All Health Service Journal articles in 4 March 2010 – Page 3
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Labour urged to suspend NHS IT programme
A storm is brewing over government efforts to secure a quick fix for the controversial and much-delayed £12.7bn NHS IT revamp before the general election.
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HSJ Knowledge
NICE guidance: support for commissioners
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence supports commissioners in both preparing for and implementing its guidance, explains Jennifer Taylor
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Colchester chief to step down
The chief executive of a hospital trust has announced he is stepping down - three months after the trust’s chair was sacked by Monitor.
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Comment
Jenny Rogers on NHS staff engagement
Every half decade or so, a new wonder idea comes along in management - for instance, learning organisations, business process re-engineering, total quality management, or - aeons ago - management by objectives.
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HSJ Partners
NHS Leadership Spring Debates: Positive action
Should the NHS identify potential leaders for development in order to build representative talent pools or is this best left to individual aspiration?
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HSJ Knowledge
Why NHS volunteering is all round value
Aintree is one of many trusts that both benefit from and give advantages to volunteers, reports Alison Moore
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‘Blairite’ policy champion joins Tories as an adviser
A former Labourite, doctor and passionate defender of service reconfiguration has become a Conservative Party adviser.
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NHS care 'under threat' from working time directive
The quality of NHS care may be under threat from restrictions placed on junior doctors by the introduction of the 48-hour working week, it has been claimed.
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GPs to debate patient data safeguards
Family doctors are to debate for the first time safeguards for a system to share patient data across Scotland, it has been disclosed.
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Mid Staffs families to sue for manslaughter
Families affected by failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have said they are planning to sue NHS managers for corporate manslaughter.
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Basildon 'guilty' over patient death
Officials at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust in Essex have today pleaded guilty to health and safety failings that led to the death of a patient with learning disabilities.
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New chief executive in post
The new chief executive for NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale has begun work this week.
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Trust given foundation status
South Warwickshire General Hospitals Trust has been awarded foundation status by regulator Monitor.
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17-language NHS guide available
A guide on Scotland’s health services is to be translated into 17 languages in a bid to put all patients at the “heart of the NHS”, it has been announced.
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Civil service preparing for hung Parliament
Gordon Brown has given the go-ahead for civil servants to provide information to the opposition parties during negotiations to form a new government if the general election results in a hung parliament, it has been disclosed.
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Conservatives pledge autumn spending cuts
Shadow chancellor George Osborne has promised to publish detailed departmental spending cuts by the autumn if the Tories win the forthcoming general election.
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Managers in court over hospital death
Officials at a hospital where a severely disabled man died are today due in court accused of breaching health and safety law.
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Tories outline hospital efficiency plans
Hospitals could be forced to offer treatments at the same price as more “efficient” competitors under plans outlined by the Conservatives.
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Survey: How good is the care in your trust?
As the NHS considers the implications of the report on care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ is keen to hear from health service staff about their experiences in their own organisations. Please take two minutes to respond to our anonymous survey.
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The Francis report's 18 recommendations
The conclusions of the inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.