All Health Service Journal articles in 22 January 2009 – Page 3

  • News

    Andrew Lansley keeps health role in Tory reshuffle

    2009-01-19T13:14:00Z

    Andrew Lansley is to remain shadow health secretary following a reshuffle of the Conservative shadow cabinet team.

  • News

    £82m spending plans for Scottish NHS

    2009-01-19T13:02:00Z

    The Scottish government has confirmed plans for £82m of NHS capital spending.

  • News

    Patient choice push for long-term conditions

    2009-01-19T12:44:00Z

    Commissioners should be promoting patient choice for people with long-term conditions, the Department of Health has advised.

  • News

    Probe into learning disabilities deaths

    2009-01-19T12:25:00Z

    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.

  • Comment

    Ken Jarrold on NHS positive thinking

    2009-01-19T09:00:00Z

    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.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS staff wellbeing: get fighting fit

    2009-01-19T09:00:00Z

    Attracting the best staff is essential to the success of the NHS - the next step is to keep them healthy. Julian Topping explains

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Patient safety reporting: the eyes have it

    2009-01-19T09:00:00Z

    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

  • Comment

    Mike Cooke on sizzling NHS leadership

    2009-01-19T09:00:00Z

    Leadership and management remain big themes in 2009. This column is about the ‘sizzle’ and the ‘sausages’.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS career development: moving to the private sector

    2009-01-19T09:00:00Z

    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

  • Comment

    Andrew Jones on keeping the NHS afloat

    2009-01-19T09:00:00Z

    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.