All Health Service Journal articles in 2007 – Page 5
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News
UK healthcare ranked best value for money
The NHS has been ranked the best in the English-speaking world.
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SHA kicks off engagement bid
Internet forums for managers and doctors are to be set up by NHS North West as part of its attempt to achieve 'world-class' clinical engagement.
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Comment
Michael White on the Mental Health Bill
If the purpose of the bill is to improve supervised community treatment and to strengthen protection of the public where there is risk of violence, then vulnerable people must surely be encouraged to seek help - not to hide themselves away.
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New bill to boost London mayor's health remit
A new bill working through Parliament will give extra powers to the London mayor to support the delivery of better public health in the capital.
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Mental Health Bill campaigners rue 'missed opportunity'
Campaigners have hailed the passing of the Mental Health Bill as a 'missed opportunity'.
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NHS leaders singled out for birthday honours
A number of senior managers and leaders in the health service have been recognised in the Queen's birthday honours.
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College calls for extra staff for home births
Trusts must recruit more midwives to meet the Department of Health's promise to let women choose a home birth by 2009, the Royal College of Midwives has warned.
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Now Blair says ministers can fight closures
Prime minister Tony Blair has given his backing to Labour MPs who oppose hospital closure, despite telling NHS managers that he instructed Labour politicians to give their backing to changes in local services.
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Restructuring blamed for debt
A primary care trust saw its overspend rocket more than fivefold, partly because of last year's PCT restructuring, an Audit Commission report has concluded.
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Race commission blasts NHS organisations' 'lack of leadership'
The Commission for Racial Equality has accused NHS organisations of showing a 'lack of leadership' in promoting race equality.
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Blears helps win review of redesign
Major changes to Greater Manchester's health services are to be examined by the independent reconfiguration panel - after the Labour Party chair joined a demonstration against the plans.
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BMA urges members to petition on slow PBC implementation
Primary care trusts that are not implementing practice-based commissioning can expect to receive a letter from GPs asking them to take action.
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BMA hits out over diverted education cash
Money given to acute trusts to fund medical education must be ringfenced, the British Medical Association has said.
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Junior doctor campaigners in favour of union to rival BMA
Junior doctors campaign group Remedy UK is considering whether to start its own union to rival the British Medical Association.
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New BMA chief tells Brown to rebuild relations with medics
The new British Medical Association chairman has called for a 'fresh start' with prime minister Gordon Brown.
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Board papers reveal limited local power on IT priorities
Strategic health authorities will only have limited powers to set local IT priorities, board papers suggest.
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GP referrals: demand management is 'time bomb' says NAPC
Mounting pressure on GPs to cut referrals is creating a 'time bomb' by jeopardising patient safety, according to the chair of the National Association of Primary Care.
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Boost for social firms
Twenty-four local social enterprise schemes have been given £1.4m of national funding to deliver community health and social care services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Data briefing: patients opting for care closer to home
Has there been a change in referral patterns since the start of patient choice?
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Broken pledge to cut red tape
NHS bureaucracy is increasing with a 'staggering' 56 bodies now in place to inspect, monitor and assess the service, a new report from the NHS Confederation says.