bower examines how Skills for Health is already helping to drive change at a local level
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HSJ Knowledge
New roles in the health sector
A series of projects under the Skills for Health banner is developing new roles to support the ever-changing health service