All Health Service Journal articles in 4 January 2007 – Page 5
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Call to share details on foreign medics
The General Medical Council is calling for better information sharing across European economic area countries to stop suspended medics from working in Britain.
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Ex SHA leaders call for a 'radical' vision
The government must paint a coherent vision of the NHS's future and give more support to managers in implementing it, according to senior leaders leaving their posts this week.
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GP star-rating talks called off over fears of misuse
Any system of 'star-ratings' for GPs now looks unlikely after the Royal College of GPs broke off talks with the government over the proposals.
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London SHA chief is sole NHS candidate on top-job shortlist
David Nicholson is the only NHS candidate on the shortlist for chief executive of the service, HSJunderstands. Other figures being interviewed this week include leaders of UK and US private health companies.
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Inside track: primary care
Lack of jobs, money and clarity on reform are the main ingredients of primary care trust managers' daily grind at the moment. It hardly makes an attractive package. One PCT senior manager told Inside Track that they are moving sector after a career in primary care, because they are 'buggered ...
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Targets in danger as London PCTs expect to spend a sixth of Choosing Health cash
London primary care trust boards are being forced to slash funding set aside to meet the targets set out in the Choosing Health white paper by more than three-quarters as a result of financial problems in the NHS, HSJcan reveal.
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Why hospitals are like cashpoints
When I first began talking to primary care staff about the Croydon virtual wards project I had to explain to them that patients would only be offered admission if they ranked highly on predictions from a computer.
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Central procurement to fill GP gaps
The government is to take control of the majority of procurements for GP services in 30 under-doctored areas in England, HSJ has learned.
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MPs find no evidence of improved value from independent treatment centres
There is no evidence that the Department of Health's independent treatment centre programme represents value for money or performs better than the NHS, according to a damning report.
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Chair quits over private power
A primary care trust chair has resigned in protest at the increasing role of the private sector in the NHS. Rochdale PCT chair Debbie Abrahams spoke to HSJ after her announcement at a public demonstration in Manchester.
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Warner rebuffs diversity slur on SHA chairs
Health minister Lord Warner has denied that the appointment of eight male chairs and only one woman to the new strategic health authorities is unrepresentative.
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Specialist trusts lobby ministers for change in tariff
Britain's five specialist orthopaedic hospitals say they will be forced to cancel operations and cut services unless the government adjusts the way they are paid.
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Sea change in health scrutiny
As the future of health scrutiny grows increasingly complex, healthcare professionals and local government must ride the wave and forge new relationships, reports Sasha Strong
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Health select committee: NHS charges 'a complete mess'
NHS charges are in a 'complete mess', the Commons health select committee warned this week.
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Charity should be 'hard-wired' to reform
Charities and not-for-profit healthcare organisations need to be 'hard-wired' to the government's 'ongoing reform programmes', a government taskforce has said.
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Shortlist drawn up for NHS chief executive job
Shortlisting for the post of chief executive of the NHS is due to take place today.
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New IHM chief pledges support to managers
The new chief executive of the Institute of Healthcare Management has pledged to make the organisation a strong voice for managers once again.
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Thelma Holland, South West: From nurse to chief exec - via South India
In many ways, the role given to Thelma Holland is the most interim of all the interim posts.
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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.
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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