All Health Service Journal articles in 22 January 2009 – Page 2
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News
Rose Gibb's pay bid heads for court
The former chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust goes to court next week in a bid to get her controversial pay-off.
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News
Barts and the London reviews computer virus damage
A London hospital trust is to urgently review its IT support after a computer virus led to it declaring an 'internal major incident'.
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News
PCTs fail to back up maternity care drive
Flagship government commitments to improve safety and choice of maternity services may be compromised in large parts of England.
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HSJ Knowledge
Older people want more talk in A&E
The third national survey of patients in accident and emergency, which the Picker Institute recently conducted for the Healthcare Commission, found significant improvements since 2004, especially in communication by staff.
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News
Special administrators will oversee fate of failing NHS trusts
The fate of failing NHS trusts will be decided within three months of a special administrator being appointed to take over the roles of the chair and the board.
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NHS drug shortage looms as pound falls
The NHS could face a shortage of drugs because the weak pound means speculators are targeting UK pharmaceutical supplies for export to more lucrative markets.Data obtained by HSJ shows there has also been a dramatic slowdown in imports of cut-price branded drugs into the UK.
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Blogs
Scripting healthcare compassion
There is a pretence at resisting some of the cultutal imports between British and American cultures but there is one that we need to embrace and imbed.
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News
Personal health budgets may spark tension between services
Personal health budgets for patients to spend as they wish will radically change commissioners' roles, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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News
HSJ talks to care services minister Phil Hope
Care services minister Phil Hope promises his personal experience of the health service as a Hodgkin’s patient will mean service users are at the heart of his policies. Helen Crump finds out what’s on his to-do list. Plus, watch an exclusive video interview with Mr Hope
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News
Gordon Brown, Alan Johnson and David Nicholson sign 'historic' NHS constitution
Gordon Brown has described today's launch of the NHS constitution as an 'historic occasion'.
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News
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.
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News
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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News
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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News
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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Comment
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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Comment
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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