All Health Service Journal articles in 27 September 2012 – Page 4
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News111 redundancy cost fears mount
NHS Direct has warned it could face unnecessary redundancy costs if new NHS 111 providers refuse to follow Department of Health orders to protect staff terms and conditions.
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NewsGo-ahead imminent for £425m PFI rebuild
NHS North of England this week said it hoped to see final government approvals secured by the end of this month for a £425m rebuild of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, funded largely through the private finance initiative.
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NewsNumber of nurses falls again
Numbers of nurses working in the NHS fell again in June, according to the latest workforce statistics.
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HSJ Local
Two consultancies appointed to Mid Staffs sustainability review
STRUCTURE: Monitor has appointed Ernst & Young supported by McKinsey to carry out the sustainability review of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsHSJ Efficiency Award winners announced
The winners of the HSJ Efficiency Awards 2012 were revealed on Tuesday.
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HSJ Local
Virgin Care wins medical centre contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Dorset has named Virgin Care as preferred provider of medical and community services at Lyme Regis medical centre in a contract worth up to £8.5m over five years.
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HSJ Local
Former police chief to chair Surrey CCG
STRUCTURE: Former police chief constable Sir Edward Crew is set to chair a clinical commissioning group in Surrey.
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SupplementsHSJ Efficiency Awards 2012
The HSJ Efficiency Awards reward the organisations that have delivered improvements in healthcare efficiency
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NewsA&E performance at its worst for seven years
More trusts failed the four hour accident and emergency target in the first quarter of 2012-13 than in any first quarter since 2004-05, a King’s Fund analysis has found.
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CommentThere is too much hot air on climate change
The health service is failing in its responsibility to be a trailblazer for sustainability says Sunand Prasad
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CommentAli Parsa on creating value
How could a group of people who have never built anything before win so much?
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat's the alternative?
A specialist GP practice for housebound older patients has saved money and improved care
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HSJ KnowledgePaper-lite and beyond
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust is a pioneer in the shift from paper-based to electronic records
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the outsourcers' next big prize
The GP community was always divided about Andrew Lansley’s legislation
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CommentMichael White: on Burstow's trail
I spent the first half of the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Brighton stalking Paul Burstow
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NewsHuge variation in CCG staff numbers
There will be huge variation between clinical commissioning groups’ internal staff numbers and their reliance on independent support services, according to the first analysis of the structure of the new groups.
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CommentIsn’t it time CCGs owned waiting lists?
It now makes sense for clinical commissioning groups to take the reins from providers
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