All Health Service Journal articles in 30 June 2011 – Page 7
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to handle change with confidence
The stress of managing change often has a negative impact on personal and professional lives, costing workforces millions of pounds in stress-related leave. But teaching individuals to approach change in a different light can drastically reduce or prevent this impact on organisations, as Maggie Cork and Elaine Smith explain.
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CommentSupport for children's heart unit intensifies in the South
Nothing mobilises a community quite like a hospital reconfiguration. Especially, it turns out, when the service threatened with possible closure is a children’s heart unit.
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HSJ Local
Northern hospitals group collaborate to cut deaths
PERFORMANCE: A group of hospitals that have worked together to reduce death rates say they achieved above-average reductions in mortality ratios last year.
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Leader
Save now, pay later: the pension cuts folly
Not for nothing was public service pensions commission chair Lord Hutton placed at number 28 in HSJ’s list of the people with the most influence on the NHS last year.
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CommentNorth divide to be united under NCB plans
NHS North East and North West are to be united – along with NHS Yorkshire and the Humber – HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
Giant trust could emerge from London merger plan
STRUCTURE: Two London trusts have asked management consultants to assess their future configuration options, including a potential merger that would create one of the biggest providers in England.
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CommentMedia Watch: health reform fatigue sets
After the headlines generated by the NHS Future Forum report and the government’s response to it, the 181 amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill, published on 23 June, received more muted coverage.
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HSJ Local
CQC tells Royal Devon to improve patient involvement
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has been ordered to make improvements in how patients are involved in their care by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsIn-house consultancy saves NHS £2.5m
The NHS’s in-house consultancy service says it saved trusts an estimated £2.5m in consultancy fees in 2010-11.
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry costs hit £8m
More than £8m of public money has been spent on the first year of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentMichael White: Cameron takes Labour to task in Wales
Have you noticed in all the excitement over reform of the NHS in England that David Cameron has taken to poking the NHS in Labour-dominated Wales for cuts being factored into the health budget in Cardiff?
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HSJ KnowledgeBoard brilliance revealed: study into top performing boards finds 19 top organisations
Comparing the best and the not quite so good reveals some of what makes an NHS organisation’s board highly effective, say Naomi Chambers and Alison Pryce, with Manchester Business School PhD students Yanchao Li and Petra Poljsak.
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CommentNigel Edwards: NHS reform is nothing new, but it's about time leadership delivered
When I was asked by HSJ to reflect on what I have learnt about in my 12 years at the NHS Confederation, I thought I would specifically reflect on the constant process of reform including at least two which were billed as a once in a generation chance to change ...
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NewsCommissioning board draft structure revealed
The NHS Commissioning Board will have 3,500 staff and be led by a team of five executive directors, according to a leaked draft plan.
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HSJ Local
District general hospital confirms it is going for independent foundation trust status
A financially-challenged district general hospital has confirmed that it will attempt to get to foundation trust status independently.
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SupplementsManaging the new NHS - an HSJ supplement
This bumper HSJ supplement looks at the myriad of areas where organisations will need a firm handle, to manage the transition to a new, post-reform NHS.
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HSJ Local
Milton Keynes TCS transfer could be delayed until March 2012
STRUCTURE: The delayed transfer of community services in Milton Keynes could end up being almost a year late, a senior staff member at the local acute trust has said.
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HSJ Local
James Paget FT 'routinely' on black alert
PERFORMANCE: Accident and Emergency activity at James Paget UHFT over performed in all but two weeks of the winter, a letter from the strategic health authority has revealed.
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HSJ Local
NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney staff transfer to CIC
WORKFORCE: Around 70 staff have been transferred from Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT to the social enterprise looking to take over the commissioning budget in the area.