All Health Service Journal articles in 4 January 2007 – Page 5
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Herts consultation labelled a 'sham'
A Hertfordshire trust has announced plans to withdraw services from one of its sites - just 12 days after a public board meeting at which the issue was not discussed.
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Monitor concern over foundation progress
Less than half of acute and mental health trusts are likely to reach foundation status by 2008, regulator Monitor has said.
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The Fall Guys: staff safety is a major concern
Violence against NHS staff is still at unacceptable levels, with incidents often unreported and perpetrators uncharged. Emma Dent reports
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Ombudsman points to failed leadership over complaints
Leadership and management failures are evident in many of the complaints against the NHS handled by the parliamentary ombudsman.
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Drug manufacturer to complain over 'disgraceful' NICE secrecy
The manufacturer of an Alzheimer's drug has made a formal complaint to the NHS ombudsman accusing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of secrecy for refusing to make public the mathematical model it used in the decision to restrict use of the drug.
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How overview and scrutiny committees can help, or hinder, NHS service redesign
Nick Edwards reports on a survey of OSC chairs about their attitudes towards NHS managers
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Scrutiny committee overruled in Herts
A health scrutiny committee has complained to the health secretary after a mental health ward was closed despite its objections.
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Tender rules loosened for commissioners
Practice-based commissioners will not have go out to open tender 'in many cases' when switching where they send patients, the government's guidance on commissioning was expected to rule today.
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Service 'collapse' warning
The clinical director of a sexual health service has warned that it is on the brink of collapse because of spending cuts.
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The CSIP northwest routine outcomes collaborative
The CSIP Northwest routine outcomes collaborative was launched in July 2006. The programme uses a proven collaborative method and is designed to ensure the use of outcome measures during the routine practice of mental health service delivery. The primary objective of the collaborative is to ensure that outcome measure data ...
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Cold comfort farm
A charity that reaches out to troubled rural workers shows community mental health teams at their best, but elsewhere they appear to be in crisis. Mark Gould reports
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Clinical engagement needs more teeth, says Farrar
The NHS should explore 'radical models of clinical engagement' to give clinicians 'more teeth' and to improve scrutiny of potential conflicts of interests, the new chief executive of North East strategic health authority has said.
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Choice: too little data for patients
Patients want to choose hospitals on the basis of quality of care but there is too little data to help them come to a conclusion, a report has found.
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Publlic doubts on choice
More than half the people interviewed in a British Medical Association survey on patient choice in the health service said it was not offered by the NHS. Four-firths of the 1,000 people interviewed had had some contact with the NHS over the past year, with seven out of 10 in ...
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GPs close to winning choice on IT
Deal aims to end two-year dispute with doctors and boost clinical engagement
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Health networks for children and young people
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has released a report calling for health services for children and young people to be delivered within networks of care.
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How the push for local choice in childbirth is foundering
Despite national pledges to provide women with a range of local options, choice in maternity services has largely failed to materialise. Alison Moore investigates how local organisations? decisions to close units are flying in the face of national policy
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Hurt as chiefs fail to make the grade
NHS Employers has moved to defend the selection process for primary care trust chief executives after rumours of upset circulated in the service last week.