All Health Service Journal articles in 28 May 2009 – Page 2
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CommentMedia Watch: Alan Johnson does his own PR
The weekend before last, The Independent ran an interview with Alan Johnson in which, in answer to a question about whether politicians would ever be trusted again, the health secretary said the political system needed a complete “overhaul” and called for voters to be consulted on proportional representation.
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CommentAli Parsa on the meaning of value
With the squeeze on health funding getting tighter, commissioners must spend less. But bargain hunters beware - low cost services do not necessarily offer good value
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CommunityBruce Almighty
We know everyone at the Department of Health is very busy, but NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh’s workload is getting absurd.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Media Messages and Public Health - a decisions approach to content analysis
Understand the theory behind the best campaigns, says Elizabeth Benomran
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CommentCally Bann on fiddling expenses
A spotty-faced cub reporter at the Battersley Evening Bugle has put in a request under the Freedom of Information Act for a detailed breakdown of all board expenses claimed in the past 24 months.
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NewsDoctors claim NHS bears the cost of private care complications
Private patients are being re-defined as “NHS” patients to pass the costs of complications to the NHS, the chair of the British Medical Association’s consultants committee has claimed.
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SupplementsDivide and conquer: how patient segmentation can beat inequality
Tackling health inequalities is one of the most complex and important tasks facing the healthcare system today.
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LeaderSafe, streamlined services give the best – and cheapest – care
There are signs of rancour in the NHS over how best to address the forthcoming funding squeeze.
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NewsPotential bidders circle as first NHS trust goes up for grabs
Twenty-two NHS organisations, including one based 200 miles away, are vying to take over the first trust offered up for competitive takeover.
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Leader
Takeover is a test-run for nervous bidders
The NHS has entered the world of competitive trust takeovers. In the first process of its kind, NHS East of England has invited bids to takeover Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care Partnership trust, after its chair and non-executive directors resigned in February. This act of governance harakiri ...
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Comment
Sheila Williams on changing your habits
There seems to be a lot of change happening right now - personal, professional, economic, regulatory. Enough to affect everyone at least a little. So why is it that we often intend to make changes in our lives, make some progress but then end up right back where we started?
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NewsMassive variation in London child obesity
Childhood obesity levels vary by more than 100 per cent between primary care trusts within London.
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NewsTrusts in the dark over cost of private patients
How much should NHS hospitals be charging to make a profit on private care? With foundation trusts’ income cap up for debate, Sally Gainsbury looks into costs, calculations and rates of return
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HSJ KnowledgeInterim NHS managers help solve long term crises
NHS organisations can fill management gaps with talented interim professionals. Stuart Shepherd looks at the work of a programme that specialises in bailing out trusts in need
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CommunityLookey-Likey: David Stout and Richard Thomas
NHS Confederation primary care trust network director David Stout has more in common with information commissioner Richard Thomas than just looks: both take a keen interest in freedom of information laws, on which Mr Stout has penned a report.
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NewsNew NHS tariff upsets PCT financial plans
Cost inflation caused by the introduction of the latest version of the payment by results tariff could hit primary care trusts’ preparations for the financial downturn, commissioners have warned.
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HSJ KnowledgePast, present and future productivity in the NHS
Higher performance bought with heavy investment in the NHS is in jeopardy from arbitrary cost cutting in the name of efficiency. Andrew Street reports
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