All Health Service Journal articles in 19 June 2008 – Page 2
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HSJ Knowledge
Labour market research
As the rapidly changing face of healthcare provision presents new challenges for workforce planners, Skills for Health has created labour market intelligence manuals, constantly updated online
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HSJ Knowledge
Sector qualifications strategy
Action plans for each UK country are building up the formal recognition for people seeking to enhance their work prospects, and this includes the rebirth of apprenticeships
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News
More foundation trust applications turned down first time: Monitor
An increasing number of applications for foundation trust status are being turned down first time round because they are not up to scratch, it has emerged.Foundation trust regulator Monitor said it was unhappy at a drop in the number of applications being passed at the first attempt from 65 per ...
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Comment
Sally Reynolds on unemployment and health
In Britain nearly one in five people of working age are disabled and almost half of them are currently unemployed.
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News
BMA delivers anti-polyclinic petition to No 10
The British Medical Association stepped up its opposition to polyclinics last week, when GPs delivered a 1.2-million-signature petition to 10 Downing Street and passed a series of no-confidence votes in the government and health minister Lord Darzi.
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News
888 could be the new 999
The NHS Confederation's ambulance network has called for an 888 number to make it easier for people to access appropriate care.
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News
Neonatal unit failures spark calls for action
A failure to meet demand for neo-natal services has prompted calls for greater performance management and changes to commissioning.
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News
Tougher indicators aim at fairer comparisons
Annual performance ratings are being beefed up for some NHS sectors to make fairer comparisons possible across the service.
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News
Don't alienate private sector, warns panel
Ministers must spell out the future direction of NHS reform or risk losing the interest of the private sector, an influential panel has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeElective procedures: all in a day's work?
In July 2005, the Healthcare Commission set a target for all elective procedures: 75 per cent had to be day-case rates. While trusts should be striving to approach this figure, some still fall far short of this target.
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News
Alternatives to sacking managers
Regarding managers facing the axe at failing trusts, franchising has been tried before in the NHS, but what might work better is a more selective approach.
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News
Annual health check: PCTs let standards fall
Less than a quarter of primary care trusts believe their services have met all government quality standards.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on community tariff appeal
'The biggest black box in the NHS' was how my fellow columnist Simon Stevens last month described the £10bn or more spent by English PCTs on district nursing, therapies and other mainstream community healthcare.
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News
Confed appeals for mental health champion
The government should appoint a ministerial champion for mental health and well-being to sit in the cabinet, the NHS Confederation is urging.
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News
DH backs down on care record consent
The Department of Health is considering making it easier for patients to opt out of the electronic care record service, officials told a Commons committee this week.
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News
DH will tackle rift between senior managers and staff
Improving strained relationships between trust senior managers and staff is to become a top priority for the Department of Health.
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HSJ Knowledge
How Confed can make the next big change
The NHS Confederation has changed shape many times in its history. As it dances a line between its members and government, can it finally evolve to meet the challenges of the next few years?
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Leader
BMA campaign trades on fear and ignorance
One has to admire the British Medical Association. Getting people to campaign against health service closures is easy, but it takes a particular talent to get the public to campaign against service openings.
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News
Staff fearful as mental health trust replaces board members
A 'brutal culling' of board members at a mental health trust has left staff fearing for their jobs.
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News
Regions braced for change as plans put Darzi's vision on map
The strategic health authorities have set out their stalls but is there anything new in the proposals and are they likely to make regional variations in care inevitable? Alison Moore investigates
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