All Health Service Journal articles in 21 February 2008 – Page 2

  • Comment

    Clean record

    2008-02-15T17:22:46Z

    Media Watch reported that according to the Mail on Sunday, NHS North East spent £150,000 on cardboard nurses.

  • Comment

    Neil Goodwin on building working relationships

    2008-02-18T09:00:00Z

    What do teenage children, marriage and friendships have in common when thinking about work? They all offer excellent opportunities for developing relationship skills in the workplace.

  • Comment

    Neil Goodwin on building working relationships

    2008-02-18T09:00:00Z

    What do teenage children, marriage and friendships have in common when thinking about work? They all offer excellent opportunities for developing relationship skills in the workplace.

  • News

    Career changes will turn nurses into 'handmaidens', say unions

    2008-02-18T09:39:45Z

    Nurses will become mere “handmaidens” who lack leadership skills under planned changes to nursing careers, unions have warned. The Department of Health’s consultation on post-registration nursing careers, which ended last Friday, proposed moving away from early specialisation, with nurses instead working in five shorter term “pathways” such as mental health ...

  • News

    self-certification reviews

    2008-02-18T17:17:32Z

    Foundation trusts must accurately "self-certify" on all healthcare targets under a system which allows them to monitor their own performance or risk "significant financial and regulatory penalites", Monitor has warned.In December the regulator decided to scrutinise 11 foundation trusts which had failed to hit performance targets they had claimed they ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    The role of the Information Centre for health and social care

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    The need for high-quality, timely information is greater than ever in the health service, as Information Centre chief executive Tim Straughan explains

  • HSJ Knowledge

    The role of the Information Centre for health and social care

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    The need for high-quality, timely information is greater than ever in the health service, as Information Centre chief executive Tim Straughan explains

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Career Path: rising to the top

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    Dr Simon Eccles talks to Stuart Shepherd about his path from medical school to a variety of roles in NHS management

  • News

    Career Path: rising to the top

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    Dr Simon Eccles talks to Stuart Shepherd about his path from medical school to a variety of roles in NHS management

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Take part in an Information Centre survey

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    People involved in health and social care information - from managers and commissioners to public health researchers and academics - are invited to help shape a major new population-based survey as part of a wider survey programme being developed by the Information Centre for health and social care.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Information Centre dental report

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    The Information Centre for health and social care's latest report on dental statistics for England revealed that just over 70 per cent of all children aged 17 or under had visited an NHS dentist in the last two years.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Take part in an Information Centre survey

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    People involved in health and social care information - from managers and commissioners to public health researchers and academics - are invited to help shape a major new population-based survey as part of a wider survey programme being developed by the Information Centre for health and social care.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Information Centre dental report

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    The Information Centre for health and social care's latest report on dental statistics for England revealed that just over 70 per cent of all children aged 17 or under had visited an NHS dentist in the last two years.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Device offers peace of mind for lone healthcare workers

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    Lone workers at Guy's and St Thomas' foundation trust are using a new security device that allows them to communicate discreetly with a back-up call centre in potentially hazardous situations.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Device offers peace of mind for lone healthcare workers

    2008-02-19T09:00:00Z

    Lone workers at Guy's and St Thomas' foundation trust are using a new security device that allows them to communicate discreetly with a back-up call centre in potentially hazardous situations.

  • Comment

    Using evidence to achieve equality in healthcare

    2008-02-20T09:00:00Z

    Frontline staff and managers must be skilled in engaging with and using evidence if they are to promote race equality in health services, writes Ronny Flynn

  • Comment

    Using evidence to achieve equality in healthcare

    2008-02-20T09:00:00Z

    Frontline staff and managers must be skilled in engaging with and using evidence if they are to promote race equality in health services, writes Ronny Flynn

  • Comment

    Ronny Flynn on righting racial inequalities

    2008-02-20T09:00:00Z

    Frontline staff and managers' skills in engaging with and using evidence are essential to promoting race equality in health services. Britain prides itself on its open access to healthcare and the quality of its prevention and treatment of illness.

  • News

    Accounting change could strain PFI

    2008-02-21T09:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has refused to say whether or not it has set aside any resources to help trusts cope with a major change to private finance initiative schemes later this year.

  • News

    Act now to avoid crisis, says RCN

    2008-02-21T09:00:00Z

    The Department of Health must recognise the need to train thousands more nurses now to meet 'unprecedented' demand by 2030, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.