All Health Service Journal articles in 31 January 2008
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News
Born in Bradford project in pictures
Bradford's infant mortality rate is twice the British average. An ambitious project is tracking the lives of 10,000 babies in the archetypal deprived, multi-ethnic city in the hope of understanding why. Pictures by Rii SchroerRead the full article for more details
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health partnership sets out to boost physical health
Improving the quality of life for people with severe and enduring mental illnesses has been the focus of a partnership in Bolton, writes Alan Jones
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HSJ Knowledge
User independent trusts: the basics
Jill Mason explains what user independent trusts are, how they work, and the legal issues surrounding their creation
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News
Pressure grows on PCTs to increase obesity services
Primary care trusts will be forced to commission more weight management services in an attempt to meet growing demand, the government has warned.
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Scottish plan to fight fraud
NHS bodies in Scotland will be encouraged to appoint 'counter-fraud champions' in a bid to stop money being illegally siphoned from the health service.
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Health service can lead on environmental issues
The NHS must take the lead in becoming a 'good corporate citizen', adopting policies and personal habits such as encouraging cycling and reducing waste to help beat global warming.
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Comment
Media Watch: donations row
Health secretary Alan Johnson was big news this week, as a row over a donation to his campaign to become Labour deputy leader spread across front pages faster than a hospital superbug.
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Comment
Michael White on Johnson's donation troubles
I shall resist the temptation to make fatcat jokes this week. But I don't think I'm sticking my neck out in predicting that Alan Johnson's trouble over that £3,000 donation to his deputy leadership campaign will not lead to the health secretary's resignation.
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Comment
Your Humble Servant: democratic ravings
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News
PCTs to fund controversial eye drugs
Primary care trusts across Cheshire and Merseyside and Norfolk have agreed to fund two controversial treatments that can prevent patients with a serious eye condition from going blind.
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Women consultants 'treat fewer patients'
Rising numbers of women consultants could lead to a long-term decline in productivity, academics have warned.
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DH knew commercial director was under investigation
The Department of Health was aware its commercial director was being investigated over the alleged backdating of share options at the time of his appointment. And it emerged he is being given over £100,000 per year tax free by the government to pay for luxury London accommodation.
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Market slows as Peterborough PFI deal closes
Peterborough's £505m private finance initiative deal was the fifth largest UK public-private partnership to reach financial close last year, analysis by Infrastructure Journal has found.
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Hospitals are 'fast tracking' elderly into care, CSCI finds
A damning report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection has implicated NHS hospitals in an unfair tendency to 'fast track' elderly people into care homes.
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Comment
Mental health funding rows must not hinder urgent care
Being sectioned under the Mental Health Act is traumatic, but a section being delayed because of a row over funding is even more distressing.
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Community hospitals grab local care lifeline
Two years after Our Health, Our Care, Our Say promised to shift care away from the acute sector, community hospitals are redefining how they provide services. Alison Moore looks at the emerging models and asks what has held up progress
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Commission calls for power to suspend non-executives
Chairs and non-executive directors of hospital and primary care trusts that have lost the confidence of their local communities could face suspension in future.
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Watchdog gives maternity services a 'wake-up call'
NHS trusts have accepted that last week's Healthcare Commission report into maternity services should serve as a 'wake-up call' but have complained that the review's methodology may have treated them unfairly.
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HSJ Knowledge
Prevention is better than cure, but by how much?
Finding the best way to measure the cost-effectiveness and health impact of preventive interventions could help secure more investment, write Julian Le Grand and Robert Sherriff
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Call to bar worst managers
The leader of the UK's hospital doctors is calling for greater regulation of managers - with powers to stop them working in healthcare in extreme cases.