All Health Service Journal articles in 22 January 2009
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Andrew Jones on keeping the NHS afloat
As a clinical leader, I have always known that some skill sets are more suited to following protocols than others - is it better to discover for oneself or accept collective, evidence-based practice? The credit crunch has undoubtedly been a wake-up call.
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NHS career development: moving to the private sector
The NHS offers many managers a career for life, but what is it like on the other side of the fence? Louise Hunt and Helen Mooney spoke to six long-timers who escaped their comfort zone and made the switch to the private sector
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Mike Cooke on sizzling NHS leadership
Leadership and management remain big themes in 2009. This column is about the ‘sizzle’ and the ‘sausages’.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety reporting: the eyes have it
In the second in our series on improving patient safety, Alison Moore looks at a trust whose team of frontline 'risk eyes' has encouraged a good reporting culture
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NHS staff wellbeing: get fighting fit
Attracting the best staff is essential to the success of the NHS - the next step is to keep them healthy. Julian Topping explains
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Ken Jarrold on NHS positive thinking
2009 does not look like the most promising of years. The impact of the recession on the NHS will be real: the years of plenty are behind us. In these circumstances, it is important to hold on to the positives and not be overwhelmed by gloom.
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Probe into learning disabilities deaths
An independent confidential inquiry is to look at premature deaths of people with learning disabilities in NHS care, the government has announced.Health secretary Alan Johnson also said a public health observatory would be established to provide national and local-level data to support commissioning for people with learning disabilities.
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Patient choice push for long-term conditions
Commissioners should be promoting patient choice for people with long-term conditions, the Department of Health has advised.
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£82m spending plans for Scottish NHS
The Scottish government has confirmed plans for £82m of NHS capital spending.
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Andrew Lansley keeps health role in Tory reshuffle
Andrew Lansley is to remain shadow health secretary following a reshuffle of the Conservative shadow cabinet team.
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Andrew Frankel on challenges in organisational leadership
In considering what leadership means from the perspective of a manager in a large organisation such as Care UK, I find myself contemplating the macro elements of leadership, such as communication, team formulation and strategy.
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Wales launches weight management scheme for children
A Welsh Assembly-funded programme to help obese children manage their weight will be rolled out across Wales from today, it has been announced.
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New chief executive for Walsall PCT
Denise McLellan is to become chief executive of Walsall primary care trust. She is due to join the organisation before April.
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Free prescriptions for cancer patients
People being treated for cancer can now apply for free prescriptions. From 1 April, all prescriptions - not just those related to the cancer treatment - will be available to cancer patients at no charge.
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DH unveils plans for NHS national leadership council
A national leadership council designed to nurture the next generation of NHS leaders has been launched by the Department of Health.The council will have up to 18 members, including five part-time leads for the priority areas of clinical leadership, top leaders, board development, emerging leaders and inclusion.
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Keith Pearson on valuing family carers
In this country, there are more than 6 million family carers. They are hugely important to the NHS, and yet their contribution is too often overlooked.
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Managers' pay: salaries shoot up as trusts seek to bolster top teams
High turnover in NHS boardrooms has led to a 9.5 per cent leap in chief executives' salaries, according to pay experts.A salary survey by Capita, to be published on 30 January, shows the average chief executive's salary was £146,100 during the period from October to December last year, compared with ...
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NHS Employers offers tips on ethnicity and disability monitoring
NHS Employers has published a briefing to help organisations monitor the equality and diversity of their workforce.
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Scottish NHS sets out plan for children's specialist services
Children's and young people's specialist health services in Scotland are to receive £32m additional investment, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
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North Yorkshire and York PCT appoints new chief executive
A primary care trust rated double weak by the Healthcare Commission has appointed a new chief executive.