All Health Service Journal articles in 2007 – Page 9
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Robinson slams NHS strategy obsession
NHS leaders must learn to lead their organisations on a 'day-to-day basis' and not get confused with a health service 'grand plan', management guru Sir Gerry Robinson has said.
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Think for yourselves, Nicholson tells managers
Local managers should look to the Department of Health less for guidance and 'get on' with their job, NHS chief executive David Nicholson will tell the NHS Confederation's annual conference today.
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PCTs ignoring orders on patient group involvement
Primary care trusts do not expect patient groups to influence commissioning as demanded by the Department of Health, a survey has found.
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Investment needed to tackle drug resistance
Deaths from previously treatable infections such as tuberculosis, meningitis and pneumonia will become more common unless there is investment in the science needed to tackle antibiotic resistance, the Royal Society has warned in a report published today.
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DoH report promotes health partnerships
Partnerships for Better Health, a new Department of Health report, explains how the government can help non-statutory, commercial and not-for-profit organisations promote healthy living and deliver public health goals. The report uses case studies and best practice tips to encourage local partnership working.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: good staff management 'saves lives'
Good staff management can have a significant impact on the number of lives saved, research has shown.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: minister promises local focus in Scotland
Scotland's cabinet secretary for health and well-being has committed to providing services as locally as possible, saying there should be 'an assumption against centralisation of services'.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: McKinsey research finds gaps in NHS management
The NHS needs to build more clinical leadership to drive improvement in productivity and quality, according to research from McKinsey that also found gaps in current management performances in acute care.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Donaldson urges delegates to learn from medical errors
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson paid tribute to the victims of medical errors in his speech on patient safety delivered to the NHS Confederation.
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Your Humble Servant: the Confed conference
'The highlight will of course be Nigel and Gill doing the I'm More Important Than You foxtrot'
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NHS Confederation rolling news: SNP stance on reconfiguration condemned
One of the architects of the modernisation of Scotland's health service has attacked the Scottish National Party's opposition to reconfiguring services.
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Scottish health secretary rejects healthcare competition
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon today told the NHS Confederation annual conference that the Scottish government rejects the idea that competition in the healthcare market was the 'route to improvement'.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: external commissioning could be optional for PCTs
Primary care trusts will not be forced to use the Department of Health's framework for procuring external support commissioning to strengthen their commissioning function, according to the commercial directorate's FESC lead.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Healthcare Commission in superbug crackdown
The Healthcare Commission is clamping down on superbugs after one in four hospitals admitted they were failing to meet national standards.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: chief exec's practice-based commissioning plea
An NHS Confederation seminar on system reform heard of the need to embrace practice-based commissioning as a key element of change.
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Website offers chance to rate NHS
Patients are being asked to rate and comment on NHS services on a website launched this week.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: staff quality challenged
Managers have been told to take more responsibility for the quality of their staff.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: QOF is improving care, says research centre
There is clear evidence that the programme to incentivise GPs to provide better quality care has brought improvements, according to the results of a study announced at the NHS Confederation conference.
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Cervical cancer jab will save thousands of lives, says charity
Cancer Research UK says it is 'delighted' that government vaccination experts have recommended a cervical cancer vaccination programme for all girls aged 12 and 13.
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NHS Confederation rolling news: Cameron pledges to enshrine NHS principles
David Cameron said a Conservative government would increase spending on the NHS and scrap 'politically-driven central targets' - but not push through further reorganisations.