All Health Service Journal articles in 25 November 2010 – Page 4

  • Former Cumbria chief exec loses tribunal case
    News

    Ex PCT chief exec loses £1m pension in tribunal case

    2010-11-18T18:36:00Z

    A primary care trust chief executive who was dismissed one month before he was due to qualify for a an enhanced pension package worth up to £1m has lost a discrimination case.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Forecasting methods in healthcare planning

    2010-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Current healthcare planning assumes that a combination of primary and community care initiatives and public health improvements will reduce the need for hospital beds, despite an increasingly elderly population.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Electronic prescribing

    2010-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Picture the scene. A doctor is attending a Fitness to Practise hearing at the General Medical Council. She stands accused of making a prescribing error which has lost a patient his life. The doctor is now fighting for her career.

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    Data protection

    2010-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Recent moves by the Department of Health to tighten up on data management mean that healthcare service providers must meet the international quality standard, ISO27001.

  • Migration caps may jeopardise service quality and safety
    News

    Migration caps may jeopardise service quality and safety

    2010-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Proposed limits on migrants from outside the European Economic Area could affect the ability of trusts to continue providing high quality patient care, NHS Employers has warned.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Pharmacy regulation

    2010-11-17T16:27:00Z

    The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the new independent regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises, launched on 27 September 2010. The establishment of the GPhC will lead to changes to the way in which the profession is regulated.

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    Lean in mental health

    2010-11-17T16:23:00Z

    Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust forecast a saving of £16 million and a 100 per cent increase in clinical time spent with patients.