All Health Service Journal articles in 2007 – Page 3
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Hewitt prioritises PBC after GPs and managers dismiss impact
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has promised that support for practice-based commissioning will be an 'absolute priority' for the NHS over the next year.
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Black marks against Brown in HSJ survey
Fewer than one in three health managers and clinicians believe the NHS is safe in Gordon Brown's hands, according to an HSJ survey.
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'Super agency' merger on hold
A merger between the Department of Health's commercial directorate and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency has been delayed until October, HSJ has learned.
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London Provider Agency takes up scrutiny role
NHS trusts and primary care trusts in NHS London are now answerable for their performance to the new London Provider Agency.
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Corrigan calls for 'agility'
Leaders of NHS organisations need 'agility and adaptability' in order to survive the reform process, according to the prime minister's health adviser Professor Paul Corrigan.
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Council woos LINks hosts ahead of legislation
Warrington borough council has launched a hunt for an organisation to host its local involvement networks before these new patient groups have been enshrined in law.
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Helpline aims for foundation trust status
NHS Direct has become a trust under the Department of Health's review of arm's-length bodies.
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Air ambulance charities hope for NHS cash
Air ambulance charities believe the NHS is ready to recognise the role they could play in improving emergency care - and that funding for improved services could be on the cards.
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Alarm as diabetes jobs are slashed
More than a quarter of specialist diabetes nurses say trusts have cut posts and some nurses been made redundant, according to a survey.
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Pub fight breaks out over alcohol
Attempts to tackle alcohol abuse in Manchester have angered local publicans.
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Call for single sex, drugs and alcohol plan
The government needs a national, cross-departmental strategy to tackle drugs, alcohol and risky sexual behaviour among young people, according to the independent advisory group on sexual health and HIV.
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Come back, bowler brigade, all is forgiven
The Department of Health is the department the government wants - lean, responsive and focused. But is that what the health service needs? Scott Greer says the DoH should start answering back to government
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Alliance forms network for senior leaders
A forum has been set up for senior primary care managers who work with clinicians.
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Media Watch: all-night surgery
Another week, another pledge from the prime minister. This time he says surgeons will work at night.
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Warning over overseas ambulance call centres
The chair of the Commons health select committee has raised fears that arguments in support of reconfiguration could lead to ambulance control centres being moved abroad.
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Controversial American set to lead commercial directorate
The Department of Health is set to draft in another American to head up the commercial directorate and oversee its merger with the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency.
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MPs' response to angry nurses leaked
The Labour Party has given MPs a model letter to help them deal with nurses furious at last week's below-inflation pay award.
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Angry staff boo minister at Unison conference
Angry NHS staff booed and heckled health minister Andy Burnham at Unison's annual healthcare conference this week.
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Anti-sexism guide
The Department of Health and NHS Employers have published best practice guidance on how NHS organisations can develop a gender equality scheme. Trusts will need to comply with a new gender equality duty in April. This requires public sector organisations to show that they treat male and female employees and ...
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Trust apologises for leak of payroll details
Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust has apologised to 12,000 staff after a laptop computer holding their payroll details went missing.