All Health Service Journal articles in 21 February 2008 – Page 3
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News
Hospitals gain ground in acute services battle
Three West Sussex hospitals have moved a step closer to retaining many of their acute services.
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Comment
Jon Restell on looking after managers
Managers in healthcare need to do more than ever to look after their staff. I don't have a problem with this; it's the right thing to be doing.
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News
Unions warn nurses will be jack of all trades
Nurses will become mere 'handmaidens' who lack leadership skills under planned changes to nursing careers, unions have warned.
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News
Ambulance services deny claims of patient stacking
Ambulance services and the Department of Health have hit back at claims that patients are being deliberately detained in ambulances to ensure hospitals hit accident and emergency waiting-time targets.
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News
Private sector deals face audit office scrutiny
The National Audit Office is to investigate the Department of Health's decision to cancel a large swathe of its independent sector treatment centre programme.
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News
Basic data 'should be free'
The chief executive of the Information Centre has promised to 'put right' the perception that Dr Foster has Intelligence unfair access to NHS data.
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HSJ Knowledge
Commissioning begins at home
The Teenage Cancer Trust has blazed a trail for charities by investing in commissioning. Sue McLellen and Simon Davies explain
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HSJ Knowledge
Kidney disease: detection is better
Chronic kidney disease is an underdiagnosed but increasingly common condition. Estimates suggest 4-9 per cent of adults experience the more advanced stages of the disease. The burden on the health service is growing, and 1-2 per cent of the NHS budget is now spent on dialysis alone, say David Meechan ...
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News
Councils given chance to offload burdens
An independent review body has launched an investigation into the factors that hinder partnership work between health and social care services.
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News
Cardiac target to cut deaths met early
The NHS has made 'outstanding progress' in managing cardio- vascular disease, according to two reports published this week.
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News
Ministers press for more child palliative care
Ministers have made it clear they expect primary care trusts to spend more on children's palliative care.
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Johnson irks committee as he ducks careers queries
Health secretary Alan Johnson has rankled MPs by refusing to answer questions at a health select committee inquiry into Modernising Medical Careers.Mr Johnson batted off a series of questions about junior doctors' training, saying he could not comment before the Department of Health's formal response to the Tooke report.
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HSJ Knowledge
Who cares for the carers?
People caring for a relative are a vital part of the health and social care system - but many feel isolated. A national strategy aims to help by making GPs and community services more carer friendly. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Comment
Emma Dent on the common cold
I have a new hobby: blowing my nose. Not the most riveting of pastimes but my hope is that framing said activity in this way will make it seem less like a chore and more of a fun way to pass the time.
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News
Ministers vs GPs: how did it come to this?
The GP contract talks have been played out for the public, with both sides taking to the airwaves. Ingrid Torjesen explores why a couple of extra hours a week has created such a conflict
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HSJ Knowledge
Where NICE leads, can commissioners follow?
There is still a chasm between the process of writing recommendations and the people responsible for commissioning the services to deliver them. Can world class commissioning bring these closer together, asks Martin Dougherty
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Comment
Michael White on the consultant of the future
I make it a policy to chuckle when I hear of some mild British institution being likened to Nazi Germany or Stalin's Russia by someone who hasn't understood much history. Even law lords do it.
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News
Doctors move to vote yes, under protest
GPs will be persuaded to vote yes to the government's offer on extended hours, according to a poll of GPs.
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Comment
Is government taking liberties with the foundation principle?
The argument between the foundation trust lobby and the Department of Health over foundations’ freedoms goes to the heart of the debate about the role of politics in health policy.
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HSJ Knowledge
GPs must see sense on hours
New proposals for extended working hours for GPs have provoked a storm of protest - but doctors should take a careful look at the benefits, argues Alastair Henderson
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