All Health Service Journal articles in 29 November 2007 – Page 2
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HSJ Knowledge
Ambulance trust contact details
The NHS Networks contacts directory now includes full details of ambulance trusts as well as acute trusts, primary care trusts, strategic health authorities and mental health/care trusts.
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HSJ Knowledge
Pressure ulcer audit tools
Pressure ulcer audit tools have been developed by the Greater Manchester essence of care network to improve diagnosis and management of pressure ulcers.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS cancer services - are we meeting the mark?
The conference NHS Cancer Services - Are We Meeting the Mark? is being organised by the Scottish cancer networks on 29 February and1 March 2008atHeriot-WattUniversityinEdinburgh.
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HSJ Knowledge
Coping with change in the health service - a guide for managers
The reality of life is not only that change is inevitable, but that the pace of change is increasing and will most likely continue to do so. Chris Howe explains what managers can do to keep their heads above water
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HSJ Knowledge
Teaching PCTs conference presentations
The presentations from this year's teaching primary care trust national conference are now available online.
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HSJ Knowledge
The nature of networks
What is an NHS network and what is the best way to organise one? Mike Simpson explains the ins and outs
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HSJ Knowledge
Data Briefing: Is your PCT being overcharged?
How does a primary care trust (or GP practice or commissioning group) know if it is getting value for money? Where is it paying more than expected? Likewise how does a hospital know where it is charging more or less than expected?
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Comment
Belinda Phipps on choice in maternity services
Government policies on maternity services are changing and managers must ensure services around the country are prepared to respond
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HSJ Knowledge
A personalised input into role redesign
Community support nurses have been adding their input to a role redesign exercise at South Birmingham primary care trust.
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Comment
Media Watch: £1.8bn underspend
Much of the heavyweight reporting last week focused on HSJ's exclusive that the NHS is heading for a £1.8bn underspend.
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News
Quality of 100 new GP practices comes into question
The 100 new GP practices to be built in under-doctored areas will be badly funded and poorly staffed, the British Medical Association has warned.
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News
Johnson hands out £50m to deep clean NHS dirt
The government has given the NHS a £50m lump sum to kick-start its 'deep clean'.
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News
In-house turnaround team to cut NHS's £36m consultants' bill
The Department of Health is preparing to launch its own team of troubleshooters to assist NHS organisations facing clinical or financial problems.
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News
PCT abandons emergency surgery site
A Lincolnshire hospital is to lose its emergency general surgery for good - nine months after it was suspended as a temporary measure.
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News
Close pay gap between acute and PCT chiefs, say managers
The chief executive of Managers in Partnership has called on the government to explain why primary care trust managers are paid less than their acute trust peers.
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News
Surplus-rich PCTs anxious of cuts in new allocations
Surplus-rich primary care trusts have expressed fears that a one-year funding allocation signals greater financial turbulence ahead.
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News
Norfolk vows to learn from ambulance backlog drama
Health service and social care managers in Norfolk and Norwich have pledged to learn the lessons from an unexpected influx of patients last week which resulted in the area's biggest trust declaring a major incident alert.
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News
Bad PR will deter health service users, trusts told
Trust boards must address poor perceptions of the health service to justify a state-funded system, a senior Department of Health official has warned.
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News
PCTs urged to put local patients before politicians
Primary care providers must not 'blow' their chance to strengthen local decision making, says the Department of Health's director general for commissioning and system management.
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Comment
What is behind the NHS surplus?
Last week’s revelation by HSJ that the NHS is heading for a 1.8bn underspend raises the spectre of renewed financial turbulence.
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