All Health Service Journal articles in 23 June 2011 – Page 8
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy commissioners need to harness transformational technologies for NHS services
If the full potential of GP commissioning is to be realised, commissioners must understand, embrace and harness transformational technologies at the earliest opportunity, says NHS North West director of commissioning development Joe Rafferty.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex Hospitals loses FT development director
WORKFORCE: The trust’s corporate and foundation trust development director has left to take up an advisory post at a legal firm.
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NewsReview children's heart unit closures, MPs told
Plans to close specialist heart surgery units for children should be reconsidered and other options looked at, MPs have been told.
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NewsFour hour A&E performance standard retained
Trusts will keep being performance managed against the four hour accident and emergency standard in a bid to maintain “grip” on waiting times. The move comes after the government signalled a relaxing of the timescale for the transition to a new monitoring system.