All Health Service Journal articles in 20 December 2007 – Page 2
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Specialist mental health services at risk, say campaigners
The closure of a psychiatric hospital could be a 'warning sign' that specialist mental health services across the country are at risk, campaigners fear.
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Confed rejects LGA call for new 'hire and fire' powers
NHS organisations have rebuffed a call for councils to hold the power to hire and fire trust chief executives.
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NHS Shared Business Services not obligatory
NHS organisations will be given incentives but not forced to use NHS Shared Business Services for back-office administration, according to Department of Health finance deputy director Peter Coates.
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DoH faces long bureaucracy battle
The Department of Health has a long way to go to meet its commitment to cut the administrative burden on regulation of NHS services by 2010, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Fears DoH could claw back foundation trust surpluses
A dispute between University College London Hospitals foundation trust and the Department of Health has fuelled fears that the government will claw back surpluses from foundation trusts.
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GPs back call to vet leaflets
There is mounting pressure to introduce a system for vetting information leaflets in GP surgeries after it emerged many are sponsored by big brands or contain large amounts of advertising.
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Guidelines plea over ambulance volunteers
The Healthcare Commission has called for national guidelines to ensure the safe management of volunteers who support ambulance services.
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Alan Johnson's Christmas message
Most people are fortunate enough to be able to forget about work during Christmas. But for thousands of NHS staff, it will be business as usual as they work round the clock providing the care that the public values and relies upon.
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Hunt on for missing £870m as DoH accused of hoarding cash
The Department of Health is keeping back up to £870m in NHS funding, HSJ has been told - and is suspected of hoarding the cash to pay for extra initiatives next year.
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Comment
The curious incident of the missing £870m
The fine print of the coming year's funding settlement indicates that, in contrast to NHS chief executive David Nicholson's protestations, the Department of Health will indeed have a significant sum - up to £870m - locked away in its Richmond House safe next year (for more background, click here).
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11 foundation trusts face probe for missing targets
Eleven foundation trusts are being scrutinised for failing to hit performance targets they claimed they would meet.
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HSJ Knowledge
HSJ review of the year: jobless doctors, lethal bugs and a £1.8bn pile of unspent cash
A year with more than its fair share of drama saw medics on the streets, C difficile in the wards, Blair and Hewitt on the way out - and an embarrassing surplus in the bank. By Richard Vize
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Christopher Balchin on being glad of the NHS
The author, who lives in the US, explains why he is so glad the UK has a national health service
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Trusts should do more for kids
Concerns have been raised about the NHS’s ability to ensure children are protected. A Healthcare Commission report, Safeguarding Children and Young People, A Shared Responsibility, says trust boards may not be giving enough priority to training staff in this area. Systems for protecting and safeguarding children are improving, but partnership ...
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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.
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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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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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HSJ Knowledge
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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HSJ Knowledge
Achieving race equality in mental healthcare
New training materials will help address inequalities in mental healthcare, writes Peter Ferns
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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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