All Health Service Journal articles in 20 September 2012 – Page 2
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NewsCommunity trusts in FT delay
More than half of the community trusts hoping to achieve foundation status have had their authorisation applications delayed, HSJ analysis reveals.
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SupplementsGood directions - an HSJ commissioning supplement
This commissioning supplement looks at the data we need to steer the NHS
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HSJ KnowledgeGP commissioners: sole traders or private governments?
GPs must get used to some big changes in their legal status
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CommentSally Gainsbury: conspiracy and coincidence
Could a compromise be in the offing over training budget allocation reforms?
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CommentLighten the checklist load
How changes to criminal record checks will affect the healthcare profession
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NewsUnions issue ultimatum over ‘pay cartel’
Unions have threatened to walk away from national talks on changes to pay and terms and conditions unless employers stop the South West “pay cartel”.
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HSJ KnowledgeHoming in on improved care
What can be done to realise the vision of ‘care closer to home’?
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HSJ KnowledgeChaplaincy in end of life care
What benefits can chaplaincy offer to those approaching the end of their life?
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HSJ KnowledgeEnergy bills: off with the overheads
Rick-free partnerships with energy suppliers could help trusts trim their bills
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Growing gap between rich and poor trusts
An audit of NHS organisations’ 2011-12 accounts has found a widening gap between the trusts with healthy finances and those that are struggling.
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NewsBurstow admits to budget cuts
Former health minister Paul Burstow has admitted there were cuts to mental health services under his watch at the Department of Health.
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SupplementsAs easy as ABC?: a special report on organisational change
This special report on organisational change looks at the deep scepticism of the health service’s ability to handle change in accordance with an exclusive HSJ survey and how large-scale transformation is a complicated combination of science and art
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CommentReaders' letters - 20 September 2012
CCG authorisation conditions should be framed in a way that helps the new organisations focus on the areas they can reasonably influence, says Matthew Harker
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry report delayed until January
The completion of the report of the public inquiry into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been delayed until January, it was confirmed today.
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NewsSelbie: NHS has not 'done much good'
The new chief executive of Public Health England has said the NHS’s effort to improve health and reduce illness over the past four decades “hasn’t worked and has not been sufficient”.
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Scottish government approves new hospital
Plans to build a replacement city hospital for sick children have been approved by the Scottish government.
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NewsCommissioning board to 'lift and shift' staff
The NHS Commissioning Board is likely to delay some management cuts until 2013-14 and take on interim staff under emergency measures sparked by delays in the transition to new NHS structures.