All Health Service Journal articles in 21 February 2013 – Page 2
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CommentIn defence of David Nicholson
It is essential Sir David stays to handle the NHS’s current transition
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HSJ KnowledgeThe quiet revolutionaries: patient leaders
An in-depth look at the highs and lows experienced by patient leaders
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News
PM backs 'accountability' over Mid Staffs
It is “not acceptable” that no one has been held accountable for the neglect of patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
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NewsPrivate firms approached to take over commissioning support unit
The NHS Commissioning Board has approached several private companies about the possibility of them running a commissioning support unit, HSJ has learned.
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LeaderGagging staff is wrong, but the debate needs perspective
Worries about whistleblowing and bullying are not new
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NewsDH releases Health Act competition rules
The government has published details of how competition and procurement rules will operate under the Health Bill.
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Competition investigations spell problems for mergers
Trusts’ merger plans are likely to be blocked if they cannot prove they are the only way to improve services, new advice from Monitor suggests.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for Sandwell and West Birmingham
WORKFORCE: Toby Lewis has been announced as the new chief executive of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust.
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NewsMinister reveals plans for Morecambe Bay inquiry
An independent inquiry is to be set up to investigate poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
South Tees struggles to make finance plan
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust is more than £3m behind plan on its surplus for this financial year – with the figures to the end of December showing the surplus was at £437,000 before impairments. The trust says this would amount to a financial risk rating of three.
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HSJ Local
Higher than expected surplus at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust had an operating surplus of £6.9m at the end of December – slightly ahead of plan, reflecting high patient activity.
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HSJ Local
South Tees missed four hour target in December
PERFORMANCE: A combination of pressures meant that the South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust missed the four hour A&E target in December. With only 91.6 per cent of patients discharge or admitted within that time, the trust failed the Monitor target for quarter three and now has an amber-green rating.
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HSJ Local
More staff appraisals at Tees, Esk and Wear FT
WORKFORCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust appears to be carrying more appraisals, a board paper suggests.
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NewsCompromise agreements 'should not silence safety concerns'
The vast majority of compromise agreements in the NHS are not the result of whistleblowing disputes, while confidentiality clauses cannot be used to directly prevent patient safety concerns being raised, HSJ has been told.
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Analysis: Confidentiality deals a perennial controversy in the NHS
Confidentiality clauses in severance settlements are not a new source of controversy in the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: Major London trusts unveil cancer and cardiac shake-up
Three major teaching hospitals have unveiled a ground breaking service reorganisation under which they will exchange responsibility for providing key specialised services.
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CommentWhat a 'duty of candour' means in practice
Candour permeates Robert Francis’ 290 recommendations
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NewsQuarter of CSU recruits come from outside transition pool
Around a quarter of staff appointed to commissioning support units have come from outside the pool of NHS commissioning staff affected by reorganisation.
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NewsHSJ Live rolling news 20.2.2013
Cancer and cardiac shake-up in three London trusts and the rest of the today’s news
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SupplementsMixed reviews for Francis's epic: A roundtable debate
It was one of the most eagerly and nervously anticipated reports in the history of the NHS. Yet the feeling among experts gathered at the HSJ/Capsticks debate to discuss Robert Francis’s weighty tome was one of anti-climax.