All Health Service Journal articles in 23 July 2009 – Page 2
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NewsDepartment of Health asked to consider increased regulation
Experts calling for “radical” changes to the regulation of NHS workers have asked the Department of Health to consider whether managers could be covered by the proposals.
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NewsAntony Sumara 'flattered' to get Mid Staffs top job
The new chief executive of scandal hit Mid Staffordshire foundation trust says he will help the organisation recover by being “open, honest and transparent”.
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NewsLive data tackles accident and emergency demand
Emergency departments could share live information about how busy they are so patients can be sent to the right place.
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NewsNHS hospital franchise plan gets green light
The running of an NHS hospital is to be franchised out, potentially to a private company, in the first arrangement of its kind.
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NewsNHS North Lancashire appoints new chief
Former NHS North Yorkshire and York chief executive Janet Soo-Chung is to take up the reins at NHS North Lancashire.
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NewsAsylum seekers to get free NHS treatment
Free NHS treatment is to be given to thousands of failed asylum seekers in Britain, it has been revealed. Currently immigrants who fail to gain refugee status are not entitled to free care, but ministers are set to extend the benefits to those who cannot leave the country “through no ...
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NewsNICE issues guidance to help spot child abuse
Doctors and nurses will be given guidance to help them recognise children who are at risk of physical or sexual abuse, it has been announced.
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NewsAndy Burnham dismisses Mid Staffs inquiry as 'too distracting'
Health secretary Andy Burnham has defended his decision to stop short of launching a full public inquiry into failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, telling HSJ he thought it would be “distracting to managers”.
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NewsNHS Tameside and Glossop appoints board chair
NHS Tameside and Glossop has unveiled Dr Kailash Chand as the new chair of its board.
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CommentJenny Rogers on tendering
The person on the telephone sounds very young. I am stifling incredulity at her request. “You mean you want me to tender for this?” I ask.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Nudge - Improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness
This book promotes choice not coercion for social marketing
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NewsNHS care indicators on new website
Two hundred care quality indicators are to be made available on a single NHS website with the enthusiastic backing of outgoing health minister Lord Darzi.
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NewsNational service to ease swine flu pressures
Attempts to ease the pressures on GPs caused by swine flu have been welcomed by British Medical Association GPs committee chairman Dr Laurence Buckman.
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NewsSocial care council chief suspended
General Social Care Council chief executive Mike Wardle has been suspended over claims that social workers are being employed who pose a risk to the public.
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NewsTrust chief moves to SHA before critical report
A chief executive at a trust that “tolerated poor and mediocre practices” and failed to properly investigate serious incidents has been given a job at NHS London.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to use an ASBO to prevent bad behaviour
Employees should not work in fear. NHS organisations can apply for a controlling order against threatening members of the public, advise Judith Sharratt and Gemma Brannigan
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NewsLondon agrees stroke and trauma overhaul
Plans to overhaul stroke and major trauma care in London have been approved by a committee of the city’s primary care trusts.
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Bradford hospitals facing £50m cuts
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS foundation trust has said it is looking for ways to save £50 million over the next three years.
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NewsTrust chief seconded to swine flu task force
Marie Burnham, chief executive of East Lancashire Hospitals trust, has been granted 12 months leave of absence to head an NHS North West swine flu task force.
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NewsEuropean cancer specialists to increase online collaboration
Cancer care experts in Europe are to make more use of the internet to improve the flow of information between scientists, NHS doctors, drug companies and patients.
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