All Health Service Journal articles in 20 May 2010
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NewsViolent attack admissions fall
Hospitals saw a slight fall in the number of people needing treatment after being injured in violent attacks, academics have revealed.
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NewsJunior doctors caring for up to 400 patients a night
Hospital doctors may be responsible for up to 400 patients a night and junior doctors may often be the most senior person on duty, according to a report from the Royal College of Physicians.
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News'Trust' key to joint working between PCTs and pharma
Mutual trust and transparency is the key to successful joint working between primary care trusts and the pharmaceutical industry, according to a medical director who has worked for both sides.
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NewsGPs reassured over revalidation
Doctors who take career breaks should not be disadvantaged by the revalidation process, it is argued.
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NewsLeaders inch closer to Lib-Con deal
The Conservatives appear to be moving closer to a deal with the Liberal Democrats which could see David Cameron finally installed in No 10 as prime minister.
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NewsWarning issued over harmful breathing machines
A nationwide alert has been issued to hospitals after a series of incidents involving artificial breathing machines that have harmed patients.
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NewsLocal food will save NHS millions
Cooking with locally grown produce could save the NHS £400m, the catering manager at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has claimed.
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NewsGreater Glasgow and Clyde to cut 1,200 jobs
A health board has announced it is to cut more than 1,200 jobs in the next 18 months.
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NewsPCTs 'missing out' on Twitter power
Primary care trusts in England are failing to capitalise on the power of social media websites such as Facebook to reach out to their local community, a survey has suggested.
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NewsFormer nurse Anne Milton given health minister job
Former nurse Anne Milton will be a junior minister at the Department of Health, HSJ understands.
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NewsLib Dem minister gets social care brief
Paul Burstow, the first Liberal Democrat health minister, will be responsible for social care, HSJ understands.
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HSJ KnowledgePatient safety: the human factors
‘Human factors’ can create gaps in systems that endanger patients. In the second part in our series Helen Mooney explains how self-knowledge is the first step to safer care
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CommentKen Jarrold on strategic planning in the NHS
Our new government could do worse than to engage in a little strategic planning.
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NewsCoalition to deliver emergency Budget on 22 June
Chancellor George Osborne today announced that he will deliver his first emergency Budget on 22 June, exactly six weeks after the new coalition government took office.
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NewsWill Hutton to lead public sector pay inquiry
Prime minister David Cameron has signalled his intention to extend his “big tent” government beyond the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition, talking to Labour MP Frank Field about poverty and appointing left-leaning economist Will Hutton to head an inquiry into public sector pay.
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NewsNicola Sturgeon rules out compulsory redundancies
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon offered firm guarantees today that no NHS employee will face compulsory redundancy as part of plans to tackle public spending pressures.
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NewsTrust facing sentence over patient death
A health trust is due be sentenced for breaching health and safety rules after a new mother died following a hospital blunder.
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NewsOsborne commissions audit of Whitehall spending
Chancellor George Osborne is to commission an independent audit of the Government’s books after finding examples of “crazy” spending decisions in Labour’s last year in power, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.