All Health Service Journal articles in 24 September 2009 – Page 2
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NewsQuality accounts: trusts to pick their own performance measures
The Department of Health has proposed that quality accounts will not include any mandatory clinical or performance data.
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NewsSurgery productivity tool could save trusts £1.6m a year
Trusts could save over £1.5m a year by implementing a programme that encourages operating theatre staff to work more productively.
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NewsNHS job cut warning: a 1 per cent pay increase equals 10,000 jobs
Senior NHS managers have called for a pay freeze from 2011 together with a “fundamental review” of staff terms and conditions in the face of expected financial constraints.
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News'No evidence of increase in autism rates'
At least one in every 100 adults has a form of autism but rates of the condition are not on the rise, NHS research has revealed.
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NewsNICE approves stomach tumour treatment
Sunitinib has been recommended by NICE for gastro-intestinal stromal tumours after a pricing deal with maker Pfizer.
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NewsWorld class commissioning: efficiency made a core competency
Assessing how effectively NHS commissioners spend their funding receives greater importance in the latest government guidance on world class commissioning.
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Expand measles and hepatitis B vaccination programmes, NICE urges
NHS vaccination programmes against measles and hepatitis B in the under-19 age group must be expanded, says the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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News'Mortality rates rise when new doctors start work'
Death rates for emergency patients jump 6 per cent when newly qualified doctors start work, according to the largest ever study of hospital mortality rates.
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NewsPatient reported outcome measures may be public next year
Information comparing how much patients’ health improves with the care received at different hospitals will appear early next year, the Department of Health is hoping.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat mental health service users want
Enabling mental health service users to communicate their views and direct their care requires a variety of routes, says Jennifer Taylor
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NewsSHAs seek control of senior managers' pay, MiP claims
Some strategic health authorities will try to dictate the pay of senior managers on their patch despite new guidance, their union has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Maverick! The success story behind the world’s most unusual workplace
Marvel at this visionary empowering of employees, says Pete Mason
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NewsRose Gibb wins right to appeal judgement on Maidstone pay-out
Former Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust chief executive Rose Gibb has won the right to continue her battle for a severance package.
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NewsMaternity unit off special measures
Maternity services at Gwent Healthcare Trust have been taken off special measures imposed after the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales highlighted an “exceptionally high” number of deaths.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving relationships between NHS managers and clinicians
Clinicians and managers must build better working relationships, but to do this their priorities must first be reconciled, write Pauline Owen and Colin Gautrey
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NewsIncrease work placement support, urges mental health charity
Getting people with mental health problems into work should be an NHS priority, according to the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
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NewsNHS 'must decentralise'
The NHS must be decentralised and freed from government control if it is to thrive, according to think tank Demos.
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NHS 'not ready for budget cuts'
At least 84 per cent of NHS financial directors are ill-prepared for the cost cutting programme the government has embarked on, a study has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgePatient Safety First week video library
Patient Safety First week is seven days of local, regional and national activity to promote patient safety improvement as part of the national campaign for England.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow digital NHS services make use of the personal touch
Joel Bailey looks at how NHS organisations are incorporating information technology into service design to improve patient experience and outcomes
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