All Health Service Journal articles in 26 June 2008 – Page 2
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News
Healthcare Commission warning on safety risk
Government proposals on regulation would weaken safety standards and allow risky services to operate without a licence, the healthcare watchdog has warned.
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News
Former trust chief suppresses pay details
The former interim chief executive of a hospital trust has stopped it publishing details of his pay.
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News
A mental health champion could make history
Regarding your report 'Appeal for mental health champion', mental health has come on a long way in the past 10 years - more money, new services and better supported staff.
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News
Darzi set to put commissioning at centre stage
Lord Darzi's next stage review is expected to put primary care commissioning centre stage and set national standards for the quality of treatment.
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Radical ideas can keep service out of casualty
On the eve of Lord Darzi's next stage review, the new director of the Ambulance Service Network says ambulance services' impact can extend far wider than just emergency care and help reduce inequalities
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Private care poses little threat to the NHS, finds IPPR report
The private healthcare industry poses little threat to the NHS, but the government should act to safeguard consumers and calm residual fears, a think tank has concluded.
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David Cameron promises a bonfire of NHS targets
The Conservatives have pledged to scrap top-down targets for the NHS in a 'green paper' setting out their plans for the health service.
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HSJ KnowledgeWider engagement in joint assessment
The starting point for improving health services and reducing heath inequalities is data. To identify areas for improvement, exactly the same data must be collected in the same way.
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News
Health profiles allow comparison of inequalities
Health profiles for every English local authority area and region have been published by the Department of Health and the Association of Public Health Observatories.
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DH aims to slash commissioning support delay
The Department of Health plans to slash the time it takes primary care trusts to engage commissioning support by cutting its own commercial directorate out of the process.
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Leader
Acute's leftovers won't feed public health
At the NHS Confederation conference, Nuffield Trust director Jennifer Dixon offered the heretical view that the policy of tilting NHS spending towards public health is a mistake.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Diamond 60
We asked readers to comment on who they thought had been the most influential people in the history of the service.
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HSJ Knowledge
Media Watch: the service's 60th anniversary
Coverage of the health service's pending diamond jubilee spans the good and bad.
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Comment
Andrew Kirby on how information can improve healthcare
In his draft Queen's Speech, prime minister Gordon Brown outlined a further round of performance targets for the NHS.
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News
Pilot trusts hire PR firm to keep project in public eye
The six pilot community foundation trusts have hired a public relations firm to promote their primary care trust provider model.
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Workforce head Clare Chapman talks to HSJ
Department of Health workforce director general Clare Chapman stressed the importance of the role of senior managers in transforming the health service at the NHS Confederation conference. HSJ spoke to her about the challenges facing the workforce.
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Johnson calls for 'champions of quality'
Health secretary Alan Johnson has told managers they must be 'the champions of quality'.
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Comment
Edzard Ernst on alternative medicine
People must not confuse the perceived benefits of so-called alternative medicine with the medical facts. Claims made about such treatments should be more tightly regulated to protect patients from unscrupulous practitioners.
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HSJ Knowledge
Interim managers in the NHS
Paul Fleming introduces a flexible breed of manager called in at times of change
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HSJ Knowledge
Health sector training opportunities
Why internal training budget cuts do not have to mean the end of staff training and development
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