All Health Service Journal articles in 22 April 2010 – Page 2
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NewsInspectors criticise hospital's infection controls
Infection control measures at Borders General Hospital in Melrose have been criticised after inspectors raised concerns over the risk to staff and patients.
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NewsTrust announces board appointments
Colchester Hospital University foundation trust has announced the appointment of four non-executive directors (NEDs).
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NewsStrike threat over NHS pay and pensions
Attacks on pay and pensions are likely to result in strike action, warned Unison leader Dave Prentis.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Social Marketing and Public Health
This practical guide has a touch of ambition, says Russell Collins
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HSJ PartnersPatient level costing: keys to success
The key to the success of patient level costing is having clinicians involved from day one in planning the process, writes Jennifer Taylor
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NewsTrusts must beat scepticism on quality accounts - King's Fund
Trusts need to overcome public scepticism about quality accounts by being honest about their standards and embracing patients’ priorities, research from the King’s Fund says.
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NewsCommissioning has 'singularly failed' on long term conditions
Improving commissioning for long term conditions is vital to the health service’s survival, NHS Alliance chief executive Michael Sobanja has warned.
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NewsElection 2010: fight for marginal puts hospitals in the hot seat
Neck and neck competition between political parties in marginal constituencies is leaving acute trusts braced for the political heat. Sally Gainsbury identifies the trusts to watch
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NewsNew doubt about mortality ratios
The appropriateness of using hospital standardised mortality ratios to judge hospital performance was further questioned this week.
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NewsVolcanic ash cloud affects cancer drug supplies
The fallout from the volcanic eruption in Iceland has left cancer patients in the UK without life-extending drug treatment and vital stem cells for bone marrow transplants.
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CommentAlan Maynard: axe must swing on NHS jobs and pay
While politicians are fighting on the campaign trail they will not reveal how they intend to drive up productivity. But once reality is restored the pain will begin
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Community
Mass appeal
The Conservatives promise in their manifesto to provide communities with ringfenced public health cash, “weighting public health funding towards the poorest areas with the worst health outcomes”.
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NewsFoundation trust applications run into the ground
Foundation trust applications have slipped by an average of 11 months and some by as much as three years since last March, HSJ analysis reveals. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have pledged an all-foundation trust future.
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NewsNHS Confederation appoints ‘hands on’ chair
NHS East of England chair Keith Pearson has been appointed as the new chair of the NHS Confederation.
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LeaderFoundation trusts: new approach needed to unblock the pipeline
The financial discipline that comes with foundation status is alone an argument for moving all NHS trusts in that direction. A powerful secondary reason is the greater clarity given to the accountability of board directors.
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Comment
Media Watch: volcanic ash and manifesto launches
They did their best but so far no one has found a splash-worthy NHS angle to the dust cloud story.
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NewsAsthma and Parkinson's losers in policy battle
The Department of Health has been unjustly prioritising illnesses such as anxiety disorders and neglecting those such as asthma, Parkinson’s disease and back pain, its own national quality board has said.
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NewsLisa Rodrigues back-pedals on Sussex resignation
A trust chief executive has cancelled her resignation three months after handing in her notice.
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CommentCally Bann: NHS manager bashing
Will I be glad when it’s all over… Letting it be known that you’re the chief executive of the local hospital has always had the proclivity to silence the most genteel of dinner parties, or to quell the cacophony at the most boisterous of pubs.
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NewsBart's finance director resigns
The finance director at a trust facing a multibillion pound private finance initiative bill has resigned.
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