All Health Service Journal articles in 20 December 2007
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Answers to the HSJ 2007 Christmas quiz
Christmas quizAnswersNoel Plumridge1 (a). This is not to be confused with payments to consultants in the DH commercial directorate, which at around£100,000 per day cost rather more than 1 per cent of turnover. 2: (c). The takeover involved arrangements for handling Good Hope’s accumulated debt.3. (b). The plug was pulled ...
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Jogging Santas
For no reason other than it's Christmas, here are some pictures of jogging Santas, raising money for the jolly good cause of the British Heart Foundation. Lets hope it got them fit enough to be in good shape for delivering all your presents.
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Weird world health
'Tis the season of overeating, not that we at End Game would countenance anything but everything in moderation. But we regret to inform you that HSJ has been causing chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson concerns over the health of the nation. Sir Liam recently asked colleagues if the rumours ...
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All Our Yesterdays
December 18, 1936, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital ReviewOn the abdication:'The swift current of unprecedented national events has swept to a climax and receded again since last we went to press. From the time when the first disconcerting signs of crisis were made plain to the public, the ...
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07/12/20/n/tax/LH
The British Medical Association and the British Dental Association have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer saying changes to capital gains tax could jeopardise the retirement plans of thousands of members. They are concerned that the abolition of taper relief from April 2008 will mean GPs and dentists will ...
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Expert career coaching
Health Service Journal is putting NHS managers in touch with professional coaches for a chance to talk through their goals and work dilemmas.
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HSJ Christmas quiz
How well do you recall the ups and downs of the NHS in 2007? Test yourself with HSJ's seasonal quiz. And can you identify Santa's reindeers? Answers below
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Stephen Ramsden on service co-design
When will we stop paying lip service to patient involvement? Can we truly say 'we are putting the patient at the centre of everything we do'?
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International recruitment complications
The Court of Appeal's decision to outlaw Department of Health plans to limit the number of applications from international medical graduates has important implications for the 2008 recruitment round, write Nick Chronias and Afrene Campbell
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Cost-saving pilots
Two projects in the East Midlands are not only achieving better outcomes for people with enduring mental illnesses but making significant cost savings.
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Managing Freedom of Information requests in the health sector
The law on access to health details is meant to empower people but can sometimes be abused, writes Ian Cooper
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Ken Jarrold on improving the NHS through story telling
We live in an increasingly diverse and secular society yet the Christmas story remains a powerful force presented in Nativity plays, cards, music and above-average church attendances. It is a reminder of the power of story telling.
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Lisa Rodrigues on the NHS's influential people
In response to HSJ's list of the 50 most influential people in the NHS, I thought I would offer my own list of the people who have influenced my career in the NHS. It includes people I think make a difference, go that extra mile or who have influenced me ...
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Awards must recognise diversity of the health service
Unison was very pleased to co-sponsor an award again this year and I enjoyed the high-class event at Grosvenor House on 19 November 2007, writes Mike Jackson
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More contenders
Pharmacy giant Boots is understood to be involved in a potential bid for the NHS Choices contract. Boots refused to confirm or deny it was interested but a spokeswoman said the company was 'aware of the development of NHS Choices and will be very interested to understand how it progresses' ...
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Achieving race equality in mental healthcare
New training materials will help address inequalities in mental healthcare, writes Peter Ferns
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Protecting lone workers in the health service
New legislation on employee health and safety and a large cash injection from the government have made protecting lone workers a hot topic in the health service. Michael Carrington explains
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new community hospital schemes announced
Just over one third of the£750m announced in 2006 to modernise community hospitals has now been allocated, the Department of Health has said. The£750m was due to be spent over five years on either building new community hospitals or super surgeries, or renovating old ones. It followed the 2006 health ...
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floods nib
An interim report into the way public services responded to the summer floods has highlighted confusion over the roles of health organisations in providing health protection advice. The review, led by Sir Michael Pitt, chairman of the South West Strategic Health Authority, calls for urgent clarification from the Department of ...
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3rd sector
More voluntary organisations would work alongside the NHS as 'strategic partners' under government plans to modernise the health service's investment in the third sector. The Department of Health has launched a consultation in a bid to create a fairer and more streamlined funding system.