All Health Service Journal articles in 4 August 2011 – Page 4
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NewsDH wants more transparency in NHS procurement
The Department of Health has signalled a move to more transparent NHS procurement system in its response to a public accounts committee report that claimed it offered poor value.
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CommentMichael White: the strange landscape of US healthcare
Where else but the US should this column spend a few days as punishment for not understanding how inappropriate a mechanism competition is for driving efficiency and innovation in healthcare?
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NewsMore district generals predicting financial problems
The number of district general hospitals predicting the lowest finance ratings has almost tripled in the space of a year, prompting a call for them to consider redesigning their processes.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: the £2bn secret subsidy
Will the £500m ministers plan to spend each year on not sorting out failing hospitals suffice?
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First foundation trust authorised in four months announced
STRUCTURE: The first organisation to receive authorisation to become a foundation trust in four months was announced on Friday.
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NewsOver half of FT plans awaiting DH approval
Fewer than half of NHS trusts’ plans for achieving foundation status have been signed off by the Department of Health, more than four months after they were written.
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South Central trusts seek QIPP savings through joint supply chain
FINANCE: Trusts in the South Central region are in the process of setting up an “integrated supply chain”, with the aim of saving £358m over four years on procurement costs.
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NewsNHS organisations treat equality duty as 'tick box' exercise
The majority of the NHS organisations are treating duties to reduce inequalities as a “box ticking exercise”, a report by the Equality and Human Right Commission has found.
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CommentSouth West trust chiefs in merry-go-round shake up
The impending departure of Weston Area Health Trust’s chief executive to Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust next month has sparked a round of musical chairs in the South West.
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CommentWhat the new healthcare environment holds for clinical negligence indemnity
Changes ushered in by the Health Bill will mean indemnity contracts between providers and commissioners will need to be considered carefully and satisfy both sides before being set in place. Medical Defence Union chief executive Dr Christine Tomkins explains.
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CommentSue Slipman: public board meetings are not a quick fix for accountability
With transparency and accountability increasingly on the agenda for trusts, Foundation Trust Network chief executive Sue Slipman argues that holding board meetings in public as a means to that end is not simply an open and shut case.
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NewsFlagship involvement policy faces funding threat
The success of the government’s flagship policy on patient and public involvement is at risk from “insulting” funding plans, it is being claimed.
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NewsMaude unveils public data accountability push
The minister responsible for new plans to make more data publicly available has branded the transparency drive “freedom of information 2.0”.
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NewsExclusive: GP data system to go live in September 2012
A national system to gather primary care clinical data is set for a September 2012 go-live date, HSJ has learned.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park reports 'extremely adverse' trend in finances
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Trust is reporting a worsening and “extremely adverse” financial trend.
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NewsNew money-saving medicines scheme a step closer
Patients with long term conditions will be offered a additional consultation with their pharmacist under a £100m plan to improve the effective use of medicines.
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NewsDH rejects 'competition expansion' claim
The Department of Health has rejected claims that recently published guidance for commissioners includes a change in policy causing a “potential massive expansion in competition”.
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NewsOffice supplies top procurement savings agenda for Whitehall
Whitehall departments are to pay the same price for office supplies in a bid to save taxpayers more than £18m annually.
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NewsPensions preferred to pay in public sector, survey shows
People employed in the public sector are more concerned about retaining their pension deals than avoiding salary cuts.
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NewsNHS lags behind in social enterprise drive
Reality of opening up health services social enterprises not living up to government rhetoric, King’s Fund argues