All Health Service Journal articles in 26 March 2009 – Page 2
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Community
Too fat to work
The Chawner family of Blackburn, Lancashire, whom you may know from a less than successful appearance on TV’s The X Factor by daughter Emma and newspaper stories detailing every step of their eviction by the local council, have told Closer magazine they are too fat to work.
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NewsWho let standards fall so low at Mid Staffordshire?
A damning Healthcare Commission review of emergency care at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust last week found that money was put before patient care. Dave West investigates what went wrong
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LeaderNo excuses in this new era of regulation
With the Care Quality Commission going live next Wednesday, the Healthcare Commission has published a swathe of reports before its demise.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat can turn the tide of the obesity epidemic?
By mid-century the cost to the NHS of weight related health problems could double to more than £8bn and a quarter of UK children may be obese. Emma Dent asks what is being done about a huge challenge
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CommentNigel Edwards on winter pressures in the NHS
The NHS has learned much from the demand surges of other winters. But while effective measures are in place, costs are significant and challenges for managers still persist
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News
Value of Dr Foster stake is under scrutiny
The NHS Information Centre may write down the value of its controversial £12m share in a joint venture with Dr Foster.
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LeaderNow stress levels are down, take the time to talk to staff
The results of this year’s staff survey give managers - and the rest of the NHS - much to feel proud of and some obvious areas for improvement.
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HSJ KnowledgeE-rostering and the European working time directive
Can e-rostering help to meet the challenges posed by the European working time directive?
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CommentPaul Stanton on the dilemmas of NHS governance
This is the first of my articles that explicitly addresses executive as well as non-executive NHS board members.
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NewsDH told to take lead on race equality
The Department of Health has been urged to take a stronger lead on race equality after the Healthcare Commission found “immediate action” is needed.
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NewsThird of NHS trusts fail to prepare for a crisis
NHS organisations are putting vulnerable people at risk by failing to plan for cyber attacks and extreme weather, research suggests.
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CommunityMedia Watch: credit crunch scapegoat
Now bank chiefs have been sufficiently humiliated in the press, the media’s attention seems to be turning to a new credit crunch scapegoat: NHS managers.
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News
PCTs say incentives policy fails local commissioners
Primary care trusts have criticised the Department of Health for backing away from plans to allow them to set local incentives in the national GPs’ bonus schemes.
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CommentSimon Stevens on influencing clinical decision making
Paradoxically one of the most important determinants of healthcare quality and efficiency is one that NHS managers can do very little to influence, in fact it is practically invisible to the managerial gaze: the quality of clinical decision making.
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CommunityLookey-likey: Chris Ham and Luiz Felipe Scolari
“May I suggest Chris Ham of Birmingham University would make a convincing [Chelsea FC manager] Luiz Felipe ‘Big Phil’ Scolari?” writes a reader identifying himself only as Dan from north London.
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News
Perks could be used to influence patients' choice of hospital
Hospitals should offer patients inducements to receive treatment during times when wards are less busy, new guidance on marketing in the NHS has suggested.
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News
Second review damns Royal Cornwall chief
A suspended hospital trust chief executive - already accused of “serious failings” in his previous post - led his present organisation towards “corporate failure”, an independent review has concluded.
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CommentHow to use patient stories to inspire change in the NHS
The Academy for Large Scale Change is giving clinicians the skills they need to influence others and improve the quality of patient care in the NHS, writes David Levy
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NewsCamden PCT faces data penalty
Camden primary care trust has been given until the end of the month to improve the security of personal information it holds or risk being held in contempt of court.
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News
Call for more research as cancer survival rates rise
The NHS cancer plan has improved survival rates in England but wide regional variations remain.
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