All Health Service Journal articles in 29 October 2009
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Comment
Michael White on unaccountable PCTs
Rare indeed is a Sunday night call by this column which yields a mention of primary care trusts and ancient Greek philosopher cum intellectual hard man Plato, virtually in the same breath.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS fraud: how to recover losses
Daniel Purcell explains how to recover losses as part of a counter-fraud strategy
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Leader
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Community
No room for weight loss surgery
Politically incorrect chuckles abound in one unnamed NHS trust’s board.
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Community
Washing up is hard to do
It’s good the hand hygiene message is getting through loud and clear - perhaps a little too loud and clear.
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News
Mediator to help reconcile FT row staff
A mediator has been called in to a bitter dispute between managers and clinicians at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust, which is applying for foundation status.
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News
Outsourcing service ‘will save NHS millions’ on HR, says NHS Employers
NHS Employers is launching a subscription service it hopes will save the NHS “many millions” of pounds by outsourcing human resources functions.
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Community
Gold diggers
Times are hard. Amid talk of pay freezes and “tough decisions” it seems some NHS hospitals are helping staff sell their jewellery.
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News
CQC will face ‘tricky decisions’ on failing services
The Care Quality Commission has some “tricky decisions” ahead on using its powers to shut down failing services, its chair has admitted.
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News
Councils and NHS urged to drive joint funding
Councils and the NHS should examine how joint funding could help improve health and social care outcomes, according to an Audit Commission report.
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News
NHS organisations hit staff numbers to save costs
There has been a big jump in the number of NHS organisations planning to cut staff, an HSJ survey has revealed.
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Community
Infection control stage dive?
Hospital infection experts from all over Europe descended on London last week to hear the NHS success story in combating rates of hospital associated infections.
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News
DH to challenge Europe on overseas treatment
The Department of Health is preparing itself for a challenge through the European Court of Justice on the rights of UK citizens to be treated abroad at the NHS’s expense.
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News
Smoking cessation funding safe following furious letter
The NHS will continue to fund the “most effective smoking cessation intervention in the UK” following a furious letter from dozens of public health bodies and royal colleges.
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Community
Bonfire of the parking lots
Nothing inflames (geddit?!) the public like hospital parking fees - but the people of Hastings have gone a step further. The bonfire society built three 40ft pig effigies with snouts in a giant trough, which were torched in an early bonfire night celebration.
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News
Hinchingbrooke opens to bidding for franchise
East of England strategic health authority has advertised for a franchisee to take over deficit-hit Hinchingbrooke hospital.
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Community
Cheese balls
Last week the health policies of the two leading political parties were made to look decidedly cheesy.
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Comment
Media Watch: bingo wing treatment gets DH backing
The Nintendo Wii Fit Plus has become the first computer game to be endorsed by the Department of Health, the papers trumpeted this week.
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Supplements
Going local: how to set up an autonomous renal unit
Acute trust providers and primary care trust commissioners will need to work collaboratively to set up an autonomous renal unit.
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News
Bowel cancer audit highlights regional variations
The national bowel cancer audit has revealed improvements in patient care but large regional differences in treatment.